	Dr Jens F. Beckmann PhD (University of Leipzig. Germany)
		Position: Honorary Senior Lecturer Office : Griffith Taylor Building, Rm 468 Ph : +61 2 99319 207 Fax : +61 2 9036 5223 Email : jensb(at)psych.usyd.edu.au Postal Address: School of Psychology Brennan MacCallum Building (A18) The University of Sydney NSW 2006 Australia

The focus of my research has mainly been on the study and assessment of intellectual abilities. My major contribution to this field involves the development of dynamic tests. Dynamic tests concentrate specifically on the identification of intellectual potential instead of merely registering what examinees are capable of doing at the given time of testing.

Another stream of my research deals with complex problem solving . The focus of interest here is primarily on knowledge acquisition processes whilst dealing with complex dynamic simulations and their effects upon the quality of system control.

With an experimentally oriented approach to study individual differences in effects of feedback on performance I try to take a broader perspective on potential determinants of problem solving performance by looking at the interaction of cognitive capacities and personality characteristics.

Mental flexibility , as the ability to deal with novelty, adjust to changes, and to break out of routine ways of thinking when necessary, represents another focus of my current research efforts.

Qualifications:

Bachelor of Science (Vordiplom) (University of Leipzig), 1987

thesis: “On the psycho-diagnostic relevance of complex problem solving scenarios”

Master of Science (Diplom-Psychologe) (University of Leipzig), 1990

thesis: “On the operationalisation of processes of knowledge acquisition an knowledge application in complex problem scenarios”

Dissertation, doctor rerum naturalium (University of Leipzig), 1994

thesis: “Learning and complex problem solving”

Habilitation, doctor rerum naturalium habilitatus (University of Leipzig), 2001

(This degree is conferred by German universities and signifies that the recipient has proven his qualification for tenured positions.)

thesis: “On the validity of the construct of intellectual change potential”

Employments:

2007 – Associate Professor, University of New South Wales, Faculty of Business (incorporating the Australian Graduate School of Management) Sydney, Australia

2007 – Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, School of Psychology

2006 – Associate Director of the Accelerated Learning Laboratory ( ALL ), Australian Graduate School of Management, UNSW, Australia

2005 – 2006 Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, School of Psychology, Australia

2003 – 2005 Associate Research Scientist, Yale University PACE Center (Psychology of Abilities, Competencies, and Expertise), USA

2001 – 2005 Oberassistent / Privatdozent (Associate Professor), Institutes of Psychology at University of Leipzig, Germany, work unit “Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment” (untenured)

1995 – 2001 Wissenschaftlicher Assistent (Assistant Professor), Institutes of Psychology at University of Leipzig, Germany, work unit “Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment”

1991 – 1992 Research Associate, Institute of Psychology at University of Bonn, Germany, work unit “Cognitive Psychology”

1990 – 1994 Doctoral Student and Research Associate at University of Leipzig, Germany

1987 – 1990 Research Assistant, Institutes of Psychology at University of Leipzig, Germany, work unit “Differential Psychology and Psychological Assessment”

1986 – 1987 Research Assistant, Institutes of Psychology at University of Leipzig, Germany, work unit “Cognitive Psychology”

1980 – 1982 Technical Research Assistant at the Research Institute of Sports (FKS, Leipzig, Germany), division “combat sports”

1981 – 1985 Licensed coach, level 3 (fencing)

Grants & Awards:

2006 – ARC Linkage Grant Project LP0669552, The Accelerated Learning Laboratory (ALL) , Flexible Expertise in Senior Executives, Investigators: R. Wood (AGSM), J.F. Beckmann (USyd), D.P. Birney (USyd), S. Gary (AGSM)

2000 – 2002 DAAD-Grant (German Academic Exchange Service): On the validity of learning tests, Collaboration with Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

1998 – 2003 DFG-Grant (German Research Council): Differential analysis of the relation between (figural) working memory capacity and reasoning ability.

1994 – 1998 DFG-Grant: (German Research Council) Construct validation of a computer-based, failure-oriented adaptive learning test battery.

1990 – 1993 Dissertation scholarship from the Freistaat Saxon, Germany

1989 Award for academic excellence from the Scientific Council for Psychology of the German Democratic Republic

Publications and Selected Conference Presentations:

