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Dr Mario Frei

Dr Mario Frei has been a research associate at the Chair of Educational Data Science at the University of Regensburg since 2023. His research focuses on the explanatory skills of teachers, subject-specific teaching quality, the professional knowledge of teachers and the use of machine learning in empirical educational research. He previously completed his doctorate in music education at the University of Augsburg and worked for several years as an assistant professor at the Chair of Music Education and Music Didactics at the University of Regensburg.

Academic career

  • since 2023 - Research associate, Educational Data Science, University of Regensburg
  • 2018 - 2023 - Research associate, Methods of empirical educational research, University of Regensburg
  • 2017 - 2023 - Doctorate in Music Education, University of Augsburg
  • 2014 - 2017 - Research associate, Chair of Music Education and Music Didactics, University of Regensburg
  • 2014 - 2016 - M.Mus. Conducting / Choral Conducting, University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education
  • 2010 - 2014 - B.Mus. Conducting / Choral Conducting, University of Catholic Church Music and Music Education
  • 2009 - 2014 - Teaching degree in music grammar school (1st State Examination), University of Regensburg

Teaching

  • Statistics 1
  • Exercise Statistics 1
  • Statistics 2
  • Exercise Statistics 2
  • Introduction to R

Research

  • Explanatory skills of (music) teachers
  • (Subject-specific) teaching quality
  • Professional knowledge of teachers
  • Machine learning in empirical educational research

Selected publications

Hilbert, S., Coors, S., Kraus, E., Bischl, B., Lindl, A., Frei, M., Wild, J., Krauss, S., Goretzko, D., & Stachl, C. (2021). Machine learning for the educational sciences. Review of Education, 9, e3310. https://doi.org/10.1002/rev3.3310 (external link, opens in a new window).

Schilcher, A., Krauss, S., Kirchhoff, P., Lindl, A., Hilbert, S., Asen-Molz, K., Ehras, C., Elmer, M., Frei, M., Gaier, L., Gastl-Pischetsrieder, M., Gunga, E., Murmann, R., Röhrl, S., Ruck, A.-M., Weich, M., Dittmer, A., Fricke, M., Hofmann, B., … Thim-Mabrey, C. (2021). FALKE: Experiences from Transdisciplinary Educational Research by Fourteen Disciplines. Frontiers in Education, 5, 579982.

Frei, M. (2023). Erklären im Musikunterricht – eine Studie zu Qualitätsmerkmalen. Waxmann.

Lindl, A., Ehrich, P., Gutsmiedl, M., Rader, M., Simböck, L., Gürtner, M., Böhringer, S., Krämer, A., Kirchhoff, J. & Frei, M. (2024). Und wo bleibt die Ästhetik? – Betrachtungen zu einer weiteren Dimension von Unterrichtsqualität aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive. In. C. Angele, C. Bertsch, M. Hemmer, S. Kapelari, G. Leitner und M. Rothgangel (Hrsg.), Fachdidaktik im Zentrum von Forschungstransfer und Transferforschung. Waxmann.

The complete list of publications is available here. (opens in a new window). (This PDF is not accessible)

Dr. Mario Frei

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