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Sincer, Isil; Volman, Monique; van der Veen, Ineke; Severiens, Sabine – Theory and Research in Social Education, 2022
The current study examined the effects of school ethnic composition and teacher-student relationships (teacher support) on students' citizenship competencies. Additionally, this study investigated the moderating effect of teacher support on the relationship between school ethnic composition and citizenship competencies. Citizenship was…
Descriptors: Racial Composition, Educational Environment, Ethnic Groups, Teacher Student Relationship
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Karssen, Merlijn; van der Veen, Ineke; Volman, Monique – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2017
The number of bi-ethnic children is increasing. The focus of this study is on bi-ethnic students in the Netherlands with one parent with an ethnic majority background and one parent with an ethnic minority background. Most studies that have investigated educational outcomes and social functioning in school for bi-ethnic students have not focused…
Descriptors: Ethnicity, Multiracial Persons, Foreign Countries, Minority Groups
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Karssen, Merlijn; van der Veen, Ineke; Volman, Monique – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2016
The present study examined the relationship between ethnic diversity in school and educational outcomes, social-emotional functioning, and citizenship competences for bi-ethnic students. The focus of this study is bi-ethnic children with 1 non-migrant parent (with 2 non-migrant grandparents) and 1 migrant parent (with 2 foreign grandparents). It…
Descriptors: Ethnic Diversity, Outcomes of Education, Foreign Countries, Citizenship
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Karssen, Merlijn; van der Veen, Ineke; Volman, Monique – Educational Research, 2015
Background: Changing demographics in societies through international migration have led to an increasing number of bi-ethnic individuals. The focus of this study is on bi-ethnic students with one parent with an ethnic majority background and one parent with an ethnic minority background. Most studies worldwide have grouped these bi-ethnic students…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Multiracial Persons, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
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Hornstra, Lisette; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
The present study investigated the effects of socioeconomic and ethnic classroom composition on developments in students' motivation, sense of classroom belonging, and achievement. A sample of 722 primary school students completed questionnaires from 3rd to 6th grade. Latent growth curve analyses revealed that the reading comprehension scores of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Classroom Environment, Student Diversity, Socioeconomic Status
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Hornstra, Lisette; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – Educational Psychology, 2015
Although previous research has shown the potential of innovative learning for enhancing motivation and learning outcomes, further understanding is needed on which aspects of IL are most effective and whether these are equally motivating for different types of students. The present study investigated how developments in students' motivation and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Grade 5, Student Motivation
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Hornstra, Lisette; Mansfield, Caroline; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – Learning Environments Research, 2015
Teachers are key actors who shape the learning environment and whose main tasks include motivating students to learn. Teachers can differ in the way in which they try to motivate students to learn and their motivational strategies can vary from autonomy-supportive to controlling. The present study explored how teachers' personal beliefs and…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teaching Methods, Educational Strategies, Elementary School Teachers
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Hornstra, Lisette; van der Veen, Ineke; Peetsma, Thea; Volman, Monique – Learning and Individual Differences, 2013
To gain insight in developmental trajectories of motivation during upper primary school, the present study focused on how different aspects of students' motivation, i.e., task-orientation, self-efficacy, and school investment develop from grade three to six of primary school and how these developments differ for boys and girls, and students with…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
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Zwaans, Annemieke; van der Veen, Ineke; Volman, Monique; ten Dam, Geert – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2008
This article concerns the relationship between social-educational goals and the school context. We used a questionnaire to map the educational goals of teachers in pre-vocational education in the field of social competence, and investigated whether these goals were related to the percentage of students from ethnic-minority groups and to the urban…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Educational Objectives, Urban Environment, Educational Environment