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Kristina Götz is a researcher in the Department of Educational Psychology at the Weingarten University of Education. Since 2012, she has worked as an academic assistant, focusing on cognitive developmental psychology, reading and spelling disorders, and multilingualism. Her research includes projects like the Multilingual Reading Theatre (MELT) and SPELL-IT, with a particular emphasis on educational interventions for children with developmental challenges.
- Education: BSc(Hons) in Psychology (University of Glasgow, 1999), PhD (University of York, 2003)
- Research Priorities: Reading disorders, arithmetic disorders, language acquisition, animal-assisted interventions, self-efficacy, and resilience
Her work examines how oral language and phonology interventions impact literacy development, particularly in children with Down syndrome. She has also explored the effectiveness of multilingual reading theatre as an educational tool.
Notable trends in her research include: (1) longitudinal studies on reading development, (2) cross-linguistic comparisons, and (3) interdisciplinary approaches combining psychology and educational practice.
She has collaborated with distinguished scholars such as Prof. Margaret Snowling and Prof. Charles Hulme, contributing to projects focused on early literacy support and phoneme awareness training.
