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The role of learning in complex problem solving using MicroDYN (2023)
Journal Article
Herrmann, W., Beckmann, J., & Kretzschmar, A. (2023). The role of learning in complex problem solving using MicroDYN. Intelligence, 100, Article 101773. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2023.101773

It is still an open question which cognitive and non-cognitive personality traits are useful for describing and explaining behaviour and performance in complex problems. During complex problem solving (CPS), problem solvers have to interact with the... Read More about The role of learning in complex problem solving using MicroDYN.

From procrastination to engagement? An experimental exploration of the effects of an adaptive virtual assistant on self-regulation in online learning (2022)
Journal Article
Pogorskiy, E., & Beckmann, J. F. (2022). From procrastination to engagement? An experimental exploration of the effects of an adaptive virtual assistant on self-regulation in online learning. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 4, Article 100111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100111

Compared to traditional classroom learning, success in online learning tends to depend more on the learner’s skill to self-regulate. Self-regulation is a complex meta-cognitive skill set that can be acquired. This study explores the effectiveness of... Read More about From procrastination to engagement? An experimental exploration of the effects of an adaptive virtual assistant on self-regulation in online learning.

Learners’ web navigation behaviour beyond learning management systems: A way into addressing procrastination in online learning? (2022)
Journal Article
Pogorskiy, E., & Beckmann, J. F. (2022). Learners’ web navigation behaviour beyond learning management systems: A way into addressing procrastination in online learning?. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence, 3, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeai.2022.100094

The attractiveness of online games, social media, and mobile apps is frequently considered a challenge for online learners. Procrastinatory behaviour is often associated with a relative lack of self-regulatory skills that would otherwise help learner... Read More about Learners’ web navigation behaviour beyond learning management systems: A way into addressing procrastination in online learning?.

Intelligence IS Cognitive Flexibility: Why Multilevel Models of Within-Individual Processes Are Needed to Realise This (2022)
Journal Article
Birney, D. P., & Beckmann, J. F. (2022). Intelligence IS Cognitive Flexibility: Why Multilevel Models of Within-Individual Processes Are Needed to Realise This. Journal of Intelligence, 10(3), https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence10030049

Despite substantial evidence for the link between an individual’s intelligence and successful life outcomes, questions about what defines intelligence have remained the focus of heated dispute. The most common approach to understanding intelligence h... Read More about Intelligence IS Cognitive Flexibility: Why Multilevel Models of Within-Individual Processes Are Needed to Realise This.

Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised (2022)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., & Stemler, S. (2022). Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, Article 812963. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.812963

Researchers rely on psychometric principles when trying to gain understanding of unobservable psychological phenomena disconfounded from the methods used. Psychometric models provide us with tools to support this endeavour, but they are agnostic to t... Read More about Sophisticated statistics cannot compensate for method effects if quantifiable structure is compromised.

Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability (2021)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Birney, D., Minbashian, M., & Beckmann, J. (2021). Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability. European Journal of Personality, 35(4), 421-449

The study aimed to investigate the status of within-person state variability in neuroticism and conscientiousness as individual differences constructs by exploring their (a) temporal stability, (b) cross-context consistency, (c) empirical links to se... Read More about Personality dynamics at work: The effects of form, time, and context of variability.

More than meets the ear: Individual differences in trait and state willingness to communicate as predictors of language learning performance in a Chinese EFL context (2020)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Beckmann, N., & Beckmann, J. (2023). More than meets the ear: Individual differences in trait and state willingness to communicate as predictors of language learning performance in a Chinese EFL context. Language Teaching Research, 27(3), 593-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168820951931

Chinese students are frequently seen as passive learners because of their apparent reluctance to speak, particularly in English classrooms. However, this impression seems to reflect a stereotype which is likely to confound willingness to communicate... Read More about More than meets the ear: Individual differences in trait and state willingness to communicate as predictors of language learning performance in a Chinese EFL context.

