Dwayne Lieck
Dwayne Lieck is a second-year PhD student in Educational Psychology at the University of Freiburg. He is completing his PhD as part of the DFG research group FOR 5254 in the project “Lasting Learning in Physics through Contructive Retrieval” led by Prof. Alexander Renkl [Uni Freiburg] and Prof. Claudia von Aufschnaiter [JLU Giessen]. In this research, the group conducts classroom experiments on effective instructional design to improve lasting learning in schools. In addition, he has worked and continues to work in both meta-science and open science projects. For example hosting the Freiburg Open Science conference in May 2025 with Dr. Tino Endres [University of Zurich & Uni Freiburg] and Prof. Andrea Kiesel [Uni Freiburg], as well as in his project “Effect Size Interpretation in Educational Research” with Prof. Daniel Lakens [TU Eindhoven] and Dr. Tino Endres [University of Zurich & Uni Freiburg]. Additionally, he teaches Educational Psychology and supervises Bachelor’s theses as well as empirical internship projects.
Research Experience
| Position | Institution | Supervisor(s) | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD Student (LLiPs) | Uni Freiburg | Prof. Alexander Renkl, Prof. Andrea Kiesel & Dr. Tino Endres | From March 2024 |
| Research Assistant | Uni Freiburg | Dr. Tino Endres | August 2023 – February 2024 |
| Research Consultant (SCORE) | Center for Open Science | Prof. Andrew Tyner | May 2021 – November 2021 |
| Research Intern | TU Eindhoven | Prof. Daniel Lakens | September 2021 – October 2021 |
| Research Assistant (DEZIM) | Uni Duisburg-Essen | Prof. Philipp Jugert & Prof. Sauro Civitillo | November 2020 – February 2021 |
| Research Intern | TU Dortmund | Dr. Jens Mazei | February 2020 – March 2020 |
| Research Intern | Uni Duisburg-Essen | Prof. Sauro Civitillo | July 2019 – September 2019 |
Education
| Course | University | Thesis Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Philosopcial Doctorate (PhD) | Uni Freiburg | Combining Constructive Learning and Retrieval Practice to Promote Lasting Learning in Physics |
| Master of Science Cognitive Psychology, Learning and Working | Uni Freiburg | Investigating Psychologists’ Attitudes Toward Big Team Science |
| Bachelor of Science Psychology | Fresenius University of Applied Sciences | The Unresponsive Climate-Bystanders: Why Don’t They Help? |
Current Projects
DFG project “Lasting Learning in Physics by Constructive Retrieval” with Prof. Alexander Renkl, Dr. Tino Endres, Prof. Claudia von Aufschnaiter, Prof. Andreas Vorholzer, Dr. Shana Carpenter and Prof. Alexander Eitel [project part of DFG FOR 5254 “Lasting Learning – Cognitive Mechanisms and Effective Instructional Implementation”]
“Effect Size Interpretation in Educational Research” with Prof. Daniel Lakens, Prof. Alexander Renkl & Dr. Tino Endres
Freiburg Open Science with Dr. Tino Endres & Prof. Andrea Kiesel
Publications
Endres, T., Bender, L., Sepp, S., Zhang, S., David, L., Trypke, M., Lieck, D.S.N., Désiron, J. C., Bohm, J., Weissgerber, S., Castro-Alonso, J. C., & Paas, F. (2025). Developing the Mental Effort and Load–Translingual Scale (MEL-TS) as a Foundation for Translingual Research in Self-Regulated Learning. Educational Psychology Review, 37(1), 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09978-8
Aufschnaiter, C. V., Vorholzer, A., Eitel, A., Endres, T., Lieck, D. S. N., Wahby, N., & Renkl, A. (2025). Weil die Bewegungskraft ja da hin zeigt—Wie die Darstellung von Pfeilen in der Mechanik irritieren und helfen kann. MNU Jouirnal, 03(2025).
