Deutsch Intern
    Department of Psychology IV

    Publications by Jan Lenhart

     

     

    For the availability of the publications, please check my profile on Researchgate.net and google.scholar.

    Articles (peer review)

    Lenhart, J., Suggate, S., & Lenhard, W. (2021). Shared-reading onset and emergent literacy development. Early Education and Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2021.1915651

    Suggate, S., Lenhart, J., Vaahtoranta, E., & Lenhard, W. (2021). Interactive elaborative story-telling fosters vocabulary in pre-schoolers compared to repeated-reading and phonemic awareness interventions. Cognitive Development, 57, Article 100996. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100996

    Vaahtoranta, E., Suggate, S., Lenhart, J., & Lenhard, W. (2020). Language exposure and phonological short-term memory as predictors of majority language vocabulary and phonological awareness in dual language learning. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24(2), 319-332. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000541

    Lenhart, J., Dangel, J., & Richter, T. (2020). The relationship between lifetime book reading and empathy in adolescents: Examining transportability as a moderator. Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/aca0000341

    Lenhart, J., Suggate, S., Lenhard, W., & Vaahtoranta, E. (2020). Shared-reading in small groups: Examining the effects of question demand level and placement. Cognitive Development, 55, Article 100914. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cogdev.2020.100914

    Seitz*, M., Lenhart*, J., & Rübsam, N. (2020). The effects of gendered information in stories on preschool children’s development of gender stereotypes. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 38, 363-390. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12323 (*shared first authorship)

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2020). More than words: Narrator engagement during storytelling increases children’s word learning, story comprehension, and on-task behavior. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 51, 338–351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2019.12.009

    Vaahtoranta, E., Lenhart, J., Suggate, S., & Lenhard, W. (2019). Interactive elaborative storytelling: Engaging children as storytellers to foster vocabulary. Frontiers in Psychology, 10, Article 1534. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01534

    Lingel, K., Lenhart, J., & Schneider W. (2019). Metacognition in mathematics: Do different metacognitive monitoring measures make a difference? ZDM Mathematics Education, 51(4), 587–600. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11858-019-01062-8

    Lenhart, J., Marx, P., Segerer, R., & Schneider, W. (2019). Rechtschreibung ohne Schreiben. Messen Fehleridentifikation und Diktat dasselbe? [Spelling Without Writing: Do Error Detection Tests and Dictation Tests Measure the Same Competence?] Diagnostica, 65(4), 216–227. https://doi.org/10.1026/0012-1924/a000229

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2019). The effects of questions during shared-reading: Do demand-level and placement really matter? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 47, 49-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.10.006

    Vaahtoranta, E., Suggate, S., Jachmann, C., Lenhart, J., & Lenhard, W. (2018). Can explaining less be more? Enriching vocabulary through explicit versus elaborative storytelling. First Language, 38(2), 198-217. https://doi.org/10.1177/0142723717737452

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2018). Incidental vocabulary acquisition from listening to stories: A comparison between read-aloud and free storytelling approaches. Educational Psychology, 38(5), 596-616. https://doi.org/10.1080/01443410.2017.1363377

     

    Tests

    Lenhart, J., Segerer, R., Marx, P., & Schneider W. (2020). Fehleridentifikationstest – Rechtschreibung für neunte und zehnte Klassen (R-FIT 9–10) [Error detection test - Spelling for ninth and tenth graders]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

    Segerer, R., Lenhart, J., Marx, P., & Schneider W. (2020). Deutschtest für neunte und zehnte Klassen (DT 9–10) [Test of German Language for ninth and tenth graders] [Manuscript submitted for publication]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

     

    Theses

    Lenhart, J. (2019). Learning Words from Stories: How Method of Story Delivery and Questioning Styles Influence Children’s Vocabulary Learning [Doctoral dissertation, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg].

    Lenhart, J. (2019). Das psychologische Testverfahren im Rahmen der Einschulungsdiagnostik: Eine historische Analyse im Spiegel der Schulfähigkeitsdebatte [Psychological tests of school readiness: An historical analysis within the school readiness debate] [Unpublished bachelor's thesis; Historical Studies]. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

    Lenhart, J. (2014). Metacognitive monitoring competencies in mathematical problem-solving: Their development and relation to mathematics achievement in early secondary school [Unpublished master's thesis]. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

    Lenhart, J. (2012). Intelligenzstabilität in der Sekundarstufe  [Stability of intelligence in secondary school] [Unpublished bachelor's thesis]. Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg.

     

    Presentations and posters

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2019, September 9-12). Erzählen versus Vorlesen: Der Einfluss der Sprachkomplexität und des Erzählerverhaltens auf kindliches Verhalten, Wortlernen und Geschichtenverständnis [Storytelling versus reading-aloud: The influence of language complexity and narrator behavior on children's behavior, word learning, and story comprehension] [Paper presentation]. "Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie" (PAEPSY) Congress, Leipzig, Germany.

