I work at ELAN, the department of teacher development. My research is focused on data use, instructional decision making, and differentiated instruction.

The MATCH-project was aimed at understanding and improving differentiation in primary school mathematics. Based on the 4CID-model, we designed an intervention to improve primary school teachers' differentiation skills. Also, we developed and studied an instrument to Assess Differentiation in All Phases of Teaching: ADAPT. Next to an extensive manual, we developed an online learning environment where teachers, students and others can learn how to use this instrument. Based on all this, we developed the ADAPT-intervention: a combination of the MATCH-training and using ADAPT by qualified observers in the school. In 2025/2026 and 2026/2027, independent research team from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and Hogeschool IPABO will conduct an RCT to evaluate the effectiveness of the ADAPT-intervention.

Am involved in a longitudinal study into the development of beginning teachers, a project about differentiated instruction in special education (in close collaboration with Hogeschool KPZ and Kentalis), and a project where partners in Enschede collaborate to improve language and reading education.

Furthermore, I am involved in two master programs. For EST, I am one of the graduation coordinators, I supervise students in their final projects, and I coordinate and provide the master courses '4CID for complex learning' and 'Teacher learning and development'. In our Teacher Training program, I am involved in General Didactics and am a member of the program committee. 

Expertise

  • Psychology

    • Data-Based Decision Making
    • Teachers
  • Computer Science

    • Differentiated Instruction
  • Social Sciences

    • Students
    • Decision Making
    • Intervention
    • Teaching
    • Schools

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Publications

2024

Profiles of teachers’ assessment techniques and their students’ involvement in assessment (2024)European journal of teacher education, 47(2), 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

A cognitive task analysis of the teacher skills and knowledge required for differentiated instruction in secondary education (2023)Frontiers in Education, 8. 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 (2023)Education Sciences, 13(10). Article 985. Meutstege, K., Geel, M. v. & Visscher, A.https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13100985Adapting Teaching to Students’ Needs: What Does It Require from Teachers? (2023)In Effective Teaching Around the World: Theoretical, Empirical, Methodological and Practical Insights (pp. 723-736). Springer. 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_33Bestuurlijk 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 (2023)[Book/Report › Book]. University of Groningen. Ritzema, L., Maslowski, R., Rekers - Mombarg, L., Naaijer, H., Renting, N., van Geel, M., Visscher, A. & Bosker, R.

2022

2021

Bekendheid, benutting en effectiviteit van professionaliseringsprikkels in het voortgezet onderwijs: Rapportage deelstudie 2 (2021)[Book/Report › Report]. Nationaal Regieorgaan Onderwijsonderzoek (NRO). van Geel, M., Rekers-Mombarg, L. T. M., Visscher, A., Maslowski, R., Ritzema, L. & Bosker, R.Focus op de onderwijskundig ICT-professional: Een verkenning in het (inter)nationaal hoger onderwijs met aanbevelingen voor de praktijk (2021)[Book/Report › Report]. Versnellingsplan Onderwijsinnovatie met ICT. Vennix, J., Dekker, P., Hebbink, E., Peet, A., ter Beek, M., Hopster-den Otter, D. & van Geel, M.DifferentiĂ«ren in 5, 4, 3...: Stem je onderwijs af op verschillen tussen leerlingen (2021)[Book/Report › Book]. PICA. Keuning, T., van Geel, M. & Smienk-Otten, C.

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Courses academic year 2023/2024

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University of Twente

Ravelijn (building no. 10), room 5345
Hallenweg 17
7522 NH Enschede
Netherlands

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