Manifesto for new directions in developmental science (2020)
Journal Article
Barbot, B., Hein, S., Trentacosta, C., Beckmann, J. F., Bick, J., Crocetti, E., …Van IJzendoorn, M. H. (2020). Manifesto for new directions in developmental science. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020(172), 135-149. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20359

Although developmental science has always been evolving, these times of fast-paced and profound social and scientific changes easily lead to disorienting fragmentation rather than coherent scientific advances. What directions should developmental sci... Read More about Manifesto for new directions in developmental science.

Heigh-Ho: CPS and the seven questions – Some thoughts on contemporary complex problem solving research (2019)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2019). Heigh-Ho: CPS and the seven questions – Some thoughts on contemporary complex problem solving research. Journal of dynamic decision making, 5, Article 12. https://doi.org/10.11588/jddm.2019.1.69301

Research on complex problem solving (CPS) has reached a stage where certain standards have been achieved, whereas the future development is quite ambiguous. In this situation, the editors of the Journal of Dynamic Decision Making asked a number of re... Read More about Heigh-Ho: CPS and the seven questions – Some thoughts on contemporary complex problem solving research.

Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts (2019)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Wood, R., Sojo, V., & Bowman, D. (2020). Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts. Journal of Research in Personality, 85, Article 103909. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2019.103909

This study focuses on intra-individual variability in personality at work, and how it relates to job performance. 288 professionals completed contextualised adjective-based personality assessments in work and non-work contexts, and a non-contextualis... Read More about Inter-individual differences in intra-individual variability in personality within and across contexts.

One situation doesn’t fit all: Variability and stability of state willingness to communicate in a Chinese College English classroom (2019)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Beckmann, N., & Beckmann, J. (2022). One situation doesn’t fit all: Variability and stability of state willingness to communicate in a Chinese College English classroom. Language Teaching Research, 26(3), 504-529. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362168819891330

Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be studied as a relatively stable, trait-like predisposition; however, recently attention has shifted to the more dynamic, state-like components of WTC. This research investigates variability and stability in... Read More about One situation doesn’t fit all: Variability and stability of state willingness to communicate in a Chinese College English classroom.

Cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency / Flexibilidad cognitiva como meta-competencia (2019)
Journal Article
Yu, C., Beckmann, J. F., & Birney, D. P. (2019). Cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency / Flexibilidad cognitiva como meta-competencia. Studies in Psychology, 40(3), 563-584. https://doi.org/10.1080/02109395.2019.1656463

There exists a large body of research that has studied cognitive flexibility as an executive function assessed through shifting and set-switching tasks. This approach has been criticized as overly narrow and reductionist, thereby undermining the rele... Read More about Cognitive flexibility as a meta-competency / Flexibilidad cognitiva como meta-competencia.

What’s in a name: the effect of category labels on teachers’ beliefs (2019)
Journal Article
Gibbs, S., Beckmann, J. F., Elliott, J., Metsäpelto, R., Vehkakoski, T., & Aro, M. (2020). What’s in a name: the effect of category labels on teachers’ beliefs. European Journal of Special Needs Education, 35(1), 115--127. https://doi.org/10.1080/08856257.2019.1652441

In this paper, we report an investigation of the possible influence on teachers’ essentialist thinking and efficacy beliefs of category labels used to describe children’s educational difficulties. A 2x2x2 counterbalanced design was employed in which... Read More about What’s in a name: the effect of category labels on teachers’ beliefs.

Utilising a Virtual Learning Assistant as a Measurement and Intervention Tool for Self-Regulation in Learning (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Pogorskiy, E., Beckmann, J., Joksimovic, S., Kovanovic, V., & West, R. (2018). Utilising a Virtual Learning Assistant as a Measurement and Intervention Tool for Self-Regulation in Learning. In M. J. Lee, S. Nikolic, M. Ros, J. Shen, L. C. Lei, G. K. Wong, & N. Venkatarayalu (Eds.), 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) : conference proceedings.Proceedings of 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) (846-849). https://doi.org/10.1109/tale.2018.8615130

Online learning and massive open online courses are widely used in engineering and technology education. Engineering next-generation learning requires overcoming the potential constraints of online learning environments which necessitate higher level... Read More about Utilising a Virtual Learning Assistant as a Measurement and Intervention Tool for Self-Regulation in Learning.

