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Former member of staff [2009-08-15 - 2015-12-31]

Dr. Ursula Fischer

Former Projects

Diagnostic and web-based intervention in mathematics impairments after elementary school

Media-support for arithmetic learning

Articles in refereed Journals

Fischer, U., Huber, S., Fischer, M. H., & Moeller, K. (2018). The influence of number magnitude on continuous swiping movements. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 4:135. https://dx.doi.org/10.5964/jnc.v4i2.135 Open Access
 

Dackermann, T., Fischer, U., Cress, U., Nuerk, H.-C., & Moeller, K. (2016). Bewegtes Lernen numerischer Kompetenzen. Themenheft: Psychologie und Wissensmedien. Psychologische Rundschau, 67(2), 102-109. https://dx.doi.org/10.1026/0033-3042/a000302
 

Dackermann, T., Fischer, U., Huber, S., Nuerk, H.-C., & Moeller, K. (2016). Training the equidistant principle of number line spacing. Cognitive Processing, 17, 243-258. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-016-0763-8
 

Dietrich, J. F., Huber, S., Dackermann, T., Moeller, K., & Fischer, U. (2016). Place-value understanding in number line estimation predicts future arithmetic performance. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 34, 502-517. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12146
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Class, F., Huber, S., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2016). Dancing with the SNARC: Measuring spatial-numerical associations on a digital dance mat. Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology / Revue Canadienne de Psychologie Expérimentale, 70, 306-315. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/cep0000084
 

Patro, K., Fischer, U., Nuerk, H.-C., & Cress, U. (2016). How to rapidly construct a spatial-numerical representation in preliterate children (at least temporarily). Developmental Science, 19, 126-144. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc.12296 request document
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Huber, S., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2015). Full-body movement in numerical trainings: A pilot study with an interactive whiteboard. International Journal of Serious Games, 2, 23-35. request document
 

Fischer, U., Rösch, S., Nuerk, H.-C., & Moeller, K. (2015). Erkennen von Rechenschwäche durch LehrerInnen und Testungen im Klassenverband. Lernen und Lernstörungen, 4, 269-282. https://dx.doi.org/10.1024/2235-0977/a000116 request document
 

Moeller, K., Fischer, U., Nuerk, H.-C., & Cress, U. (2015). Computers in mathematics education - Training the mental number line. Computers in Human Behavior, 48, 597-607. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.01.048 request document
 

Link, T., Schwarz, E. J., Huber, S., Fischer, U., Nuerk, H. C., Cress, U., & Moeller, K. (2014). Mathe mit der Matte - Verkörperlichtes Training basisnumerischer Kompetenzen. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft, 17, 257-277. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11618-014-0533-2 request document
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013). Interventions supporting children’s mathematics school success: A meta-analytic review. European Psychologist, 18, 89-113. https://dx.doi.org/10.1027/1016-9040/a000141 request document
 

Huber, S., Fischer, U., Moeller, K., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013). On the interrelation of multiplication and division in secondary school children. Frontiers in Psychology, 4, Article 740. https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2013.00740 Open Access
 

Link, T., Moeller, K., Huber, S., Fischer, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013). Walk the number line – An embodied training of numerical concepts. Trends in Neuroscience and Education, 2(2), 74-84. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tine.2013.06.005
 

Moeller, K., Fischer, U., Link, T. S., Wasner, M., Huber, S., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2012). Learning and development of embodied numerosity. Cognitive Processing, 13, 271-274. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10339-012-0457-9 request document
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Bientzle, M., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2011). Sensori-motor spatial training of number magnitude representation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 18, 177-183. https://dx.doi.org/10.3758/s13423-010-0031-3
 

Proceedings

Cress, U., Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Sauter, C., & Nuerk, H. C. (2010). The use of a digital dance mat for training kindergarten children in a magnitude comparison task. In K. Gomez, L. Lyons, & J. Radinsky (Eds.), Learning in the Disciplines: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010) (Vol. 1, Full Papers, pp. 105-112). Chicago, IL: International Society of the Learning Sciences.
 

Chapters in Edited Books

Fischer, U., Klein, E., Dackermann, T., & Moeller, K. (2017). The Physiology of Numerical Learning – From Neural Correlates to Embodied Trainings. In S. Schwan & U. Cress (Eds.), The Psychology of Digital Learning (pp. 21-40). Heidelberg: Springer.
 

Fischer, U., Link, T., Cress, U., Nuerk, H.-C., & Moeller, K. (2015). Math with the dance mat: On the benefits of embodied numerical training approaches. In V. Lee (Ed.), Learning Technologies and the Body: Integration and Implementation in Formal and Informal Learning Environments (pp. 149-163). New York, NY: Routledge.
 

Fischer, U., & Moeller, K. (2014). Aktuelle Befunde zu Zahlenstrahltrainings – Verschiedene Ansätze und deren Wirksamkeit. In G. Schulte-Körne (Ed.), Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie: Neue Methoden zur Diagnostik und Förderung (pp. 33-50). Bochum: Verlag Dr. Winkler.
 

