Malte S Ubben

Biographic Data

ID9973846
NAMEMalte S Ubben
GIVEN NAMESMalte S
FAMILY NAMEUbben
SIGNATUREUBBEN M S
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Münster
ORCID0000-0002-8041-5980
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT7
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Analysis of high school students' mental models of angles

    Open AccessJoaquin Marc Veith, Eric Machisi et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Angles are a foundational concept in mathematics with wide applications in science and engineering, yet students often struggle with understanding the mathematical concepts behind them. Existing research has focused largely on misconceptions, leaving the cognitive structures behind these difficulties underexplored. To this end, we leveraged the “Fidelities Model of Conceptual Development” (short: FG-FF framework) to explore students cognitions of…

  • “Stars Falling to Earth”—Mental Models of Comets and Meteors

    Open AccessMalte S Ubben, Fabian Hochhaus et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2025

    The present study examines students’ conceptions of comets and meteors using qualitative research methods. A total of 35 semi-structured interviews were conducted with students in grades 7 and 9 in Germany, aiming to gain a richer understanding of how learners conceptualize these phenomena. We identified and categorized distinct mental models related to both the appearance (gestalt) and function of comets and meteors, which are reported in detail…

  • Effects of student-owned and provided mobile devices on mathematical modeling competence: Investigating interaction effects with problematic smartphone use and fear of missing out

    Open AccessMaurice Krause, Gilbert Greefrath et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2024

    Introduction Nowadays, more and more digital resources are used in modern mathematical modeling classes. In order to access these resources, students need a suitable digital device—often mobile devices are used for this purpose. There are several concepts to enable students access to such devices. For example, students can be allowed to use their self-owned devices [Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) concept] or teachers can hand out school-owned devic…

  • Quantum science in a nutshell: Fostering students' functional understanding of models

    Open AccessMalte S Ubben, Joaquin Marc Veith et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2023

    Fostering students' understanding of models is a challenge. However, in particular for learning quantum physics an elaborate understanding of models is required. We investigated activities to foster students' functional thinking about (quantum) models in a synchronous online course. The results of an evaluation study ( N = 59) showed that the participants improved in their quantum physical thinking about photons and had slightly improved their un…

  • From the Big Bang to Life beyond Earth: German Preservice Physics Teachers’ Conceptions of Astronomy and the Nature of Science

    Open AccessFabian Hennig, Maximilian Lipps et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that aimed to explore the ideas of 22 preservice physics teachers regarding astronomy concepts both within and beyond the solar system, as well as their understanding of the Nature of Science in the context of astronomy. The study employed a combination of open-ended vignette tasks and ranking tasks, which were adapted from previous research. The results reveal that while the majority of th…

  • Smartphone Usage in Science Education: A Systematic Literature Review

    Open AccessMalte S Ubben, Fabienne E Kremer et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    This article presents a review of research on smartphone usage in educational science settings published between January 2015 and August 2022, and aims to provide an overview of the constructs evaluated and to identify potential gaps in current research for researchers working on this topic. Specifically, the search for publications in the relevant years was narrowed down to such studies that provided empirical evidence for the impact of smartpho…

  • Two Cognitive Dimensions of Students’ Mental Models in Science: Fidelity of Gestalt and Functional Fidelity

    Open AccessMalte S Ubben, Philipp BitzenbauerARTICLEEducation Sciences2022

    A poorly elaborated learner’s understanding of models has been reported to be one of the major sources for learning difficulties in the quantum domain. To be able to provide physics education in schools with evidence as to how this problem can be tackled, a deeper theoretical understanding of the structure of learners’ mental models in quantum physics seems essential. In this respect, previous research has proposed two dimensions in learners’ men…