What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: the potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice (2018)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Stankov, L., Lee, J., & Beckmann, J. (2019). What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: the potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice. Comparative Education, 55(1), 133-155. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050068.2018.1545386

There appears to be something of an intellectual and philosophical gulf between education researchers who seek insights from statistical analyses of complex data-sets such as those provided by the OECD (PISA), and others who seek to develop rich, con... Read More about What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: the potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice.

Deferential trespassing: Looking through and at an intersectional lens (2018)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2018). Deferential trespassing: Looking through and at an intersectional lens. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2018(161), https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20243

In this article, I comment on the prospect of integrating an intersectionality perspective into the developmental sciences. I do this by sharing impressions, insights, and questions that have emerged whilst attempting to look at and to look through a... Read More about Deferential trespassing: Looking through and at an intersectional lens.

Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!? (2018)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., Double, K., & Whittingham, K. (2018). Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!?. Intelligence, 68, 128-140. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2018.03.008

The burgeoning increase in the importance given to non-cognitive factors in complex decisions making, has led to calls to question intelligence as the primary explanatory model of success. Features of a business microworld simulation were experimenta... Read More about Moderators of learning and performance trajectories in microworld simulations: Too soon to give up on intellect!?.

To talk or not to talk: A review of situational antecedents of willingness to communicate in the second language classroom (2018)
Journal Article
Zhang, J., Beckmann, N., & Beckmann, J. (2018). To talk or not to talk: A review of situational antecedents of willingness to communicate in the second language classroom. System, 72, 226-239. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.system.2018.01.003

Willingness to communicate (WTC) used to be seen as a stable, trait-like communicative tendency; however, in the field of second language acquisition (SLA), attention has recently shifted to its more dynamic, state-like components. This article syste... Read More about To talk or not to talk: A review of situational antecedents of willingness to communicate in the second language classroom.

Situation contingent units of personality at work (2018)
Journal Article
Wood, R., Beckmann, N., Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Minbashian, A., & Chau, R. (2019). Situation contingent units of personality at work. Personality and Individual Differences, 136, 113-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2018.01.026

Conscientiousness and neuroticism were studied as situation contingencies in a sample of 124 managers. Experience sampling measures of situational characteristics, state conscientiousness and state neuroticism were collected before, during and after... Read More about Situation contingent units of personality at work.

Dynamic assessment: a case of unfulfilled potential? (2018)
Journal Article
Elliott, J., Resing, W., & Beckmann, J. (2018). Dynamic assessment: a case of unfulfilled potential?. Educational Review, 70(1), 7-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2018.1396806

This paper updates a review of dynamic assessment in education by the first author, published in this journal in 2003. It notes that the original review failed to examine the important conceptual distinction between dynamic testing (DT) and dynamic a... Read More about Dynamic assessment: a case of unfulfilled potential?.

Beyond psychometrics: the difference between difficult problem solving and complex problem solving (2017)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J., Birney, D., & Goode, N. (2017). Beyond psychometrics: the difference between difficult problem solving and complex problem solving. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, Article 1739. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01739

In this paper we argue that a synthesis of findings across the various sub-areas of research in complex problem solving and consequently progress in theory building is hampered by an insufficient differentiation of complexity and difficulty. In the p... Read More about Beyond psychometrics: the difference between difficult problem solving and complex problem solving.

Missing the wood for the wrong trees: On the difficulty of defining the complexity of Complex Problem Solving scenarios (2017)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J., & Goode, N. (2017). Missing the wood for the wrong trees: On the difficulty of defining the complexity of Complex Problem Solving scenarios. Journal of Intelligence, 5(2), Article 15. https://doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence5020015

In this paper we discuss how the lack of a common framework in Complex Problem Solving (CPS) creates a major hindrance to a productive integration of findings and insights gained in its 40+-year history of research. We propose a framework that anchor... Read More about Missing the wood for the wrong trees: On the difficulty of defining the complexity of Complex Problem Solving scenarios.