Primbs, M. A., Pennington, C. R., Lakens, D., Silan, M. A. A., Lieck, D. S. N., Forscher, P. S., Buchanan, E. M., & Westwood, S. J. (2022). Are Small Effects the Indispensable Foundation for a Cumulative Psychological Science? A Reply to Götz et al. (2022). Perspectives on Psychological Science.
Civitillo, S., Ialuna, F., Lieck, D. S. N., & Jugert P. (2022). Do infrahumanization or affective prejudice
drive teacher discrimination against Romani students? A conceptual replication of Bruneau et al.
(2020) in Germany. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology. Open Access Version
Presentations
Lieck, D.S.N. Endres, T., von Aufschnaiter, C., Vorholzer, A., Eitel, A., Bohm, J. & Renkl, A. (2025, August 24). Constructive Retrieval in the Physics Curriculum –
Findings from Two Classroom Experiments. [Single Paper Presentation given at EARLI 2025 in Graz, Austria]
Lieck, D. S. N. (2025, May 15). Effect Size Interpretation in Educational Research. [Presentation given at Freiburg Open Science Conference 2025, Germany]
Lieck, D.S.N. (2024, September 20). Contextualizing Effect Sizes in Educational Research.
[Presentation given at Paul Meehl Graduate School PhD Day Conference in Eindhoven, Netherlands].
Renkl, A., Lieck, D.S.N., Endres, T., Vorholzer, A., Eitel, A. & von Aufschnaiter, C. (2024, September 16). Constructive Retrieval in Physics Learning: Does the Combination of Self-explanation Prompts and Retrieval Demands Foster Lasting Learning? [Presentation given at joint DGPS & ÖGPS congress in Vienna, Austria].
Lieck, D.S.N., Endres, T., von Aufschnaiter, C., Vorholzer, A., Eitel, A., Bohm, J. & Renkl, A. (2024,
August 21). Testing Constructive Retrieval in the Classroom – Findings from a Field Experiment.
[Presentation given at SIG 6&7 joint conference in Tübingen, Germany].
Endres, T., von Aufschnaiter, C., Vorholzer, A., Lieck, D.S.N., Eitel, A., Bohm, J. & Renkl, A. (2024,March 18). Constructive retrieval with complex learning contents – Does the combination of self-explanation and closed-book improve lasting learning and preparation for future learning? [Presentation given at GEBF conference in Potsdam, Germany].
Lieck, D. S. N. & Seidler, H. (2023, January 25th). CRIC – a new approach for early error detection in
research projects [Presentation at the Mannheim Open Science Meetup, Germany].
Lieck, D. S. N. (2022, October 28). Investigating Psychologists Attitudes Towards Big Team Science
[Presentation given online at Big Team Science Conference 2022].
Lieck, D. S. N. (2021, June 24). Introducing the Critique of Research Ideas Collective [Presentation
given online at SIPS conference 2021].
Peer Review
Learning and Instruction. ISSN: 1873-3263. Editor in Chief: Prof. Gert Rijlaarsdam.
Royal Society Open Science. ISSN: 2054-5703. Editor in Chief: Prof. Dame Wendy Hall DBE FRE
FRS. Subject Editor: Prof. John Ioannidis
Open Science Projects
Freiburg Open Science Conference 2025
May 2025
Main Organizer & Moderator
An Overview of Team Science Projects in the Social Behavioral Sciences
From September 2021
First public resource with data on Team Science projects In collaboration with Prof. Daniël Lakens
ReproducibiliTea Freiburg
January 2021 – December 2023
Journal Club frganizer and moderator
Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Germany
Critique of Research Ideas Collective
January 2021 – February 2023
Cofounder and Co-Organizer
Community for early-stage peer critique on research ideas
Nowhere Lab
From December 2020
Assistant lab manager
Winter Semester 2025/26
Seminar Educational Psychology
Summer Semester 2025
Seminar Educational Psychology
Winter Semester 2024/25
Winter Semester 2023/24