Anja Henke | Research staff
- Campus Golm
Room 2.24. 1.81
Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24-25
14476 Potsdam - By agrragement
Projects
Research associate at MuDiRe (Multidimensionale Diversität als Ressource kooperativen Lernens im digitalen und analogen Raum).
Further information coming soon.
Until 12/2025 Research associate at KISS-Pro with the aim of developing professional development programs for teachers on the school-based use of intelligent tutoring systems and social robots.
Research interests
- Emotions in learning environments
- Multimodal learning process data
- Adaptive learning technologies and social robots in education
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Professional experience
Since 2026 - Research associate at the professorship of school development, University of Potsdam
Since 2022 - Research associate at the professorship of empirical research on instrcution and schools, University of Potsdam
2025 - Visiting Scholar, Institute for Positive Psychology (IPPE), Australian Catholic University
2025 - Visiting Scholar, School of Education, University of Sydney
2020 – 2022 - Research assistant in the Cluster of Excellence "Science of Intelligence"(TU Berlin) at the Professorship of School Education, University of Potsdam
2019 – 2020 - Research assistant in the project "Reflect" at the Professorship of School Pedagogy, University of Potsdam
2019 – 2020 - Language tutor at the Center for Languages and Key Competencies, University of Potsdam
2021 – 2022 - Germany Scholarship Holder (Deutschlandstipendium "Potsdamer Universitätsstipendium") at the Helmholtz Think Tank
2020 – 2022 - M. Ed. Master Teacher for Secondary Level II for the subjects English and Geography, University of Potsdam ("with distinction")
2016 – 2020 - B. Ed. Bachelor Teacher Training Secondary Level I & II for the subjects English and Geography, University of Potsdam
Publications
2024
Ackermann, H.*, Henke, A.*, Chevalère, J., Yun, H. S., Hafner, V. V., Pinkwart, N., & Lazarides, R. (2025). Physical embodiment and anthropomorphism of AI tutors and their role in student enjoyment and performance. npj Science of Learning, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-024-00293-z
* These authors contributed equally.
2023
Henke, A., Westphal, A., Hußner, I. & Lazarides, R. (2023). How do you feel reflecting on your teaching practice? Relations between student teachers’ teaching-related self-efficacy and emotion word use in written reflections on teaching situations. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-023-01186-4
Chevalère, J., Yun, H. J., Henke, A., Pinkwart, N., Hafner, V. & Lazarides, R. (2023). A sequence of learning processes in an intelligent tutoring system from topic-related appraisals to learning gains. Learning and Instruction, 87, 101799. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2023.101799
Chevalère, J., Lazarides, R., Yun, H. S., Henke, A., Lazarides, C., Pinkwart, N. & Hafner, V. (2023). Do instructional strategies that account for emotions in activity reduce student boredom in a computer-based open learning environment? Computers and Education, 196, 104741. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2023.104741