With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems (2017)
Journal Article
Goode, N., & Beckmann, J. (2017). With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems. Journal of dynamic decision making, 2, Article 5. https://doi.org/10.11588/jddm.2016.1.33346

Many situations require people to acquire knowledge about, and learn how to control, complex dynamic systems of inter-connected variables. Numerous studies have found that most problem solvers are unable to acquire complete knowledge of the underlyin... Read More about With a little help …: On the role of guidance in the acquisition and utilisation of knowledge in the control of complex, dynamic systems.

Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions (2017)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., Beckmann, N., & Double, K. (2017). Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions. Intelligence, 61, 63-77. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2017.01.005

The Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) test entails a 40-min contextualized interaction with a set of progressively difficult cognitive activities. Item-to-item experiences accumulate to total scores determined by, and reflective of, cognitive abilit... Read More about Beyond the Intellect: Complexity and learning trajectories in Raven’s Progressive Matrices depend on self-regulatory processes and conative dispositions.

Bayesian Analysis of Individual Level Personality Dynamics (2016)
Journal Article
Cripps, E., Wood, R., Beckmann, N., Lau, J., Beckmann, J., & Cripps, S. (2016). Bayesian Analysis of Individual Level Personality Dynamics. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, Article 1065. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.01065

A Bayesian technique with analyses of within-person processes at the level of the individual is presented. The approach is used to examine whether the patterns of within-person responses on a 12-trial simulation task are consistent with the predictio... Read More about Bayesian Analysis of Individual Level Personality Dynamics.

More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity (2015)
Journal Article
Birney, D., Beckmann, J., & Seah, Y. (2016). More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity. Learning and Individual Differences, 51, 400-408. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.07.007

Judging creativity accurately is difficult. Individuals who are involved in product creation tend to overestimate the creativity of their work; individuals not involved lack understanding of the creative process that led to the product under scrutiny... Read More about More than the eye of the beholder: The interplay of person, task, and situation factors in evaluative judgements of creativity.

A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks (2015)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Birney, D., & Wood, R. (2015). A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 654-662. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.052

Whilst micro-worlds or simulations have increasingly been used in higher education settings, students do not always benefit as expected from these learning opportunities. By using an experimental-control group design we tested the effectiveness of st... Read More about A problem shared is learning doubled: Deliberative processing in dyads improves learning in complex dynamic decision-making tasks.

Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development (2015)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2015). Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2015(147), 127-133. https://doi.org/10.1002/cad.20081

In this article, I reflect on how ways of reporting research as well as reviewing and commenting on submitted manuscripts could take new directions to promote progress in the discipline of developmental science. I argue for (a) attitudinal openness t... Read More about Commentary - Of quadrants and fish scales: Reflections on new directions in research in child and adolescent development.

The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing. (2015)
Conference Proceeding
Beckmann, J. (2015). The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing.

Using tests to assess intellectual capability is seen as a double-edged sword. On one hand it is considered an instrument of perpetuating socio-economic injustice, on the other hand, as it turns out, intelligence tests are the most successful tools a... Read More about The prediction of success in an ever-changing world: Assessing cognitive flexibility through dynamic testing..

The acquisition of problem solving competence: evidence from 41 countries that math and science education matters (2014)
Journal Article
Scherer, R., & Beckmann, J. (2014). The acquisition of problem solving competence: evidence from 41 countries that math and science education matters. Large-scale Assessments in Education, 2, Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40536-014-0010-7

Background: On the basis of a ‘problem solving as an educational outcome’ point of view, we analyse the contribution of math and science competence to analytical problem-solving competence and link the acquisition of problem solving competence to the... Read More about The acquisition of problem solving competence: evidence from 41 countries that math and science education matters.

