Prof. Dr. Peter Gerjets
Gerjets, Peter
Schleichstraße 6
72076 Tübingen
Room 6.538
Tel.: +49 7071 979-219
Fax.: +49 7071 979-126
 
 

Scientist

Prof. Dr. Peter Gerjets

Head of the Hypermedia Lab.

Peter Gerjets received his PD (Habilitation) from the Saarland University in 2002 with a thesis on "Cognitive control in hypertext-based learning and problem solving: Goal management, strategy selection, and adaptive information utilization". In 1994 he received his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Goettingen where he also received his diploma in psychology in 1991.

Since 2002 Peter Gerjets has been working as principal research scientist at the Knowledge Media Research Center and beside as full professor for research on learning and instruction at the University of Tuebingen. Before taking over his current position at the University of Tuebingen, Peter Gerjets has been working as Assistant Professor at the Saarland University in Saarbruecken. He was honored with the Young Scientist Award of the German Cognitive Science Society in 1999. From 1997 to 1998 Peter Gerjets was granted a postdoctoral scholarship of the DFG-Graduate College for Cognitive Science in Saarbruecken. From 1991 to 1995 he was a Research Associate at the University of Goettingen. Peter Gerjets' research interests are related to individual learning in multi- and hypermedia environments.

Research interests

learner control, cognitive load, adaptive user strategies, learning with dynamic visualizations, designing multimedia learning environments and supporting different learners' competences to use such environments.

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