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Jana Spear M.Sc.

Research associate, PhD student
Psychology
Phone: +49 821 598 5609
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Room: 2089 (D)
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Address: Universitätsstraße 10, 86159 Augsburg

Curriculum/Vitae

Born in Guildford, England. Bachelor’s degree in Psychology at the University of Ulm (2018 – 2021) and subsequent Master’s degree in Psychology at the University of Innsbruck, Austria (2021 – 2023). Since May 2023, research assistant and doctoral student at the Department of Psychology, University of Augsburg within the project LaFiG.

Research interests

  • Learning from errors in a scholastic environment
  • Self-regulated learning
  • Temperamental development in children

research project

Learning from errors in primary education ( )

Publications

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List of publications provided by the University of Augsburg repository ():

 

2026 | 2025 | 2024

2026
Pickal, Amadeus.J., Spear, Jana, Bryce, Donna, Hallmen, Tobias, Enste, C.-S., Grassinger, R., André, Elisabeth, & Dresel, Markus (2026). Multimodally assessed adaptive reactions to errors in primary school students and their relation to knowledge acquisition. Learning and Individual Differences, 129, 102927. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2026.102927
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Biedermann, Vivienne, Spear, Jana, Hemetsberger, Florian, & Zentner, Marcel (in press). The accuracy of temperament ratings in late childhood and early adolescence and their relation to behavior problems: an analysis of parent, child, and teacher agreement. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-026-01994-9
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2025
Spear, Jana, Burmeister, Carolin, Dresel, Markus, & Grassinger, Robert (in press). Assessing adaptive reactions to errors in primary school children. European Journal of Psychological Assessment, . https://doi.org/10.1027/1015-5759/a000922
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Dresel, Markus, Daumiller, Martin, Spear, Jana, Janke, Stefan, Dickhäuser, Oliver, & Steuer, Gabriele (2025). Learning from errors in mathematics classrooms: development over 2 years in dependence of perceived error climate. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 95(1), 180-196. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjep.12697
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2024
Spear, Jana, Tulis, Maria, & Dresel, Markus (2024). Knowledge effects of action-related reactions to errors. Educational Psychology, 44(9-10), 1092-1105. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2024.2426549
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