Effective remediation programs for vulnerable students to overcome learning loss In March 2020, the world was forced to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, schools in many countries closed to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. Students were required to shift to ...

New paper alert! 🔔📘 The second paper of my PhD is out in PLOS One! We studied remediation programs after the first COVID-19 school closures in primary education in the Netherlands, focusing on their impact on reading and mathematics test scores. With @carlahaelermans.bsky.social & Martijn Meeter

Morgen (!) is het dan echt zo ver: de verdediging van mijn proefschrift. Lees meer over mijn onderzoek in dit artikel.

Hoe scoren Nederlandse volwassenen op taal-, rekenvaardigheid en probleemoplossend vermogen in internationaal perspectief? 🌍Ontdek dit, de trends in kernvaardigheden voor Nederlandse volwassenen en meer in het nieuwe PIAAC-rapport👇 www.piaaconderzoek.nl

Tekenen!

Congrats Klara! Well done 😀

Gefeliciteerd! 🎉

This Friday, I'll give my inaugural lecture as Professor of Positive Health at Work at Maastricht University. The lecture (in Dutch) can be followed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgH... . I will talk about how Positive Health can help people in using and developing their skills and talents

🚨 The first paper of my dissertation is published in @europeansocieties.bsky.social

Rolf van der Velden and I examine three parental resources affecting children’s basic skills, and find that parents’ own basic skills play the most important role.

Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1461...