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Christin Buller serves as Academic Councillor and Academic Advisor at the University of Münster's Institute for Didactics of General Education since 2017, following prior roles as Research Assistant at the same institute (2010-2013, 2015-2017) and primary school teacher training.
Her educational trajectory includes a Doctorate in Education (Dr. paed., 2015) from the University of Münster focusing on hypothesis-testing interventions, Master of Education (2010), Bachelor in Early Childhood Education (2009), and Second State Examination for Primary Teaching (2015).
Dr. Buller specializes in developing scaffolding techniques to enhance hypothetical-deductive reasoning in primary science education, investigating how children evaluate evidence for hypotheses in contexts like object buoyancy and elasticity. Her research bridges cognitive psychology (mental models theory) and classroom practice, examining transfer across scientific domains and connections between reasoning ability and conceptual change.
Analysis of her 2012-2018 publications reveals consistent use of quasi-experimental microgenetic designs with third-graders, emphasizing classroom-based interventions for evidence-based reasoning. Key contributions address scaffolding efficacy under field conditions, heterogeneous learning groups, and the interplay between prior knowledge and hypothesis evaluation in scientific inquiry.
As an academic advisor, she supports students' educational development while maintaining active membership in the Educational and Scientific Union (GEW) and Society for Didactics of General Education (GDSU) since 2010.
