Nicole Mahler (née Haag)
LIFE Berlin
External LIFE Fellow from 2011 to 2015, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Dr. rer. nat.
Dissertation completed in December 2015
Differenzielle Validität von Mathematiktestaufgaben für Kinder mit nicht-deutscher Familiensprache – Welche Rolle spielt die sprachliche Komplexität der Aufgaben? [Differential validity of mathematics test items for language minority students and its connection with the test items' linguistic complexity]
(Advisor: Petra Stanat)
Selected Publications
Haag, N., Roppelt, A., & Heppt, B. (2015). Effects of mathematics items’ language demands for language minority students: Do they differ between grades? Learning and Individual Differences, 42, 70–76. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2015.08.010
Haag, N., Heppt, B., Roppelt, A., & Stanat, P. (2015). Linguistic simplification of mathematics items: Effects for language minority students in Germany. European Journal of Psychology of Education, 30, 145–167. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10212-014-0233-6
Haag, N., Heppt, B., Stanat, P., Kuhl, P., & Pant, H. A. (2013). Second language learners' performance in mathematics: Disentangling the effects of academic language features. Learning and Instruction, 28, 24–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2013.04.001