Head of the Competence Development
and Competence Modeling Lab
Institute for Educational Research Universitätsstraße 150 44801 Bochum
GA 2/31
Phone: +49 234 32 -
27317
Email: marc.stadtler@rub.de
Short bio:
Marc Stadtler is a professor for Competence Development and Competence Modeling at the Institute of Educational Research at Ruhr-University Bochum. His research focuses on the cognitive and metacognitive foundations of learning from multiple documents, the development and evaluation of training programs to enhance critical online information evaluation skills, and the understanding and assessment of scientific information by laypersons. A key area of interest lies in integrating formal and informal learning settings, encompassing both school-based and extracurricular contexts. Prof. Dr. Stadtler earned his degree in Psychology with a specialization in Educational Psychology from the University of Münster, where he also completed his doctorate on the role of metacognition in web search by laypersons. For his dissertation, he was awarded the University of Münster's Dissertation Prize in 2005. In 2014, he earned his habilitation at the University of Münster with a thesis that intertwined cognitive models of reading comprehension with theories on laypersons' understanding of science. His research has been supported by prestigious organizations, including the German Research Foundation (DFG), the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), the French National Research Agency (ANR), and private foundations such as the Deutsche Telekom Foundation.
Selected Publications (read more):
Barzilai, S., & Stadtler, M. (2025). Learning to Evaluate (Mis)information in an Online Game: Strategies Matter! Computers & Education, 227, 105210. doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2024.105210 open access
Marten, P., Aßmann, S., Baumgarten, C., & Stadtler, M. (in press). Can 5G Radiation Really Kill Birds? Promoting Epistemic Strategies Against Online Misinformation With a Training for Lower Secondary Students. Learning and Individual Differences.
Marten, P. L., & Stadtler, M. (2025). Building resilience against online misinformation: A teacher-led training promoting evaluation strategies among lower secondary students. Computers in Human Behavior, 165, doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2024.108548 (open access)
Pérez, A., Potocki, A., Stadtler, M., Macedo-Rouet, M., Paul, J., Salmerón, L., Rouet, J.-F. (2018). Fostering Teenagers’ Assessment of Information Reliability: Effects of a Classroom Intervention focused on Critical Source Dimensions. Learning and Instruction, 58, 53-64. doi:10.1016/j.learninstruc.2018.04.006
Scharrer, L., Thomm, E., Stadtler, M., & Bromme, R. (2025). What makes sources credible? How source features shape evaluation of scientific information. The Journal of Experimental Education. doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2025.2477719
Schuster, C., Alef, M., Mierwald, M., Brauch, N., & Stadtler, M. (2023). Metacomprehension in Multiple Document Reading. Can Judgment Accuracy Be Fostered by Generating Twitter-Like Summaries? Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie. https://doi.org/10.1026/0049-8637/a000278
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