Research Interests
- Development of mental state understanding (e.g., theory of mind, metacognition, mental state language) and executive functioning and its interrelation with language development (e.g. in bilingual children)
- Social impacts (e.g. social disparities, parent child interaction, language input) on children’s language and cognitive development, especially on children’s mental state understanding
- Early predictors (especially language, mental state understanding) of later cognitive (e.g. reading) and socio-emotional development
Academic Background
2005 Diplom (Diploma) – Dipl. Psych., Julius-Maximilians-University of Würzburg
2005 - 2011 Research assistant in the research project BiKS-3-10 (educational processes, competence development and selection decision in preschool and school age) - subproject 3 (principal investigator: Prof. Dr. S. Weinert): relation between language acquisition, (meta)cognitive development and characteristics of adult-child interaction at the chair of Psychology I – Developmental Psychology at the University of Bamberg
2011 Promotion (PhD) – Dr. phil. (Psychology), University of Bamberg
2011 - 04/2019 Lecturer and postdoctoral researcher at the chair of Psychology I - Developmental Psychology (Prof. Dr. S. Weinert) at the University of Bamberg
05/2019 - 04/2020 Postdoctoral research fellow at NTNU Trondheim, Norway
since 05/2020 Postdoctoral researcher at the Bayerisches Landesamt für Schule
Adhoc Reviews
- Child Development
- Frühe Bildung
- Learning and Individual Differences
- Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht
- British Journal of Developmental Psychology
- The European Journal of Developmental Psychology
- Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaften
Publications
PhD Thesis
Ebert, S. (2011). Was Kinder über die mentale Welt wissen - Die Entwicklung von deklarativem Metagedächtnis aus der Sicht der "Theory of Mind" [What children know about the mental world - The development of declarative metamemory from the view of theory of mind]. Hamburg: Dr. Kovač.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers
Rose, E., Ebert, S. & Weinert, S. (2021). Associations of preschoolers’ language skills with aggressive behaviour, positive peer relations, and the hostile intent attribution from preschool to early adolescence. European Journal of Developmental Psychology. Online first.DOI:10.1080/17405629.2021.1978971
Ebert, S., Lehrl, S. & Weinert, S. (2020). Differential effects of the home language and literacy environment on child language and theory of mind and their relation to socioeconomic background. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 555654. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.555654
Ebert, S. (2020). Early language competencies and advanced measures of mental state understanding are differently related to listening and reading comprehension in early adolescence. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 952. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.00952
Ebert, S. (2020). Theory of mind, language, and reading: Developmental relations from early childhood to early adolescence. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 191, 104739. DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104739
Lehrl, S., Ebert, S., Blaurock, S., Roßbach, H.-G. & Weinert, S. (2020). Long-term and domain-specific relations between the early years home learning environment and students’ academic outcomes in secondary school. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 31, 102-124. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2019.1618346
Rose, E., Weinert, S., & Ebert S. (2018). The roles of receptive and productive language in children’s socioemotional development. Social Development, 27, 777–792.
Rose, E., Lehrl, S., Ebert, S. & Weinert, S. (2018). Long-term relations between children’s language, the home literacy environment and socioemotional development from ages three to eight. Early Education and Development, 29, 342-356.
Ebert, S., Peterson, C., Slaughter, V. & Weinert, S. (2017). Links among parent’s mental state language, family socioeconomic status, and preschoolers’ theory of mind development. Cognitive Development, 44, 32-48.
Lockl, K., Ebert, S. & Weinert, S. (2017). Predicting school achievement from early theory of mind: Differential effects on achievement tests and teacher ratings. Learning and Individual Differences, 53, 93-102.
Rose, E., Ebert, S. & Weinert, S. (2016). Zusammenspiel sprachlicher und sozial-emotionaler Entwicklung vom vierten bis zum achten Lebensjahr – eine längsschnittliche Untersuchung [Interrelation between language and socio-emotional development from age three to seven: A longitudinal study] Frühe Bildung,5, 67-72.
Ebert, S. (2015). Longitudinal relations between theory of mind and metacognition and the impact of language. Journal of Cognition and Development, 16, 559-586.
Anders, Y., Grosse, C., Rossbach, G., Ebert, S., & Weinert, S. (2013). Preschool and primary school influences on the development of children’s early numeracy skills between the ages of 3 and 7 years in Germany. School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 24, 195-211.
Kratzmann, J., Lehrl, S., & Ebert, S. (2013). Einstellungen zum Einbezug der Erstsprache im Kindergarten und deren Bedeutung für die Wortschatzentwicklung im Deutschen bei Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund [Attitudes towards first-language inclusion in preschools and their impact on the development of immigrant children’s German vocabulary]. Frühe Bildung, 2, 133-143.