The umbrella that is too wide and yet too small: Why dynamic testing has still not delivered on the promise that was never made (2014)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2014). The umbrella that is too wide and yet too small: Why dynamic testing has still not delivered on the promise that was never made. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 13(3), 308-323. https://doi.org/10.1891/1945-8959.13.3.308

In this article, I reflect on potential reasons for the seemingly persistent impression that dynamic testing has not delivered on its promise. Potential reasons are embedded in a paradox. On the one hand, validity-related expectations toward dynamic... Read More about The umbrella that is too wide and yet too small: Why dynamic testing has still not delivered on the promise that was never made.

On costs of good intentions: The effect of problem contextualisation on knowledge acquisition (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Beckmann, J., & Goode, N. (2013). On costs of good intentions: The effect of problem contextualisation on knowledge acquisition.

In previous research it has been shown that a semantically familiar problem context can be detrimental to knowledge acquisition. The aim of this study was to test two competing explanations for this effect: goal adoption versus assumptions. Participa... Read More about On costs of good intentions: The effect of problem contextualisation on knowledge acquisition.

Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory? (2013)
Conference Proceeding
Tymms, P., Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Elliott, J., & Merell, C. (2013). Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory?.

Short-term memory (STM) capacity in the context of academic attainment is of great importance and studied extensively although experimental interventions to increase STM or working memory have yet to produce long-term gains. But is it possible that s... Read More about Does schooling have an impact on short-term memory?.

The benefit of being naïve and knowing it: the unfavourable impact of perceived context familiarity on learning in complex problem solving tasks (2013)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J., & Goode, N. (2014). The benefit of being naïve and knowing it: the unfavourable impact of perceived context familiarity on learning in complex problem solving tasks. Instructional Science, 42(2), 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11251-013-9280-7

Previous research has found that embedding a problem into a familiar context does not necessarily confer an advantage over a novel context in the acquisition of new knowledge about a complex, dynamic system. In fact, it has been shown that a semantic... Read More about The benefit of being naïve and knowing it: the unfavourable impact of perceived context familiarity on learning in complex problem solving tasks.

In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance (2013)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Minbashian, A., & Birney, D. (2013). In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance. Personality and Individual Differences, 54(3), 447-452. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2012.10.022

The aim of this study was to further shed light on the relationship between neuroticism and performance by taking into account the situation-specific experience of neuroticism when undertaking cognitive tasks. A total of 121 high-performing professio... Read More about In the heat of the moment: On the effect of state neuroticism on task performance.

Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load (2010)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2010). Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load. Learning and Instruction, 20(3), 250-264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2009.02.024

Research on cognitive load theory (CLT) has not yet provided facet-specific measures of cognitive load. The lack of valid methods to measure intrinsic, extraneous and germane cognitive load makes it difficult to empirically test theoretical explanati... Read More about Taming a beast of burden - On some issues with the conceptualisation and operationalisation of cognitive load.

You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks (2010)
Journal Article
Goode, N., & Beckmann, J. (2010). You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks. Intelligence, 38(3), 345-352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intell.2010.01.001

This study investigates the relationships between structural knowledge, control performance and fluid intelligence in a complex problem solving (CPS) task. 75 participants received either complete, partial or no information regarding the underlying s... Read More about You need to know: There is a causal relationship between structural knowledge and control performance in complex problem solving tasks.

Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback (2009)
Journal Article
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., & Elliott, J. (2009). Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback. Learning and Individual Differences, 19(2), 277-282. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2008.09.008

This study takes an individual differences' perspective on performance feedback effects in psychometric testing. A total of 105 students in a mainstream secondary school in North East England undertook a cognitive ability test on two occasions. In on... Read More about Self-confidence and performance goal orientation interactively predict performance in a reasoning test with accuracy feedback.

Simulations, learning and real world capabilities (2009)
Journal Article
Wood, R., Beckmann, J., & Birney, D. (2009). Simulations, learning and real world capabilities. Education + Training, 51(5/6), 491-510. https://doi.org/10.1108/00400910910987273

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider how simulations are increasingly used in training programs for the development of skills such as leadership. However, the requirements of leadership development go beyond the development of task spec... Read More about Simulations, learning and real world capabilities.

