Britta Wenzel
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Research and work focus
- Teaching quality
- Individualised teaching
- Heterogeneity in the classroom
- Observation methods
- Data analysis
Research and work focus
Scientific career
Since 05/2026
Research assistant, Institute for Educational Research (IfB) in the research area
"Methodology and Didactics in Special Needs Learning", University of Wuppertal
01/2023 - 04/2026
Research assistant in the research area "School Intervention Research for Special Educational Needs" at the Institute for Educational Research in the School of Education at the University of Wuppertal
04/2021 - 12/2022
Research assistant in the research area "School Intervention Research for Special Educational Needs" at the Institute for Educational Research in the School of Education at the University of Wuppertal
04/2021 - 12/2022
Master of Education programme in Special Needs Education with a focus on learning and emotional and social development and the subjects of educational science, German and music education
10/2018 - 12/2019
Planning, implementation and evaluation of an inclusive theatre project at the prison in Wuppertal Ronsdorf
05/2019 - 07/2019
Teaching assignment in the Faculty of Humanities and Cultural Studies in the Department of Music Education at the University of Wuppertal. Seminar "Music education in the Wuppertal Ronsdorf prison"
04/2018 - 03/2021
Student assistant in the field of "school intervention research for special educational needs" at the Institute for Educational Research in the School of Education at the University of Wuppertal
10/2016 - 03/2021
Bachelor of Education programme in Special Needs Education with a focus on learning and emotional and social development and the subjects German and Music Education
2026
Wenzel, B., Decristan, J., Dumont, H., Fauth, B., Ohl, S., Schnitzler, K., & Schwarze, T. (2026). Teaching quality ratings. Manual with rating sheet for recording the dimensions of cognitive activation, constructive support and classroom management in individualised teaching [Manual]. OSF. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2CGH9
2025
Wenzel, B. (2025). How much individualisation can lessons take? Future space learning:digital. https://lernen.digital/fragen-an-die-zukunft-der-bildung/individualisierung/
Wenzel, B., Dumont, H., Telle, S., Thurau, A., & Vogel, S. (2025). Individualisation and adaptivity as an opportunity for good teaching: Facing heterogeneity in schools (InfoTEXT from KONTEXT Grundschule, 3). DIPF Leibniz Institute for Research and Information in Education. doi. org/10.25657/02:33788
Wenzel, B., & Lohmann, S. (2025). MJoy Videocoding. A coding software for continuous assessing 2D (inter)personal behaviour. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15620281, https://codeberg.org/B_Wenzel/MJoy
Wenzel, B. & Decristan, J. (2025). Criteria for quality teaching. In R. Markowetz, T. Hennemann, D. Hövel & G. Casale (Eds.). Handbook specialising in emotional-social development (pp.858-868). Beltz.
Organised symposia
2026
Wenzel, B., Decristan, J., & Schnitzler, K. (2026). Constructive support in inclusive education: the role of additional pedagogical staff. Presentation at the 13th Annual Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) from 16.03-18.03.2026, at the Technical University of Munich.
2025
Frühauf, M. & Wenzel, B. (2025). Multidimensional approaches to the description of interaction processes in schools.Symposium at the 12th Annual Conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) from 27.01-29.01.2025, at the University of Mannheim.
Conference papers (after peer review)
2025
Wenzel, B., Decristan, J. & Schnitzler, K. (2025). Constructive support in inclusive education: the role of additional educational professionals. Presentation at the Autumn Conference 2025 of the Working Group Empirical Special Education Research (AESF) from 21.11.-22.11.2025, at the Technical University of Dortmund.
Wenzel, B. & Decristan, J. (2025). Observed constructive support in teacher-student interactions during free learning time in primary schools. Presentation at the symposium by M. Frühauf & B. Wenzel on "Multidimensional approaches to the description of interaction processes in schools" at the 12th annual conference of the Society for Empirical Educational Research (GEBF) from 27.01-29.01.2025, at the University of Mannheim.
2024
Wenzel, B. & Decristan, J. (2024). Adaptive constructive support in dyadic teacher-student interactions. Symposium contribution at the Earli SIG 6 & 7 conference on 22 August 2024 at the University of Tübingen. Nominated for the "Junior Paper in a Symposium presentation Award".
Wenzel, B. & Decristan, J. (2024). Adaptive constructive support in teacher student interactions. Poster presentation at the junior conference of the 9th Dortmund Symposium on Empirical Educational Research at the IFS in Dortmund
Wenzel, B. & Decristan, J. (2024). Dyadic constructive support in individualised instruction. Poster presentation at the GEBF-Nachwuchstagung on 21 March 2024 at the University of Potsdam.
2019
Ziegenmeyer, A. & Wenzel, B. (2019). Music education as an extracurricular activity in juvenile detention centres. Learning potentials and perspectives for an inclusive music teacher education. Presentation at the international conference "jailbreak-musical inclusion in prison" on 21 May 2019 at the Catholic University of Eichstädt-Ingolstadt.
