Daria Katharina Bendenمشاهده پروفایل
پژوهشگر ارشد
- Student motivation and achievement
- Educational and occupational choices in STEM
- Teachers' professional competencies
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Daria Katharina Benden serves as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Bonn's Bonn Center for Teacher Education (BZL) within the Empirical Educational Research and Educational Psychology research group led by Prof. Dr. Fani Lauermann. She also holds a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the College for Interdisciplinary Educational Research (CIDER). Her academic journey includes bachelor's and master's degrees in Mathematics and Physics Teacher Education from the University of Bonn, followed by a summa cum laude Ph.D. in Psychology from TU Dortmund University in 2022. Her research focuses on critical aspects of educational psychology in STEM contexts, particularly examining student motivation trajectories, educational and occupational choices in math-intensive fields, and teachers' professional competencies. She investigates how digital self-testing and self-reflection tools can support students in postsecondary education transitions, along with assessing digital competencies required by both students and instructors in modern educational environments. Her work reveals important gender differences in motivational variability and identifies early warning signs of academic disengagement through short-term motivational assessments. Benden's publication portfolio demonstrates strong methodological rigor through longitudinal analyses, random intercept cross-lagged modeling, and network analysis approaches applied to large datasets from math-intensive study programs. Her research consistently addresses the critical challenge of student retention in STEM fields through examination of expectancy-value dynamics, test engagement factors, and motivational alignment patterns. Notably, her work shows that greater motivational alignment between expectancy and value beliefs can paradoxically indicate disengagement in challenging academic contexts. International awards for young scholars from European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI SIG-8) International awards for young scholars from American Educational Research Association (AERA MotSIG) As an active researcher, Benden regularly presents at major international conferences including AERA and EARLI, with upcoming presentations scheduled through 2025. Her collaborative work spans multiple institutions including TU Dortmund University and involves significant contributions to theoretical frameworks in educational psychology, particularly regarding situated expectancy-value theory applications in higher education STEM contexts.