Oh, there is one more thing .... (2005)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J. (2005). Oh, there is one more thing .... Psychologische Beiträge (Lengerich), 47(2), 294-295

Effects of feedback on performance and response latencies in untimed reasoning tests (2005)
Journal Article
Beckmann, J., & Beckmann, N. (2005). Effects of feedback on performance and response latencies in untimed reasoning tests. Psychologische Beiträge (Lengerich), 47(2), 262-278

In an experimental study, a set of 12 number series problems with open-answer format had to be solved by a sample of 120 eighth and ninth graders randomly assigned to one of two test conditions (standard condition: no feedback; feedback condition: co... Read More about Effects of feedback on performance and response latencies in untimed reasoning tests.

Feeback gut für jedermann? – Zu differentiellen Effekten von Feedback in Leistungssituationen. [Feedback good for everyone? – On differential effects of feedback in performance situations] (2004)
Conference Proceeding
Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J., Elliott, J., & Guthke, J. (2004). Feeback gut für jedermann? – Zu differentiellen Effekten von Feedback in Leistungssituationen. [Feedback good for everyone? – On differential effects of feedback in performance situations]. In T. Rammsayer, S. Grabianowski, & S. Troche (Eds.),

Urteilsbildung und Entscheidung [Judgement and Decision Making] (2004)
Book Chapter
Beckmann, J., & Schumacher, J. (2004). Urteilsbildung und Entscheidung [Judgement and Decision Making]. In B. Strauß, U. Berger, J. von Troschke, & E. Brähler (Eds.), Lehrbuch Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie (403-425). Hogrefe

Kognitiver Aufwand oder mentale Effizienz - Zur Bedeutung von Antwortlatenzen in computerisierten Leistungstests [Cognitive Effort or mental efficiency – On the relevance of response latencies in computerised assessments] (2003)
Conference Proceeding
Dörfler, T., & Beckmann, J. (2003). Kognitiver Aufwand oder mentale Effizienz - Zur Bedeutung von Antwortlatenzen in computerisierten Leistungstests [Cognitive Effort or mental efficiency – On the relevance of response latencies in computerised assessments].

Statusdiagnostik [Status diagnostics] (2003)
Book Chapter
Beckmann, J. (2003). Statusdiagnostik [Status diagnostics]. In K. Kubinger, & R. Jager (Eds.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik. Weinheim: PVU

Testing the limits. (2003)
Book Chapter
Beckmann, J. (2003). Testing the limits. In K. Kubinger, & R. Jager (Eds.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik. Weinheim: PVU

Lerntests [Learning tests]. (2003)
Book Chapter
Beckmann, J. (2003). Lerntests [Learning tests]. In K. Kubinger, & R. Jager (Eds.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik. Weinheim: PVU

Dynamic Assessment with Diagnostic Programs. (2003)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. (2003). Dynamic Assessment with Diagnostic Programs. In R. Sternberg, J. Lautrey, & T. Lubart (Eds.), Models of Intelligence. International Perspectives (227-242). Washington, DC: APA

Ist an der Graphologie doch etwas dran? Untersuchungen zur Übereinstimmung von Graphologenurteil und psychometrischen Persönlichkeitstests [Is graphology of value after all? On the relationship between graphological judgment and psychometric personality tests] (2002)
Journal Article
Guthke, J., Beckmann, J., & Schmid, G. (2002). Ist an der Graphologie doch etwas dran? Untersuchungen zur Übereinstimmung von Graphologenurteil und psychometrischen Persönlichkeitstests [Is graphology of value after all? On the relationship between graphological judgment and psychometric personality tests]. Journal of Personnel Psychology, 1,

Zur Validierung des Konstrukts des intellektuellen Veränderungspotentials [On the validation of the construct of intellectual change potential] (2001)
Book
Beckmann, J. (2001). Zur Validierung des Konstrukts des intellektuellen Veränderungspotentials [On the validation of the construct of intellectual change potential]. Logos-Verlag

Ein Kritikpunkt an der herkömmlichen Intelligenzdiagnostik ist, daß die dazu verwendeten psychodiagnostischen Verfahren sich vorrangig auf die Erfassung des aktuellen Fähigkeitsstatus beziehen. Als Alternative zum "traditionellen Intelligenztesten" w... Read More about Zur Validierung des Konstrukts des intellektuellen Veränderungspotentials [On the validation of the construct of intellectual change potential].

