Educational Processes, Decisions, and the Development of Competencies from Early Preschool Age to Adolescence: Findings from the Biks Cohort Panel Studies

The contributions to the open access volume are comprehensive summaries of important research findings from the two comprehensive interdisciplinary longitudinal studies BiKS-3-18 and BiKS-8-18 conducted by the research unit "BiKS" (“Educational Processes, Development of Competencies, and Formation of Educational Decisions”) funded by the German Research Foundation. The aim of the book is to present selected important findings from these comprehensive longitudinal educational studies; in addition, the edition also aims to provide an overview of the design and measurements of the two surveys.

Professor Dr. Sabine Weinert is Emerita of Excellence at the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc) and former Chair of Psychology I - Developmental Psychology at the University of Bamberg.

Professor Dr. Hans-Günther Rossbach is Emeritus of the Chair of Early Childhood Education at the University of Bamberg.

Dr. Jutta von Maurice is Head of the Center of Study Management at the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi), Bamberg.

Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Blossfeld is Emeritus of Excellence at the Graduate Centre Trimberg Research Academy (TRAc) and former Chair of Sociology I at the University of Bamberg.

Professor Dr. Cordula Artelt is Director of the Leibniz Institute for Educational Trajectories (LIfBi) and Chair of Longitudinal Educational Research at the University of Bamberg.