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title: ZIB Academy 2019 - Cognitive and non-cognitive variables of language
url: "https://www.zib.education/en/zib-academy-2019/"
description: "“Cognitive and non-cognitive variables of language in PISA”: The ZIB Academy 2019 was dedicated to the topic of reading and writing."
date: 2025-11-13
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# ZIB Academy 2019 - Cognitive and non-cognitive variables of language

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  ZIB Academy 2019
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 ###  Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Language Variables in PISA (08-11/07/2019)

 The fifth ZIB Academy was dedicated to the topic *“***Reading, Writing, and Writing about Reading: Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Language Variables in PISA***”* and was hosted by TUM.

At the Bildungshaus Bernried on Lake Starnberg, doctoral and postdoctoral researchers from various disciplines took part in lectures on **reading and writing**, including:

- Reading in the digital age (Professor Tobias Richter, University of Würzburg)
- Covariates of reading literacy (Dr. Franziska Schwabe, Technical University of Dortmund)
- Modelling writing competence (Professor Michael Becker-Mrotzek, University of Cologne)
- Reading literacy in PISA (Dr. Mirjam Weis, TUM)
- Collecting process data in PISA (Julia Mang & Dr. Frank Reinhold, TUM).

The practice-oriented workshops covered applied aspects of working with reading and writing data, such as:

- Applying for access to PISA data (Dr. Aleksander Kocaj, IQB)
- Analysing PISA data (Jörg-Henrik Heine, TUM)
- Automatic scoring of text responses (Dr. Fabian Zehner, DIPF).

The academy was rounded off with opportunities for exchange and networking, including a poster session and a science slam.

    ![[Translate to English:] Several people are standing around a bulletin board discussing a topic.](https://www.zib.education/_assets/processed/4TctDdkD7_BE5XRVEgT7VkJm61NgID3zH9abzn2_kko/q:85/w:433/h:325/fn:Y3NtXzIwMTkwNzA5XzE3MzAzN180YTUyYzg3YTNi:t/cb:c7338579f3bbeab8daea39239eb558c50b3e5adf/bG9jYWw6L2ZpbGVhZG1pbi9CaWxkZXIvWklCLUFrYWRlbWllbi8yMDE5MDcwOV8xNzMwMzcuanBn)        \[Translate to English:\] Bei der Postersession traten Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen und -wissenschaftler in Austausch mit ExpertInnen wie Dr. Franziska Schwab vom Institut für Schulentwicklungsforschung © Jennifer Diedrich