Anna-Lena Dicke

Anna-Lena Dicke is an Associate Project Scientist at the School of Education, University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on students’ interest, motivation, and engagement, particularly how structural features (e.g., tracking) and instructional practices (e.g., teacher support) influence motivational well-being. She bridges theory and practice through intervention studies in mathematics education and works extensively with longitudinal datasets to explore educational pathways.

• B.A. in English and American Studies and Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
• M.A. in Psychology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
• Ph.D. in Psychology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tuebingen, Germany

Her research investigates the utility of mathematics in secondary education, structural differentiation in schools, and psychometric validation of motivational measures. She examines how daily school experiences shape academic success, career choices, and long-term life outcomes.

Awarded a Ph.D. in 2013 for her dissertation on academic tracking and student interests, her work has been published in journals like Developmental Psychology and Learning and Individual Differences. Her recent studies focus on gender differences in math value beliefs and expectancy-value theory.

Scientific Awards: None explicitly mentioned.

Future Work: Anna-Lena aims to further analyze motivational mechanisms using longitudinal data to inform educational policy and teacher training programs.