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Babs Jacobs
@babsjacobs.bsky.social
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Onderzoeker @KBA Nijmegen | Former PhD student @roamaastricht.bsky.social | Research on educational inequalities
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madelonj.bsky.social
New paper alert! 🔔📘 The second paper of my PhD is out in PLOS One! We studied remediation programs after the first COVID-19 school closures in primary education in the Netherlands, focusing on their impact on reading and mathematics test scores. With @carlahaelermans.bsky.social & Martijn Meeter
Effective remediation programs for vulnerable students to overcome learning loss
In March 2020, the world was forced to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, and as a result, schools in many countries closed to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. Students were required to shift to ...
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May 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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dieuwkezwier.bsky.social
Morgen (!) is het dan echt zo ver: de verdediging van mijn proefschrift. Lees meer over mijn onderzoek in dit artikel.
uva-fmg.bsky.social UvA Maatschappij & Gedrag @uva-fmg.bsky.social · Jan 27
🧒Welke factoren spelen een rol bij de middelbare-schoolkeuze van een kind?

@dieuwkezwier.bsky.social toont aan dat leeftijdsgenoten een belangrijke rol spelen bij deze keuze, en legt uit wat het belang is van diversiteit binnen een school voor hun sociale ontwikkeling.🏫

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Vriendjes, ouders en vooroordelen: wat je moet weten over de middelbare-schoolkeuze van jouw kind
Ontdek hoe vriendjes, ouders en diversiteit de middelbare-schoolkeuze van je kind beïnvloeden. Inclusief tips voor sociale groei en het verkleinen van verschillen tussen leerlingen!
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January 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Hoe scoren Nederlandse volwassenen op taal-, rekenvaardigheid en probleemoplossend vermogen in internationaal perspectief? 🌍Ontdek dit, de trends in kernvaardigheden voor Nederlandse volwassenen en meer in het nieuwe PIAAC-rapport👇 www.piaaconderzoek.nl
Over PIAAC - Piaac Onderzoek
Het PIAAC-onderzoek brengt de kennis en vaardigheden van volwassenen in kaart. De resultaten worden gebruikt om onderwijs- en arbeidsmarktprogramma’s te ontwikkelen en te verbeteren.
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December 10, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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hermwerf.bsky.social
Tekenen!
ingridrobeyns.bsky.social Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · Oct 20
In the meantime, any Dutch resident or citizen can sign the petition against the budget cuts to higher eduction - 1 billion, which for universities means about 10% of their budgets - and for students will mean financial penalties if they take longer: campagnes.degoedezaak.org/campaigns/st...
Stop de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs!
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October 20, 2024 at 7:16 PM
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timhuijts.bsky.social
This Friday, I'll give my inaugural lecture as Professor of Positive Health at Work at Maastricht University. The lecture (in Dutch) can be followed here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tgH... . I will talk about how Positive Health can help people in using and developing their skills and talents
November 15, 2023 at 12:23 PM
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europeansocieties.bsky.social
NEW ARTICLE: @babsjacobs.bsky.social develops a skills attainment model using large-scale Dutch data

OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
The association between parental SES and children’s educational outcomes is one of the key topics in stratification research. Although most differences between social groups are explained by initial differences in performance, the influence of family resources associated with children’s basic skills is still poorly understood. We therefore developed a skills attainment model, focusing on the relative contribution of three family resources: parents’ own basic skills at age 12, other parental skills developed in education and financial resources in the household. In addition, we examine potential heterogeneity across social groups. We develop a unique dataset, the Intergenerational Transmission of Skills dataset, covering 25,000 Dutch parents and 41,000 children. It includes high-quality test scores in math and language, similarly measured among parents and children, and detailed register information on educational attainment and income. Using structural equation modeling, we find that a
November 2, 2023 at 8:42 AM
babsjacobs.bsky.social
🚨 The first paper of my dissertation is published in @europeansocieties.bsky.social

Rolf van der Velden and I examine three parental resources affecting children’s basic skills, and find that parents’ own basic skills play the most important role.

Open access: doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Family resources and children’s skills: development of a skills attainment model
The association between parental SES and children’s educational outcomes is one of the key topics in stratification research. Although most differences between social groups are explained by initia....
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November 2, 2023 at 8:10 AM