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Roel Bosker is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research spans multiple fields within the social sciences, psychology, and medicine, with a particular focus on education, developmental and educational psychology, and social psychology.

Their main research topics include children's physical and motor development, parental involvement in education, obesity and physical activity, school choice and performance, LGBTQ health and policy, functional brain connectivity, and teacher education and leadership studies.

Roel Bosker has published papers in the following venues:

  • Studies In Educational Evaluation
  • Journal of Sports Sciences
  • British Journal of Surgery
  • LGBT Health
  • Journal of Classification

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by Bosker include:

  • Minority Stress and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among LGBT Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis, 2022, LGBT Health
  • A Comparison of Reliability Coefficients for Ordinal Rating Scales, 2021, Journal of Classification
  • The effects of physical activity on brain structure and neurophysiological functioning in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Young children working together. Cooperative learning effects on group work of children in Grade 1 of primary education, 2020, Learning and Instruction
  • Cardiovascular fitness and executive functioning in primary school-aged children, 2020, Developmental Science

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Jaap Oosterlaan
  • Matthijs J. Warrens
  • Anna Meijer
  • Marsh Königs
  • Chris Visscher

Their work often intersects with topics related to public health, environmental and occupational health, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to research questions involving child development, education, and health outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The Foundations of Educational Effectiveness

    Jaap Scheerens;Roel Bosker

  • Multilevel analysis. An introduction to basic and advanced multilevel modeling, 2nd edition (1st edition 1999).

    T.A.B. Snijders;R.J. Bosker

  • Educational leadership and student achievement: The elusive search for an association

    Bob Witziers;Roel J. Bosker;Meta L. Kruger

  • Modeled Variance in Two-Level Models

    Tom A. B. Snijders;Roel J. Bosker

  • Effects of physical activity on executive functions, attention and academic performance in preadolescent children: a meta-analysis

    Johannes W. de Greeff;Roel J. Bosker;Jaap Oosterlaan;Chris Visscher

  • Standard Errors and Sample Sizes for Two-Level Research:

    Tom A. B. Snijders;Roel J. Bosker

  • Professional communities and student achievement – a meta-analysis

    Catalina Lomos;Roelande H. Hofman;Roel J. Bosker

  • Sustainability of teacher expectation bias effects on long-term student performance.

    Hester de Boer;Roel J. Bosker;Margaretha P. C. van der Werf

  • Effective differentiation Practices:A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies on the cognitive effects of differentiation practices in primary education

    Marjolein I. Deunk;Annemieke E. Jacobse;Hester de Boer;Simone Doolaard

  • Physically Active Math and Language Lessons Improve Academic Achievement: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

    Marijke J. Mullender-Wijnsma;Esther Hartman;Johannes W. de Greeff;Simone Doolaard

  • Improving Academic Performance of School‐Age Children by Physical Activity in the Classroom: 1‐Year Program Evaluation

    Marijke J. Mullender-Wijnsma;Esther Hartman;Johannes W. de Greeff;Roel J. Bosker

  • Teacher-Student Interpersonal Relationships in Indonesia: Profiles and Importance to Student Motivation.

    Ridwan Maulana;Marie-Christine Opdenakker;Perry den Brok;Roel Bosker

  • Student emotions in class: The relative importance of teachers and their interpersonal relations with students

    Tim Mainhard;Sophie Oudman;Lisette Hornstra;Roel J. Bosker

  • The relationship between departments as professional communities and student achievement in secondary schools

    Catalina Lomos;Roelande H. Hofman;Roel J. Bosker

  • The influence of personal networks and social support on study attainment of students in university education

    Lilian Eggens;van der Margaretha Werf;Roel Bosker

  • Teacher-student interpersonal relationships do change and affect academic motivation: A multilevel growth curve modelling

    Ridwan Maulana;Marie-Christine Opdenakker;Roel J. Bosker

  • Minority Stress and Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among LGBT Adolescents and Young Adults: A Meta-Analysis

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  • Long-term effects of physically active academic lessons on physical fitness and executive functions in primary school children

    J. W. de Greeff;E. Hartman;M. J. Mullender-Wijnsma;R. J. Bosker

  • Changes in Teachers’ Involvement Versus Rejection and Links with Academic Motivation During the First Year of Secondary Education: A Multilevel Growth Curve Analysis

    Ridwan Maulana;Marie-Christine Opdenakker;Kim Stroet;Roel Bosker

  • Implementing the flipped classroom: an exploration of study behaviour and student performance

    Anja J. Boevé;Rob R. Meijer;Roel J. Bosker;Jorien Vugteveen

  • Complex Inequalities of Educational Opportunities A Large-Scale Longitudinal Study on the Relation Between Gender, Social Class, Ethnicity and School Success

    Hetty P.J.M. Dekkers;Roel J. Bosker;Geert W.J.M. Driessen

  • Exploring cross-national differences in gender gaps in education

    Roel Bosker;H Dekkers;A. van Langen

Frequent Co-Authors

Esther Hartman
Esther Hartman University Medical Center Groningen
Chris Visscher
Chris Visscher University Medical Center Groningen
Jaap Oosterlaan
Jaap Oosterlaan University of Amsterdam
Catherine E. Snow
Catherine E. Snow Harvard University
Gerjo Kok
Gerjo Kok Maastricht University
Herman P. Schaalma
Herman P. Schaalma Maastricht University
Remco J. Renken
Remco J. Renken University Medical Center Groningen
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer
Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer Maastricht University
Filip De Fruyt
Filip De Fruyt Ghent University
Thomas Goetz
Thomas Goetz University of Vienna

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