Katharina Scheiter

Katharina Scheiter
Professor for Empirical Research on Learning and Instruction, Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien and University of Tübingen

Katharina Scheiter is head of the Multiple Representations Lab at the Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien (IWM) and full professor for Empirical Research on Learning and Instruction at the University of Tübingen, Germany. She investigates cognitive processes underlying learning from multiple representations as well as means of supporting these processes. Results from this research are used to design digital textbooks and tablet-based applications for education.


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