2006	Beckmann, J. F. (in press). Superiority: always and everywhere? – On some misconceptions in the validation of Dynamic Testing. Educational and Child Psychology, 26, 36-49 . Beckmann, N., Beckmann, J. F., & Elliott, J. G. (submitted). Individual differences in responding to accuracy feedback in a computerized reasoning test. Learning and Instruction .
2005	Beckmann, J. F. (2005). Guest Editorial: As time goes by: In search of the meaning of response latencies in performance tests. Psychology Science, 47 (2). Beckmann, J. F. (2005). Oh, there is one more thing ... Epilog. Psychology Science, 47 , 294-295. Beckmann, J. F., & Beckmann, N. (2005). Effects of feedback on performance and response latencies in untimed reasoning tests. Psychology Science, 47 , 262-278. Beckmann, J.F. (2005, 10–14 July). The measurement of new constructs? The case of mental flexibility. Paper presented at the 10 th International Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, Durham.
2004	Beckmann, J. F., & Schumacher, J. (2004). Urteilsbildung und Entscheidung [Judgement and Decision]. In B. Strauß, U. Berger, J. von Troschke & E. Brähler (Eds.), Lehrbuch Medizinische Psychologie und Medizinische Soziologie (pp. 403-425). Göttingen: Hogrefe. Neubauer, A. C., Grabner, R. H., Freudenthaler, H. H., Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (2004). Intelligence and individual differences in becoming neurally efficient. Acta Psychologica, 116 , 55–74.
2003	Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2003). Dynamic Assessment with Diagnostic Programs. In R. J. Sternberg & J. Lautrey & T. I. Lubart (Eds.), Models of intelligence. International perspectives (pp. 227–242). Washington, DC: APA. Beckmann, J. F. (2003). Lerntests [Learning tests]. In K. D. Kubinger & R. S. Jäger (Hrsg.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik (S. 267–271). Weinheim: PVU. Beckmann, J. F. (2003). Statusdiagnostik [Status diagnostics]. In K. D. Kubinger & R. S. Jäger (Hrsg.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik (S. 393–394). Weinheim: PVU. Beckmann, J. F. (2003). Testing the limits. In K. D. Kubinger & R. S. Jäger (Hrsg.), Stichwörter der Psychologischen Diagnostik (S. 402–403). Weinheim: PVU. Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., & Seiwald, B. B. (2003). Wie “identisch“ sind Arbeitsgedächtnis und Schlußfolgerndes Denken? [How “identical“ are working memory and reasoning?] In W. Krause & B. Krause (Hrsg.), Psychologie im Kontext der Naturwissenschaften (pp. 149–159). Berlin: trafo. Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., & Wiedl, K. H. (2003). Dynamik im Dynamischen Testen [Dynamic in dynamic testing]. Psychologische Rundschau, 54 , 225–232. Beckmann, J. F., Beyer, H., & Guthke, J. (2003, July 7–10). Tell me where you live—I tell you your IQ. On consistency of assessment of intelligence under the influence of socio-economic status . Paper presented at the Ninth International Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education and Psychology, Seattle, WA. Beckmann, J. F., Seiwald, B. B., & Guthke, J. (2003, 13–17 July). A differential look at the relationship between reasoning ability and working memory capacity. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria. Dörfler , T., & Beckmann, J. F. (2003, 13–17 July). Mental effort or mental efficiency. The meaning of response latencies in reasoning tasks. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria. Woide , N., Beckmann, J. F., Elliott, J. G., & Guthke, J. (2003, 13–17 July). Individual differences in the ability to profit from feedback. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria. Beckmann , J. F. (2003, 13–17 July). Differential validity of latencies. Paper presented at the 11th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Individual Differences, Graz, Austria.
2002	Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., & Schmid, G. (2002). Ist an der Graphologie doch etwas dran? Untersuchungen zur Übereinstimmung von Graphologenurteil und psychometrischen Persönlichkeitstests [Is graphology of value after all? On the relation between graphological judgment and psychometric tests]. Zeitschrift für Personalpsychologie, 1 , 203–208. Beckmann, J. F. (2002, June 15–19). Assessing learning potential—A question of style? Paper presented at the 10 th International Conference on Thinking, Harrogate.
2001	Beckmann, J. F., & Freitag, H. (2001). Konstruktvalidierung der Diagnostik intellektueller Lernfähigkeit [Construct validation of assessment of intellectual learning ability]. In J. F. Beckmann & P. Y. Herzberg (Hrsg.), Dynamik im Testen. (S. 161–171). Landau: VEP. Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2001). Intelligenz als "Lernfähigkeit"—Lerntests als Alternative zum herkömmlichen Intelligenztest [Intelligence as the ability to learn – learning tests as alternative to traditional intelligence tests]. In E. Stern & J. Guthke (Hrsg.), Perspektiven der Intelligenzforschung. Ein Lehrbuch für Fortgeschrittene (S. 137–161). Lengerich: Pabst. Beckmann, J. F., & Herzberg, Y. (Hrsg.). (2001). Dynamik im Testen. Neuere Befunde und Anwendungen [Dynamics in testing. Recent results and applications]. Landau: VEP. Seiwald, B. B., Guthke, J., Petermann, H., Beckmann, J. F., & Roth, M. (Eds.). (2001). 6. Arbeitstagung der Fachgruppe für Differentielle Psychologie, Persönlichkeitspsychologie und Psychologische Diagnostik der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie . Leipzig: Universitätsverlag. Beckmann, J. F. (2001). Zur Validierung des Konstrukts des intellektuellen Veränderungspotentials [On validation of the construct of intellectual change potential]. Berlin: logos. Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (2001, August 28–September 1). Computer aided diagnostic programs: New learning test variants and new strategies for validation of intelligence and learning tests . Paper presented at the 9 th EARLI, Fribourg, CH. Beckmann, J.F. (2001, November 28– 30). New roads to an old construct—assessing intellectual learning potential . Paper presented at the 3 rd International Spearman Seminar, Sydney, Australia.
