Elisa Oppermann (née Heinig)

External LIFE Fellow from 2015 to 2018, Freie Universität Berlin

Dr. phil.

Dissertation completed in February 2018

The Role of Motivation in Early Mathematics and Science Education

(Advisor: Martin Brunner)

Selected Publications

Trauernicht, M., Oppermann, E., Klusmann, U., & Anders, Y. (2020). Burnout undermines empathising: Do induced burnout symptoms impair cognitive and affective empathy? Cognition and Emotion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2020.1806041

Oppermann, E., Brunner, M., Eccles, J. S., & Anders, Y. (2018). Uncovering young children's motivational beliefs about learning science. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 55, 399–421. https://doi.org/ 10.1002/tea.21424

Oppermann, E., Anders, Y., & Hachfeld, A. (2016). The influence of preschool teachers’ content knowledge and mathematical ability beliefs on their sensitivity to mathematics in children’s play. Teaching and Teacher Education, 58, 174–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2016.05.00