    Vaahtoranta, E., Suggate, S., Lenhart, J., & Lenhard,  W. (2019, June 23-28). Predictors of Dual Language Learning : L2 exposure predicts vocabulary and morphology but not phonological awareness [Paper presentation]. 12th International Symposium on Bilingualism (ISB 12), Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2018, September 15-20). Erzieherinnen und Kinderpflegerinnen als Diagnostiker: Welche Rolle spielt der Migrationshintergrund von Kindergartenkindern für die Genauigkeit der Einschätzung ihrer sprachlichen Leistungen? [Kindergarten teachers as diagnosticians: Does preschool children's migrational background influence kindergarten teacher's judgment accuracy of their verbal abilities?] [Paper presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 51st Congress, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Rübsam, N., Seitz, M., & Lenhart, J. (2018, September 15-20). Entwicklung eines Geschlechtsstereotyp-Fragebogen [Development of a genderstereotype questionnaire]  [Poster presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 51st Congress, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Seitz, M., Rübsam, N., & Lenhart, J. (2018, September 15-20). Von mutigen Jungen und ängstlichen Mädchen: Reicht ein geschlechtsspezifischer Kontext in Kindergeschichten, um neue geschlechtsspezifische Assoziationen zu erwerben? [Brave Boys and Fearful Girls: Is a gender-specific context in children's stories enough to acquire new gender associations?]  [Poster presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 51st Congress, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Vaahtoranta, E., Suggate, S., Lenhart, J., & Lenhard, W (2018, September 15-20). Prädiktoren frühen kindlichen Zweitspracherwerbs – Die Rolle der Spracherfahrung und des phonologischen Arbeitsgedächtnisses für den Wortschatzerwerb [Predictors of Early Dual Language Learning  – The Role of Language Experience and Phonological Working Memory for Vocabulary Development]  [Paper presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 51st Congress, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

    Lenhart, J., Lingel, K., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2018, July 18-21). More than words: Narrator engagement during storytelling increases children’s word learning and on-task behaviour [Paper presentation]. Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR) 25th Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK.

    Segerer, R., Lenhart, J., Marx, P., & Schneider, W. (2018, July 17-19). "I know that I know Nothing." – The Effects of "I don’t know"-Formula Scoring in Multiple-Choice Tests of Text Comprehension [Poster presentation]. Society for Text & Discourse (ST&D) 28th Annual Meeting, Brighton, UK.

    Vaahtoranta, E., Lenhart, J., Suggate, S., & Lenhard, W. (2018, June 25-26). Predictors of Dual Language Learning The Role of Language Experience and Phonological Working Memory [Paper presentation]. Child Language Symposium (CLS), Reading, UK.

    Dangel, J., & Lenhart, J. (2017, September 11-14). Entwicklung einer Autoren- und Buchtitelcheckliste für die neunte und zehnte Jahrgangsstufe [Development of an Author- and Title-Recognition-Test for Grades 9 and 10] [Poster presentation]. "Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie" (PAEPSY) Congress, Münster, Germany.

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2017, September 11-14). Wortschatzerwerb durch Vorlesen: Welche Rolle spielen die Platzierung und das Anspruchsniveau von Fragen? [Learning words from books: The effects of placement and demand level of questions] [Paper presentation]. "Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie" (PAEPSY) Congress, Münster, Germany.

    Lenhart, J., Segerer, R., Marx, P., & Schneider W. (2017, September 11-14). Rechtschreibung ohne Schreiben: Eignet sich ein Fehleridentifikationstest als ökonomische Alternative zum Diktat? [Spelling without writing: Can we use a proofreading task instead of a dictation task?]  [Paper presentation]. "Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie" (PAEPSY) Congress, Münster, Germany.

    Vaahtoranta, E., Lenhart, J., Suggate, S., & Lenhard, W. (2017, September 11-14). Elaborative interactive storytelling: Eine randomisierte, kontrollierte Sprachförderstudie im Kindergarten [Elaborative interactive storytelling: A randomized, controlled experiment regarding language acquisition in kindergarten]  [Paper presentation]. "Fachgruppen Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie" (PAEPSY) Congress, Münster, Germany.

    Lenhart, J., Lenhard, W., Vaahtoranta, E., & Suggate, S. (2016, September 18-22). Wortschatzerwerb durch Vorlesen im Kindergarten: Effekte der Platzierung und der Schwierigkeit von Fragen [Learning words from stories: Effects of placement and demand level of questions] [Poster presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 50th Congress, Leipzig, Germany.

    Vaahtoranta, E., Suggate, S., Lenhart, J., & Lenhard, W. (2016, September 18-22). Sprachförderung durch Märchenerzählungen im Kindergarten: Ein randomisiertes Experiment [Fostering language development through fairy tales: A randomized experiment]  [Paper presentation]. "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie" (DGPs) 50th Congress, Leipzig, Germany.