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Academic and Professional Positions
Since 2021 | Post-Doc at the Department of Psychology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte | |
2016-2020 | Research Assistant at the Research Ambulance FoBu, Department of Psychology, Educational Psychology, headed by Prof. Dr. Fritz-Stratmann | |
2016-2020 | Therapist under Supervision at Ambulance of Child Psychotherapy Cologne | |
2014-2016 | Therapist under Supervision at Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Düren, RWTH Aachen University |
Education
2020 | Dr. phil. (Ph.D.), Psychology, University of Duisburg-Essen, Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Fritz-Stratmann, Prof. Dr. Willmes-von Hinckeldey (summa cum laude) | |
2020 | State Examination, Psychotherapist, Germany | |
2014 | Master, Faculty of Humanities, University of Cologne | |
2011 | Bachelor, Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport Science, University of Regensburg |
Fellowships
2012-2016 | Fellowship of the Kölner Gymnasial- und Stiftungsfonds |
2011-2013 | Fellowship Deutschlandstipendium of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research Germany |
Conference Presentations
- Orbach, L. (2023). What is the impact of Math Anxiety (MA) on math learning? Paper presented at 22. Conference of the Brazilian Society of Neuropsychology (SBNp), Belo Horizonte, BRA.
- Orbach, L. (2023). Conditions of distance learning and teaching and their relation to elementary school children’s basic number skills after the suspension of face-to-face teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented at Conference of the Institute Ayrton Senna, Sao Paolo, BRA.
- Orbach, L., & Fritz, A. (2022). Pattern of attention and anxiety in predicting arithmetic fluency among school-aged children. Paper presented at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference 2022, Antwerp, B.
- Orbach, L. (2021). How Anxiety Affects Academic Performance. Paper presented at III Minas Gerais Meeting of School Neuropsychology: Numerical Cognition, Belo Horizonte, BRA.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2020). Relation of Executive Functions to Basic Number Skills and Arithmetic Fact Retrieval in Children. Poster presented at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference 2020, Dublin, IR.
- Orbach, L. (2020). How Anxiety Impacts Math Achievement. Paper presented at II Minas Gerais Meeting of School Neuropsychology: Numerical Cognition, Belo Horizonte, BRA.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2019). Validation of the State- & Trait-Math Anxiety-Model. Paper presented at the 18. EARLI Conference, Aachen, D.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2019). State- & Trait-Math Anxieties and Their Relation to Math Performance in Children: The Role of Core Executive Functions. Poster presented at the 1. Conference of Society for Research on Learning Disorders, Padua, I.
- Orbach, L. & Fritz, A. (2019). Diágo - Problembasierte E-Learning Plattform zur Simulation von prozessorientierter Diagnostik. Poster presented at the 48. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Hochschuldidaktik, Leipzig, D.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2019). State- und Trait-Mathematikangst und Aufmerksamkeitsdefizite im Selbsturteil: Der Zusammenhang zweier hemmender Prädiktoren mathematischer Leistungsfähigkeit. Paper presented at the 7. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, Cologne, D.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2018). State- & Trait-Model of Math Anxiety. Poster presented at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference 2018, Oxford, UK.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2018). State- & Trait-Math Anxieties - performance-inhibiting predictors of math achievement. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual International Academy for Research in Learning Disabilities Conference 2018, Gent, B.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2018). State- & Trait-Math Anxieties: performance-inhibiting predictors of math achievement?. Paper presented at the 16. Conference of Educational Assessment, Szeged, HUN.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2018). State- und Trait-Mathematikängste in der Übergangsphase von Primar- in die Sekundarstufe. Paper presented at the 6. Tagung der Gesellschaft für Empirische Bildungsforschung, Basel, CH.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2018). State- und Trait-Mathematikangst und Aufmerksamkeitsdefizite im Selbsturteil: Der Zusammenhang zweier hemmender Prädiktoren mathematischer Leistungsfähigkeit. Poster presented at the Herbsttagung der Arbeitskreises Empirische Sonderpädagogische Forschung 2018, Wuppertal, D.
- Orbach, L., Herzog, M., & Fritz, A. (2017). Trait-Mathematikängste in der Übergangsphase von Primar- in die Sekundarstufe. Paper presented at
the Herbsttagung des Arbeitskreises Empirische Sonderpädagogische Forschung, Frankfurt a. M., D.
Reviewing for
Research in Developmental Disabilities; Cognition; Acta Psychologica; Frontiers in Psychology; Learning and Individual Differences; Journal of Numerical Cognition
Teaching at University
Winter Term 2016/17 to Winter Term 2019/20 at the University Duisburg-Essen
- Children with ADHD in inclusive school settings - psychological theories and behavioral therapy
- Diagnostics in the fields of educational psychology
