Projects
Non scholae sed vitae? An Empirical Study on the Cognitive Transfer Effects of Studying Classical Languages in Flemish Secondary Education Ghent University
Do smart pupils study classical languages (CLs), or does studying CLs make pupils smart? Anglo-Saxon research suggests that Latin pupils surpass their Latin-less peers in L1 ability c.q. English, and that studying Latin possibly has a positive effect on mathematical skills as well. However, it has not been settled whether these results are due to preselectivity (pupil influx) or cognitive transfer (one task affecting another). While a ...
Relevance of alternative representations of time, time intervals and temporal relations for instructional approaches to foster the development of time-related competencies of primary school children Ghent University
The study focusus initially on a state-of-the-art about the empirical and theoretical grounding of the development of the concept of time, time intervals and time relationships. On the base of an analysis of the literature, an overview will be developed of didactical strategies to influence the development of the concept of time, time intervals and time relationships in learners of 5-12 years in primary school. In a second phasea ...
LEMMA - The role of Language in Early MatheMatical Achievement KU Leuven
Mathematics has always been a central curricular domain in elementary and secondary education worldwide. In the preschool years, the focus is mostly on very basic numerical abilities (the counting words, identifying or comparing numerosities), and in the first years of primary school this is further systematized in the form of simple arithmetic. Recent studies, however, have shown that children are already able to reason about more complex ...
Active promotion of inquiry-based learning in secondary school classes. University of Antwerp
Development and Assessment of iSTEM Competencies KU Leuven
Although the math and science education in Flanders is at a high level, the integration of these abstract study fields and the reference to their use in technology is a large gap in the educational system, which has the effect of demotivating pupils for science and engineering. The purpose of research for didactics of ‘integrated STEM-education’ (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) is to make youngsters recognize the ...
Sustainable implementation of InnoVET - 2021 - posting Ghent University
In this project we want to stimulate and support the teachers who develop the learning content of an InnoVET project to make this content interdisciplinary: attention for science, mathematics and technology where possible. In addition, we want to help them to make the links with new technologies explicit: e.g. opportunities and limitations of artificial intelligence, the promotion of digital skills and media literacy, links with current ...