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van Vijfeijken, Marijke; van Schilt-Mol, Tamara; van den Bergh, Linda; Scholte, Ron H. J.; Denessen, Eddie – Cogent Education, 2023
Teachers need to make choices about how they distribute their time and support, and a school's vision may support teachers in making these choices. This study aimed to gain insight into how individual teachers--each with their own beliefs about fair classroom differentiation--handle differentiation dilemmas in the context of their school's vision.…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Individualized Instruction, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Teachers
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Okken, G. J.; Jansen, E. P. W. A.; Hofman, W. H. A.; Coelen, R. J. – Cogent Education, 2022
Intercultural Teaching Competence (ITC) is essential for teaching in increasingly diverse primary schools. However, research has not sufficiently addressed the meaning and development of ITC, including whether study abroad during teacher education contributes to the dimensions included. Therefore, this study seeks to determine which dimensions of…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Intercultural Communication, Study Abroad, Teacher Education Programs
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Grimmon, A. S.; Cramer, J.; Yazilitas, D.; Smeets, I.; De Bruyckere, P. – Cogent Education, 2020
When in 2014 the "STEM Career Interest Survey" (STEM-CIS) was developed, the researchers could check this instrument with other target audiences. Also, the question remained if the instrument was applicable for both boys and girls. This article describes the development and validation of a Dutch language version of it, called the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, STEM Education, Elementary School Students, Test Construction
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Goldberg, Jochem M.; Clarke, Aleisha M.; Klooster, Peter M. ten; Schreurs, Karlein M. G.; Bohlmeijer, Ernst T. – Cogent Education, 2019
In the Netherlands, all schools are required to develop a wellbeing and social safeness policy. Despite this legislation, there is currently no adequate instrument available to measure the wellbeing and social safeness. Therefore, the present study investigates the psychometric properties of the Wellbeing and Social Safeness Questionnaire (WSSQ).…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Well Being, School Safety, Questionnaires
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de la Hera Conde-Pumpido, Teresa; Loos, Eugène; van Wilgenburg, Wiljan; Versteeg, Myrte; Aléncar, Amanda; Simons, Monique; Lamoth, Claudine; Finkenauer, Catrin – Cogent Education, 2018
The aim of this study was to evaluate whether an ice-skating exergame can stimulate intercultural social interaction between refugees and Dutch children in controlled play sessions organized at elementary schools. We conducted an exploratory qualitative study based on observations of exergame play sessions and structured interviews conducted after…
Descriptors: Athletics, Games, Elementary School Students, Refugees
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Hofman, Roelande H.; Hofman, W. H. Adriaan; Gray, John M. – Cogent Education, 2015
In this article, we address three broad conjectures about what really matters with respect to school effectiveness. Our review of previous evidence prompted us to look at three sets of factors connected with classroom teachers, school policies and processes, and matters of governance. All three have featured prominently in the public arena. In…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Mathematics Achievement, Multivariate Analysis, Teacher Effectiveness