Weinert, S., Ebert, S., Lockl, K., & Kuger, S. (2012). Disparitäten im Wortschatzerwerb: Zum Einfluss des Arbeitsgedächtnisses und der Anregungsqualität in Kindergarten und Familie auf den Erwerb lexikalischen Wissens [Disparities in vocabulary development: The influence of working memory preschool quality, and home learning environment]. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 40, 4-25.
Ebert, S., von Maurice, J., & Kluczniok, K. (2011). Kognitiv-sprachliche Kompetenzen im Kindergartenalter: Sind vorzeitig eingeschulte Kinder wirklich kompetenter? [Verbal and cognitive competencies in preschool age: Are early enrolled children really more competent?]. Psychologie in Erziehung und Unterricht, 1, 15-29.
Kluczniok, K., Anders, Y., & Ebert, S. (2011). Fördereinstellungen von Erzieherinnen – Einflüsse auf die Gestaltung von Lerngelegenheiten im Kindergarten und die kindliche Entwicklung früher numerischer Kompetenzen [Educational beliefs of preschool teachers. Influences on learning opportunities in preschools and the development of early numeracy skills]. Frühe Bildung, 0, 13-21.
Weinert, S., Ebert, S., & Dubowy, M. (2010). Kompetenzen und soziale Disparitäten im Vorschulalter [Competences and social disparities in preschool age]. Zeitschrift für Grundschulforschung, 1, 32-45.
Dubowy, M., Ebert, S., von Maurice, J., & Weinert, S. (2008). Sprachlich-kognitive Kompetenzen beim Eintritt in den Kindergarten: Ein Vergleich von Kindern mit und ohne Migrationshintergrund [Verbal and cognitive competencies of young preschool-children: A comparison between children with and without background of migration]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 40, 124-134.
Papers in Journals of Practical Relevance
Ebert, S. (2013). Sprachliche Anregung beim Betrachten von Bilderbüchern [Language stimulation during book reading]. KiTA aktuell spezial,1, 17-19.
Weinert, S., Ebert, S., Lockl, K., & Müller, T. (2011). Heterogenität als Herausforderung. Sprachliche Kompetenzunterschiede zwischen Kindern [Heterogenity as a challenge. Differences in language competencies]. Die Grundschulzeitschrift, 25, 10-13.
Ebert, S., & Dubowy, M. (2010). Was wissen Kinder über das Denken? Die Entwicklung einer Theory of Mind [What do children know about thinking? The development of a theory of mind]. KiTa spezial, 1, 37-41.
Dubowy, M., & Ebert, S. (2010). Entwicklung der Deutschkenntnisse von Kindern mit Migrationshintergrund im Kindergartenalter - Eine Untersuchung zum Entwicklungsverlauf und familiären Einflussfaktoren [German language development in preschool children with migrational background - Developmental course and familial influences]. KiTa spezial, 1, 32-36.
Book Chapters
Weinert, S. & Ebert, S. (2017). Verlaufsmerkmale und Wirkfaktoren der frühen kognitiv-sprachlichen Entwicklung – Ergebnisse aus der BiKS-3-10 Studie [Characteristics and impacts in early cognitive and language development – Results of the BiKS-3-10 study]. In V. Mall, F. Voigt & N. H. Jung (Eds.). Entwicklungsstörungen und chronische Erkrankungen: Diagnose, Behandlungsplanung und Familienbegleitung (S.13-33). Lübeck: Schmid-Römhild Verlag.
Lehrl, S., Ebert, S., & Rossbach, H.-G. (2013). Facets of preschoolers´ home literacy environments: What contributes to reading literacy in primary school? In M. Pfost, C. Artelt, & S. Weinert (Eds.), The development of reading literacy from early childhood to adolescence (pp. 35-62). Bamberg: University of Bamberg Press.
Kotzerke, M., Röhricht, V., Weinert, S., & Ebert, S. (2013). Sprachlich-kognitive Kompetenzunterschiede bei Schulanfängern und deren Auswirkungen bis Ende der Klassenstufe 2 [Differences in verbal and cognitive competencies in abecedarians and impacts until end of grade 2]. In G. Faust (Ed.), Einschulung. Ergebnisse aus der Studie „Bildungsprozesse, Kompetenzentwicklung und Selektionsentscheidungen im Vorschul- und Schulalter (BiKS)“ (pp. 111-135). Münster: Waxmann.
Unpublished Manuscripts
Ebert, S. & Weinert, S. (2014). Entwicklung schulrelevanter Sprachfähigkeiten und Literacy im Kindergartenalter: Ergebnisse einer interdisziplinären Längsschnitt-studie [Development of school relevant language competencies and literacy in preschoolers – Results of an interdisciplinary longitiudinal study]. Paper presented at the 3rd Conference for Migration and Integration, Vienna, Austria.