2000	Beckmann, J. F., & Dobat, H. (2000). Zur Validierung der Diagnostik intellektueller Lernfähigkeit [On validating the diagnostics of intellectual learning ability]. Zeitschrift für Pädagogische Psychologie, 14 , 97–105. Schreiber, M., Schneider, R., Schweizer, A., Beckmann, J. F., & Baltissen, R. (2000). Diagnostische Programme in der Demenzfrüherkennung—Der Adaptive Figurenfolgen-Lerntest (ADAFI) [Diagnostic programs in the early detection of dementia—the Adaptive Figure Series Learning Test (ADAFI)]. Zeitschrift für Gerontopsychologie und -psychiatrie, 2/3 , 16–29. Beckmann, J. F. (2000). Differentielle Latenzzeiteffekte bei der Bearbeitung von Reasoning-Items [Differential effects on latencies in solving reasoning items]. Diagnostica, 3 , 124–129. Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2000). Learning test concept and dynamic assessment. In A. Kozulin & B. Y. Rand (Eds.), Experience of mediated learning: An impact of Feuerstein's theory in education and psychology (pp. 175–190). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2000). The learning test concept: Application in practice. In C. S. Lidz & J. Elliott (Eds.), Dynamic Assessment: Prevailing models and applications (pp. 17–69). Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (2000, June 14–18). Computer aided diagnostic programs: New learning test variants and new strategies for validation of intelligence and learning tests. Paper presented at the APA Conference “ Models of Intelligence for the Next Millennium,“ Yale University, New Haven, CT.
1999	Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (1999). Berliner Intelligenzstruktur-Test (BIS), Form 4 von A.O. Jäger, H.-M. Süß und A. Beauducel. Diagnostica, 45 , 56–61. Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (1999). Psychodiagnostik des schlußfolgernden Denkens [Assessing reasoning ability]. Göttingen: Hogrefe.
1998	Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (1998). Über das Wechselverhältnis von Bearbeitungsgeschwindigkeit (Latenzzeit), Aufgabenkomplexität und intellektueller Lernfähigkeit [On the relationship between speed, complexity and intellectual learning ability]. Zeitschrift für Differentielle und Diagnostische Psychologie, 19 , 9. Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (1998, August 9–14). Diagnostic Programmes as new intelligence tests. Construction and validation. Paper presented at the 24 th International Congress of Applied Psychology, San Francisco.
1997	Beckmann, J. F., Guthke, J., & Vahle, H. (1997). Analysen zum Zeitverhalten bei computergestützten adaptiven Intelligenz-Lerntests [Analysis of item response latencies in computer-aided adaptive intelligence learning ability tests]. Diagnostica, 43 , 40–62. Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., & Dobat, H. (1997). Dynamic testing –problems, uses, trends and evidence of validity. Educational and Child Psychology, 14 , 17–32.
1996	Guthke, J., & Beckmann, J. F. (1996). Wygotskis Postulat von der “Diagnostik der Zone der nächsten Entwicklung“ und dessen Realisierung in der zeitgenössischen Psychodiagnostik [Vygotsky’s postulate of the “zone of proximal development“ and its implementation in modern psychodiagnostics]. In J. Lompscher (Hrsg.), Entwicklung und Lernen aus kulturhistorischer Sicht (Bd. 2, S. 270–285). Marburg: BdWi-Verlag. Beckmann, J. F. (1996). Analysis of item response latencies in computer-aided intelligence tests . Paper presented at the 8 th European Conference on Personality. University of Ghent, Belgium.
1995	Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., & Stein, H. (1995). Recent research evidence on the validity of learning tests. In J. S. Carlson (Ed.), Advances in cognition and educational practice. European contributions to the dynamic assessment (Vol. 3, pp. 117–143). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Beckmann, J. F., & Guthke, J. (1995). Complex problem solving, intelligence, and learning ability. In P. A. Frensch & J. Funke (Eds.), Complex problem solving: The European Perspective (pp. 177–200). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. Guthke, J., Beckmann, J. F., Stein, H., Vahle, H., & Rittner, S. (1995). Adaptive Computergestützte Intelligenz-Lerntestbatterie (ACIL) . Mödlingen: Schuhfried.
1994	Beckmann, J. F. (1994). Lernen und komplexes Problemlösen [Learning and complex problem solving]. Bonn: Holos.
pre 1994	Beckmann, J. F., & Funke, J. (1991). Solide Diskussionsbasis? Ein Kommentar zu dem Aufsatz “Komplexes Problemlösen und Verarbeitungskapazität“ von Walter Hussy [Solid base for discussion? A comment on Walter Hussy]. Sprache & Kognition, 10 , 221–222.