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Citations
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4335
National Ranking
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Overview

Jaap Scheerens is affiliated with the University of Twente in the Netherlands and conducts research primarily within the field of Social Sciences, with a particular focus on Education. Their work spans various subfields of study, centering around Education as the core area of expertise.

Their research covers several main topics, including:

  • School Choice and Performance
  • Educational Assessment and Pedagogy
  • Education and Vocational Training
  • Education Systems and Policy
  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques

Jaap Scheerens frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Some of their notable co-authors include Hans Luyten, with whom they have co-authored multiple works; Bert Creemers; Roel Bosker; Henk C.R. Nanninga; and W.J. Hans Pelgrum.

Best Publications

  • The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness

    Jaap Scheerens;Roel Bosker

  • Educational Evaluation, Assessment and Monitoring: A Systematic Approach

    Jaap Scheerens;Cornelis A.W. Glas;S.M. Thomas

  • Career competencies for career success

    Marinka A. C. T. Kuijpers;Birgit Schyns;Birgit Schyns;Jaap Scheerens

  • Improving school effectiveness

    Jaap Scheerens

  • Modeling the Influence of School Leaders on Student Achievement How Can School Leaders Make a Difference

    Gerdy ten Bruggencate;Hans Luyten;Jaap Scheerens;Peter Sleegers

  • School Effectiveness Research and the Development of Process Indicators of School Functioning

    Jaap Scheerens

  • Teachers' professional development : Europe in international comparison

    Jaap Scheerens

  • Career Competencies for the Modern Career.

    Marinka Kuijpers;Jaap Scheerens

  • An introduction to school effectiveness research

    David Reynolds;Charles Teddlie;Bert Creemers;Jaap Scheerens

  • Review and meta-analyses of school and teaching effectiveness.

    Jaap Scheerens;Johannes W. Luyten;Rien Steen;Y.C.H. de Thouars

  • Conceptualizing school effectiveness

    Jaap Scheerens;Bert P.M. Creemers

  • The use of theory in school effectiveness research revisited

    Jaap Scheerens

  • School leadership effects revisited: review and meta-analysis of empirical studies

    Jaap Scheerens

  • School factors related to quality and equity. Results from PISA 2000

    Johannes W. Luyten;Jaap Scheerens;Arend J. Visscher;R. Maslowski

  • Generalizibility of instructional and school effectiveness indicators across nations

    Jaap Scheerens;C.J.A.J. Vermeulen;W.J. Pelgrum

  • Alternative models of school effectiveness put to the test

    Roel J. Bosker;Jaap Scheerens

  • The effect of school autonomy and school internal decentralization on students' reading literacy

    Ralf Maslowski;Jaap Scheerens;Hans Luyten

  • Conceptual Models and Theory-Embedded Principles on Effective Schooling.

    Jaap Scheerens

  • Educational Effectiveness and Ineffectiveness: A Critical Review of the Knowledge Base

    Jaap Scheerens

  • On the Impact of the Dutch Educational Supervision Act: Analyzing Assumptions Concerning the Inspection of Primary Education

    Melanie Catharina Margaretha Ehren;Frans L. Leeuw;Jaap Scheerens

Frequent Co-Authors

Bert P.M. Creemers
Bert P.M. Creemers University of Groningen
Roel Bosker
Roel Bosker University of Groningen
Peter Sleegers
Peter Sleegers University of Twente
Martin Mulder
Martin Mulder Wageningen University & Research
Birgit Schyns
Birgit Schyns NEOMA Business School
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Maastricht University
Ton de Jong
Ton de Jong University of Twente
Gary N. Marks
Gary N. Marks University of Melbourne
Louise Stoll
Louise Stoll University College London
Donald F. Westerheijden
Donald F. Westerheijden University of Twente

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