It is a challenge for mathematics teachers to provide activities for their students at a high level of cognitive demand. In this article, we explore the possibilities that history of mathematics has to offer to meet this challenge. History of mathematics can be applied in mathematics education in different …

Een centrale grondslag in de persoonlijkheidspedagogiek van Kohnstamm is dat elke leerling de kans moet worden geboden om zich naar eigen aard en aanleg te ontwikkelen. Om dat te realiseren zou er in het onderwijs rekening moeten worden gehouden met de onderlinge verschillen tussen leerlingen, een taak …

In bilingual streams in the Netherlands, school subjects are taught in an additional language so that pupils learn both subject content and the target language by using language meaningfully. Teachers of English in bilingual streams (TEBs) are often expected to collaborate with subject teacher colleagues …

Student satisfaction gains an increasingly central position in the context of quality measurements. However, student satisfaction can also be stipulated as an important motivational factor for students as learners. This study combines this perspective on student satisfaction with the notion of differences …

What lecturers do and think are a prerequisite for educational change. It is therefore important to gain insight into factors that influence their involvement in educational reform. This study considers the effect of leadership and managerial constructs on lecturers’ commitment to the newly implemented …

In CLIL contexts in the Netherlands, learners use the target language meaningfully in subject lessons parallel to English classes and English teachers are expected to co-operate with subject teacher colleagues. What does this mean for content and language in English lessons and for English teachers’ …

Die paper geeft een overzicht van de uitkomsten van drie deelstudies uit een onderzoek naar de lees- en schrijfontwikkeling van vmbo-leerlingen (het SALSA-project). Het paper richt zich op de rol van technisch lezen, woordenschat en mecacognicie bij de verklaring van verschillen in begrijpend lezen.