Mann, A., Fischer, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013). TEDI-MATH - Test zur Erfassung numerisch-rechnerischer Fertigkeiten vom Kindergarten bis zur 3. Klasse. In M. Hasselhorn, A. Heinze, W. Schneider, & U. Trautwein (Eds.), Diagnostik mathematischer Kompetenzen, Tests und Trends: Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik (N. F. Band 11, pp. 97-112). Göttingen: Hogrefe.
 

Moeller, K., Fischer, U., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2012). Diagnostics and intervention in dyscalculia: Current issues and novel perspectives.. In Z. Breznitz, O. Rubinsten, V. Molfese, & D. L. Molfese (Eds.), Reading, Writing, Mathematics and the Developing Brain: Listening to Many Voices (pp. 233-276). Heidelberg: Springer.
 

Articles in Magazines

Fischer, U., Link, T., Nuerk, H.-C., Cress, U., & Moeller, K. (2014). Neue Medien, neue Möglichkeiten: Wie Lernsoftware mathematisches Wissen vermittelt. In-Mind, 3. http://de.in-mind.org/article/neue-medien-neue-moeglichkeiten-wie-lernsoftware-mathematisches-wissen-vermittelt
 

Fischer, U., Link, T., Nürk, H.-C., Cress, U., & Moeller, K. (2014). Neue Medien, neue Möglichkeiten: Wie Lernsoftware mathematisches Wissen vermittelt. In-Mind, 3. http://de.in-mind.org/article/neue-medien-neue-moeglichkeiten-wie-lernsoftware-mathematisches-wissen-vermittelt
 

Conference Contributions

Dackermann, T., Fischer, U., Müller, J. M., Nuerk, H.-C., & Schneider, M. (2015, October). Optimizing embodied number line trainings: Preparing preschoolers for number relations. Second meeting of the Scientific Research Community WO.008.14N – Providing Support for Student Learning: Cornerstone findings, implications and recommendations from Cognitive Psychology for the Teaching of STEM. Leuven, Belgium. [Talk]
 

Fischer, U., Dackermann, T., Moeller, K., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2015, January). Turning around children’s number line – associations between number line direction and number magnitude. 33th European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology. Bressanone, Italy. [Talk]
 

Fischer, U. (2014, Mai). Aktuelle Befunde zu Zahlenstrahltrainings – Verschiedene Ansätze und deren Wirksamkeit. 18. Bundeskongress des Bundesverbandes Legasthenie und Dyskalkulie e.V.: Übergänge gestalten – von der frühen Kindheit bis ins Erwachsenenalter. Erfurt. [Vortrag]
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Class, F., Huber, S., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013, March). Eliciting and measuring access to magnitude information in embodied comparisons. 55. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (TeaP). Wien, Austria. [Talk]
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Huber, S., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2013, February). Eliciting and measuring access to magnitude information. Workshop in Paris - Interactions between space, time and number: 20 years of research. Paris, France. [Poster]
 

Moeller, K., Huber, S., Link, T., Fischer, U., Nuerk, H.-C., & Cress, U. (2013, März). Mathe mit der Matte – Verkörperlichtes Lernen numerischer Kompetenzen. Erste Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF). Kiel. [Vortrag]
 

Link, T., Moeller, K., Huber, S., Fischer, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2012, April). Embodied training of the mental number line. 54. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Mannheim. [Talk]
 

Nuerk, H.-C., Fischer, U., Link, T., Huber, S., Moeller, K., & Cress, U. (2012, September). Learning and development of embodied numerosity. 5th International Conference on Spatial Cognition. Rome, Italy. [Talk]
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2011, April). Effects of stimulus-response congruency: Embodied training of the mental number line on an interactive whiteboard. Workshop of the Israel Science Foundation: Typical and Atypical Neurocognitive Aspects of Numerical Processing. Be'er Sheva/Haifa, Israel. [Poster]
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2011, January). Development and evaluation of a small-group intervention program for children with dyscalculia. 29th European Workshop of Cognitive Neuropsychology. Bressanone, Italien. [Poster]
 

Nuerk, H.-C., Fischer, U., Moeller, K., & Cress, U. (2011, September). Physical-spatial training of number magnitude representation: congruency of response and stimulus increases training effects. 17th Meeting of the European Society for Cognitive Psychology (EsCOP). Donostia - San-Sebastian, Spain. [Talk]
 

Cress, U., Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Sauter, C., & Nuerk, H. C. (2010, July). The use of a digital dance mat for training kindergarten children in a magnitude comparison task. 9th International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS 2010). Chicago, IL, USA. [Talk]
 

Fischer, U., Moeller, K., Bientzle, M., Sauter, C., Cress, U., & Nuerk, H.-C. (2010, January). Embodied spatial training of number magnitude representation: an intervention study. 28th European Workshop of Cognitive Neuropsychology. Bressanone, Italien. [Poster]
 

Organisation of Conferences

Bahnmueller, J., Fischer, U., Häußinger, F., Huber, S., Link, T., Milicevic, V., Nuerk, H.-C., Schneider, S., Soltanlou, M., Wasner, M., Woitscheck, C., Yogarajah, B., & Dresler, T. (2013). Development of Numerical Processing and Language - From Neurocognitive Foundations to Educational Applications. Tübingen, 7.-8.10.2013.
 

Dr. Ursula Fischer
Dr. Ursula Fischer