Wolfgang Schneider
Professor of Psychology

Research Interest

My research interests include various topics such as memory development, the prediction of school performance, the longitudinal study of cognitive development, the interplay of teaching-learning processes, metacognition and academic performance, the impact of giftedness and expertise on outstanding achievement, and large-scale assessment studies (PISA)

Positions

Vice-President and President, German Psychological Association (2000 – 2004)
President-Elect, International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) (2008)

PhD

Determinants of spelling performance in elementary school classrooms (University of Heidelberg, 1979)

Publications

Schneider, W. & Pressley, M. (1997). Memory development between two and twenty. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ennemoser, M. & Schneider, W. (2007). Relations of television viewing and reading: Findings from a 4-year longitudinal study. Journal of Educational Psychology, 99, 349-368.

Schneider, W. & Lockl, K. (2008). Procedural metacognition in children: Evidence for developmental trends. In J. Dunlosky & B. Bjork (Eds.), A handbook of memory and metacognition. Mahwah, NY: Erlbaum.

Contact Information

Department of Psychology
University of Wuerzburg
Wittelsbacherplatz 1
D-97074 Wuerzburg, Germany
Tel: (++49) 931-888-4822
Email: Schneider@psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de