Projects
School effects in growth curve models: a comparison between effects on students status and student growth. KU Leuven
Inspecting school inspections: Describing and explaining (un)intended effects University of Antwerp
Primary School Children's Socioemotional Competence: Assessment, the Effects of the EMOscope Intervention and the Role of Engagement KU Leuven
The project seeks to improve the understanding of primary school pupil’s socioemotional competence and conditions for its development. The research has three objectives. Firstly, it investigates the psychometric properties of a newly-developed socioemotional understanding test called the Domino Test for Socioemotional Understanding (DOTSEMU). Secondly, it examines the impact of the intervention aimed at developing socioemotional competence in ...
School choice and segregation: determinants, effects and policy KU Leuven
We investigate the determinants and effects of school segregation, a socially and economically relevant topic. Not only does social segregation have severe democratic consequences, it also impacts educational outcomes and hampers an efficient allocation and production of human resources. First, we investigate how preferences for socio-economic and ethnic group composition lead to school segregation. We estimate and simulate school choice ...
The effects of exposure to traffic related AIr pollution on the cardiovascular health and neurocognitive performances in middle school CHildren. (CHAIR) Hasselt University
Neurobehavioral effects of environmental pollution in primary school children and adolescents. Hasselt University
The role of sample characteristics in the stability of value-added estimates of school effects: sample size, student mobility and sample heterogeneity. KU Leuven
Many countries use value added (VA)-estimates as indicators of the effectiveness of their schools. A major issue is the instability of schools' VA-estimates over successive years. Instable VA-estimates may indicate a lack of reliability and are therefore less usable for intended purposes, e.g., identification of (in)effective schools or school choice. A challenge is to provide evidence of the characteristics that drive the artificial ...
The role of sample characteristics in the stability of value-added estimates of school effects: sample size, student mobility and sample heterogeneity. KU Leuven
Many countries use value added (VA)-estimates as indicators of the effectiveness of their schools. A major issue is the instability of schools' VA-estimates over successive years. Instable VA-estimates may indicate a lack of reliability and are therefore less usable for intended purposes, e.g., identification of (in)effective schools or school choice. A challenge is to provide evidence of the characteristics that drive the artificial ...
Promoting healthy eating behavior and physical activity and reducing sedentary behavior in primary school children: effect and processevaluation of an online video intervention in parents Ghent University
1. Devolopment of a method for parents of primary schoolchildren to teach parents parenting skills to obtain health gain in the family through videos and online feedback.
2. Effect- and procesevaluation of this methodology.
3. Development of an implementation guide together with VIGEZ as primary partner and in association with partner organisations on the field.