prof. A.J. Visscher (Adrie)

Full Professor
BMS-LDT-ELAN
Ravelijn 5430
a.j.visscher@utwente.nl
+31534893609
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ProfiIe

I am a full professor at the University of Twente. I am interested in measuring teaching quality validly as a basis for improving teaching quality. In my research I study how teachers can be supported in optimizing the quality of their lessons and their impact on student learning by providing them with feedback: feedback about the features of their teaching activities (e.g. based on student perceptions, or lesson observations), and feedback about their impact on student achievement. As this kind of feedback can be the starting point of improvement-oriented activities, my research also focuses on how teachers can be trained effectively for differentiating their teaching activities in line with students’ varying instructional needs.

Inaugural lectures

Please click here for my inaugural lecture (in Dutch) on the Relevance of Data-based Decision-making in Education (University of Groningen) and click here for the presentation.

Inaugural lecture Universiteit of Twente

Click here for my inaugural lecture on Developing Teacher Qualities Deliberately (University of Twente) and click here for the presentation.

Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Teachers
    • Data-Based Decision Making
    • Assessment
    • Achievement

  • Social Sciences

    • Students
    • Decision Making
    • Intervention
    • Schools

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Publications

2024
The sustainability of educational innovations. University of Twente. Tappel, A. P. M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036561174Key stakeholder voices: Investigating student perceptions of teachers’ use of assessment for learning, 257-275. Wolterinck-Broekhuis, C. H. D., Poortman, C. L., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A. J.https://doi.org/10.1007/s11092-024-09428-7Profiles of teachers’ assessment techniques and their students’ involvement in assessment, 369-388. de Vries, J., Van Gasse, R., van Geel, M., Visscher, A. & Van Petegem, P.https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2024.2354410
2023
Distinguishing aspects of sustainability, 805-835. Tappel, A. P. M., Poortman, C. L., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A. J.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10833-022-09465-3A cognitive task analysis of the teacher skills and knowledge required for differentiated instruction in secondary education, Article 1171554. Meutstege, K., Vrielink, M., van Geel, M. & Visscher, A. J.https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1171554Evidence-Based Design of a Teacher Professional Development Program for Differentiated Instruction: A Whole-Task Approach, Article 985. Meutstege, K., Geel, M. v. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13100985Promoting Sustainable Educational Innovation Using the Sustainability Meter, 234-255. Tappel, A. P. M., Poortman, C. L., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.1108/JPCC-02-2023-0008Adapting Teaching to Students’ Needs: What Does It Require from Teachers?In Effective Teaching Around the World: Theoretical, Empirical, Methodological and Practical Insights (pp. 723-736). Springer Nature. van Geel, M., Keuning, T., Meutstege, K., de Vries, J., Visscher, A., Wolterinck, C., Schildkamp, K. & Poortman, C.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31678-4_33A best-evidence meta-analysis of the effects of digital monitoring tools for teachers on student achievement, 169-188. Faber, J. M., Feskens, R. & Visscher, A. J.https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2022.2142247The impact of an assessment for learning teacher professional development program on students’ metacognition, 109-129. de Vries, J., Dimosthenous, A., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2022.2116461Bestuurlijk vermogen in het voortgezet onderwijs: Resultaten van een multi-method onderzoek naar de realisatie van systematische beleidsvoering, sociaal kapitaal en strategisch personeelsbeleid ter bevordering van de onderwijskwaliteit. University of Groningen. Ritzema, L., Maslowski, R., Rekers - Mombarg, L., Naaijer, H., Renting, N., van Geel, M., Visscher, A. & Bosker, R.Gespreid leiderschap in onderwijsorganisaties in het voortgezet onderwijs. University of Groningen. Ritzema, L., Veldman, M. A., Rekers - Mombarg, L., Odink, H., Maslowski, R., Visscher, A., Naaijer, H. & Bosker, R.
2022
The validity and impact of student perceptions of teaching quality. University of Twente. Bijlsma, H.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554794Teacher professional development in Assessment for Learning. University of Twente. Wolterinck, C. H. D.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554664Assessment for learning: developing the required teacher competencies (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Wolterinck, C., Poortman, C., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.1080/02619768.2022.2124912The impact on student achievement of an assessment for learning teacher professional development program, Article 101184. de Vries, J., Dimosthenous, A., Schildkamp, K. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2022.101184Factors related to differences in digitally measured student perceptions of teaching quality, 360-380. Bijlsma, H. J. E., Glas, C. A. W. & Visscher, A. J.https://doi.org/10.1080/09243453.2021.2023584

Research profiles

Courses academic year 2023/2024

Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.

Courses academic year 2022/2023

During the last ten years I in cooperation with colleagues have conducted various projects on Data-based decision making (DBDM). In total about 150 school teams were trained for one or two years for DBDM and in the meantime we studied the impact on teaching quality and student achievement.

We just started a joint, NRO-funded, 3-year research project with the University of Groningen in which we study the policy-making capacity of Dutch school boards with respect to the professionalization of their teachers and other staff.

Together with the Dutch School Inspectorate we have developed the digital Impact! instrument for measuring teaching quality through the eyes of the students taught, the teacher who taught, and an internal/external lesson observer: https://www.impactoponderwijs.nl/

The tool is used now for measuring teaching quality in a representative sample of Dutch schools for primary secondary and special education.

Current PhD-projects

  • Kyra Meutstege: Design and evaluation of a teacher professionalization program for instructional differentiation
  • Jitske de Vries: Formative evaluation, the effect of a training intervention
  • Christel Wolterinck:  Cognitive task analysis of formative evaluation in secondary education
  • Anne Tappel: Sustainability of the datateam method
  • Pier Siersma: Design and evaluation of a digital tool for enhancing strategical knowledge in medical physics
  • Hannah Bijlsma: Effects of a digital tool for providing teachers with feedback on  lesson  quality
  • Paul van Viegen: The use of eye-tracking for studying teachers' monitoring activities for instructional differentiation
  • Lucas Silva Didier: The use of student perceptions of teaching quality for instructional improvement in Chili
  • Miriam Knoef: Design and evaluation of a professional development intervention for teaching language and Science & Technology in an integrated manner.

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University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 5430
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
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