Differentialpsychologische Analysen zum Verhältnis von (figuralem) Arbeitsgedächtnis und Reasoning. [Differential analyses of the relationship between figural working mamory and reasoning] (2001)
Conference Proceeding
Seiwald, B., Hegel, T., Beckmann, J., & Guthke, J. (2001). Differentialpsychologische Analysen zum Verhältnis von (figuralem) Arbeitsgedächtnis und Reasoning. [Differential analyses of the relationship between figural working mamory and reasoning]. In B. Seiwald, J. Guthke, H. Petermann, J. Beckmann, & M. Roth (Eds.),

Intelligenz als "Lernfähigkeit"—Lerntests als Alternative zum herkömmlichen Intelligenztest. [Intelligence as the ability to learn – learning tests as alternative to traditional intelligence measures]. (2001)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. (2001). Intelligenz als "Lernfähigkeit"—Lerntests als Alternative zum herkömmlichen Intelligenztest. [Intelligence as the ability to learn – learning tests as alternative to traditional intelligence measures]. In E. Stern, & J. Guthke (Eds.), Perspektiven der Intelligenzforschung. Ein Lehrbuch für Fortgeschrittene. Lengerich: Pabst

Diagnostische Programme in der Demenzfrüherkennung – Der Adaptive Figurenfolgen-Lerntest (ADAFI) [Diagnostic programs in the early detection of dementia – the Adaptive Figure Series Learning Test (2000)
Journal Article
Schreiber, M., Schneider, R., Schweizer, A., Beckmann, J., & Baltissen, R. (2000). Diagnostische Programme in der Demenzfrüherkennung – Der Adaptive Figurenfolgen-Lerntest (ADAFI) [Diagnostic programs in the early detection of dementia – the Adaptive Figure Series Learning Test. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie, 2/3,

The learning test concept: Application in practice. (2000)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. (2000). The learning test concept: Application in practice. In C. Lidz, & J. Elliott (Eds.), Dynamic Assessment: Prevailing models and applications (17-69). Elsevier

Learning test concept and dynamic assessment. (2000)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. (2000). Learning test concept and dynamic assessment. In A. Kozulin, & B. Rand (Eds.), Experience of mediated learning: An impact of Feuerstein's theory in education and psychology (175-190). Elsevier

Wygotskis Postulat von der “Diagnostik der Zone der nächsten Entwicklung“ und dessen Realisierung in der zeitgenössischen Psychodiagnostik [Vygotsky’s postulate of the “zone of proximal development“ and its realisation in contemporary psychological assessment]. (1996)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. (1996). Wygotskis Postulat von der “Diagnostik der Zone der nächsten Entwicklung“ und dessen Realisierung in der zeitgenössischen Psychodiagnostik [Vygotsky’s postulate of the “zone of proximal development“ and its realisation in contemporary psychological assessment]. In J. Lompscher (Ed.), Entwicklung und Lernen aus kulturhistorischer Sicht. Marburg: BdWi-Verlag

Recent research evidence on the validity of learning tests. (1995)
Book Chapter
Guthke, J., Beckmann, J., & Stein, H. (1995). Recent research evidence on the validity of learning tests. In J. Carlson (Ed.), Advances in cognition and educational practice. European contributions to dynamic assessment (117-143). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press

Complex problem solving, intelligence, and learning ability (1995)
Book Chapter
Beckmann, J., & Guthke, J. (1995). Complex problem solving, intelligence, and learning ability. In P. Frensch, & J. Funke (Eds.), Complex problem solving: The European Perspective (177-200). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum