Research Projects
Ongoing projects
2022 - 2025 | Evaluation study on the effects of a tutor program for your children with delays in language development
Research team: Sharisse van Driel, MSc. (postdoc), dr. Femke van der Wilt (PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), dr. Anne de Bruijn (co-PI), prof.dr. Martijn Meeter (co-PI).
Funding: NWO (via a European tender; € 353.610,-)
2022 - 2025 | Evaluation study on the effects of a program (BeweegWijs) focused on physical education
Research team: dr. Annelies Brocken (postdoc), dr. Anne de Bruijn (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), prof.dr. Martijn Meeter (co-PI).
Funding: NWO (via a European tender; € 352.321,-)
2021 - 2026 | Silence in the classroom: Towards a pedagogy of silence for secondary education
Research team: Iris Bogaers, MSc. (PhD student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Anne de la Croix (co-promotor), dr. Cihel van der Veen (co-promotor)
Funding: NWO doctoral grant for teachers (€ 125.000,-)
2021 - 2022 | Let's talk about art
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-PI), vacancy for a junior researcher
Partners: De Activiteit, several primary education schools, dr. Marjolein Dobber, and prof.dr. Bert van Oers
Funding: Frea Janssen-Vos Fonds (€ 10.000,-).
2020 - 2023 | Language learning during outdoor play in ECEC settings.
Research team: Jannette Prins, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Martijn Meeter (promotor), dr. Dieuwke Hovinga (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), dr. Femke van der Wilt, & dr. Lisa Gaikhorst.
Funding: RAAK-PRO (€ 700.000,-) awarded to dr. Dieuwke Hovinga
2020 - 2022 | Dialogic writing in the upper grades of primary school
Research team: dr. Renske Bouwer (PI) & dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI).
Partners: Stichting Taalvorming, De Activiteit, several primary education schools.
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2020 - 2022 | Dialogic book reading in early childhood classrooms
Research team: dr. Femke van der Wilt (PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), dr. Inouk Boerma
Partners: Denise Bontje, MSc., and several primary education schools.
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2020 - 2025 | Role play as a context for supporting children's social competencies in early childhood education
Research team: Mireille van der Nat, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Martijn Meeter (promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-promotor).
Funding: NWO doctoral grant for teachers (€ 150.250,-)
2019 - 2021 | What is learning? A study on researchers' and educators' understanding of learning and related concepts
Research team: prof. Nienke van Atteveldt, dr. Nikki Lee, dr. Chiel van der Veen, prof. Paul Howard-Jones, dr. Jolien Francken, & Birgit Bekker
Funding: in-kind
2019-2021 | Qualitative evaluation of the Amsterdam team learning grant for schools
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen, dr. Femke van der Wilt, dr. Renske Bouwer, dr. Marco Snoek, dr. Tirza Bosma, dr. Ronald Keijzer, André Koffeman, MSc.
Partner: City of Amsterdam
Funding: contract research (€ 3000,- per researcher)
2019 - 2024 | Theory, development, and implications of object-oriented play for early childhood education and care
Research team: Elizabeth Wynberg, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Annerieke Boland (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor)
Funding: funded by iPabo University of Applied Sciences
2018 - 2021 | Apprentices of listening. Multidisciplinary listening as a dialogical skill in primary schools
Research team: Pablo Muruzabal Lamberti, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Josef Fruchtl (promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Anders Schinkel (co-promotor).
Funding: in-kind, small travel grants and bench fee awarded to Pablo Muruzabal Lamberti
2018 - 2021 | Professionalization of preschool teachers' interactions in guiding young children during play-based activities
Research team: Eline van Rossum, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Marjolein Dobber (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Clasien de Schipper (co-promotor).
Funding: ZonMw (€ 337.000,-)
Completed projects
2018 - 2020 | The effect of dialogic classroom talk on young children social competence
Research team: dr. Femke van der Wilt (post doc), dr. Claire Goriot, dr. Renske Bouwer, & dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI)
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2015 - 2018 | Being rejected. The role of oral communicative competence
Research team: Femke van der Wilt, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Bert van Oers (Promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Claudia van Kruistum (co-promotor)
Funding: in-kind, small internal grant
2015 - 2016 | Mind mapping in early childhood education
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt, dr. Claudia van Kruistum, dr. Inouk Boerma, dr. Monica Koster, & dr. Menno van der Schoot
Funding: NRO (€ 100.000,-)
2012 - 2017 | Dialogic classroom talk in early childhood education
Research team: Chiel van der Veen, MSc. (PhD-student), dr. Claudia van Kruistum (co-promotor), prof. Sarah Michaels (promotor), prof. Bert van Oers (promotor)
Funding: salary of van der Veen covered by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (eerste geldstroom)
2012 - 2015 | Dynamic Assessment of narrative competence and vocabulary
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen, dr. Marjolein Dobber, & prof. Bert van Oers
Funding: in-kind, salary of dr. van der Veen covered by De Activiteit, national center for Developmental Education
2022 - 2025 | Evaluation study on the effects of a tutor program for your children with delays in language development
Research team: Sharisse van Driel, MSc. (postdoc), dr. Femke van der Wilt (PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), dr. Anne de Bruijn (co-PI), prof.dr. Martijn Meeter (co-PI).
Funding: NWO (via a European tender; € 353.610,-)
2022 - 2025 | Evaluation study on the effects of a program (BeweegWijs) focused on physical education
Research team: dr. Annelies Brocken (postdoc), dr. Anne de Bruijn (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), prof.dr. Martijn Meeter (co-PI).
Funding: NWO (via a European tender; € 352.321,-)
2021 - 2026 | Silence in the classroom: Towards a pedagogy of silence for secondary education
Research team: Iris Bogaers, MSc. (PhD student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Anne de la Croix (co-promotor), dr. Cihel van der Veen (co-promotor)
Funding: NWO doctoral grant for teachers (€ 125.000,-)
2021 - 2022 | Let's talk about art
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-PI), vacancy for a junior researcher
Partners: De Activiteit, several primary education schools, dr. Marjolein Dobber, and prof.dr. Bert van Oers
Funding: Frea Janssen-Vos Fonds (€ 10.000,-).
2020 - 2023 | Language learning during outdoor play in ECEC settings.
Research team: Jannette Prins, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Martijn Meeter (promotor), dr. Dieuwke Hovinga (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), dr. Femke van der Wilt, & dr. Lisa Gaikhorst.
Funding: RAAK-PRO (€ 700.000,-) awarded to dr. Dieuwke Hovinga
2020 - 2022 | Dialogic writing in the upper grades of primary school
Research team: dr. Renske Bouwer (PI) & dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI).
Partners: Stichting Taalvorming, De Activiteit, several primary education schools.
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2020 - 2022 | Dialogic book reading in early childhood classrooms
Research team: dr. Femke van der Wilt (PI), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-PI), dr. Inouk Boerma
Partners: Denise Bontje, MSc., and several primary education schools.
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2020 - 2025 | Role play as a context for supporting children's social competencies in early childhood education
Research team: Mireille van der Nat, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Martijn Meeter (promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Femke van der Wilt (co-promotor).
Funding: NWO doctoral grant for teachers (€ 150.250,-)
2019 - 2021 | What is learning? A study on researchers' and educators' understanding of learning and related concepts
Research team: prof. Nienke van Atteveldt, dr. Nikki Lee, dr. Chiel van der Veen, prof. Paul Howard-Jones, dr. Jolien Francken, & Birgit Bekker
Funding: in-kind
2019-2021 | Qualitative evaluation of the Amsterdam team learning grant for schools
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen, dr. Femke van der Wilt, dr. Renske Bouwer, dr. Marco Snoek, dr. Tirza Bosma, dr. Ronald Keijzer, André Koffeman, MSc.
Partner: City of Amsterdam
Funding: contract research (€ 3000,- per researcher)
2019 - 2024 | Theory, development, and implications of object-oriented play for early childhood education and care
Research team: Elizabeth Wynberg, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Annerieke Boland (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor)
Funding: funded by iPabo University of Applied Sciences
2018 - 2021 | Apprentices of listening. Multidisciplinary listening as a dialogical skill in primary schools
Research team: Pablo Muruzabal Lamberti, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Josef Fruchtl (promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Anders Schinkel (co-promotor).
Funding: in-kind, small travel grants and bench fee awarded to Pablo Muruzabal Lamberti
2018 - 2021 | Professionalization of preschool teachers' interactions in guiding young children during play-based activities
Research team: Eline van Rossum, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Maartje Raijmakers (promotor), dr. Marjolein Dobber (co-promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Clasien de Schipper (co-promotor).
Funding: ZonMw (€ 337.000,-)
Completed projects
2018 - 2020 | The effect of dialogic classroom talk on young children social competence
Research team: dr. Femke van der Wilt (post doc), dr. Claire Goriot, dr. Renske Bouwer, & dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI)
Funding: NRO (€ 20.000,- for phase 1 and € 100.000,- for phase 2)
2015 - 2018 | Being rejected. The role of oral communicative competence
Research team: Femke van der Wilt, MSc. (PhD-student), prof. Bert van Oers (Promotor), dr. Chiel van der Veen (co-promotor), & dr. Claudia van Kruistum (co-promotor)
Funding: in-kind, small internal grant
2015 - 2016 | Mind mapping in early childhood education
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen (PI), dr. Femke van der Wilt, dr. Claudia van Kruistum, dr. Inouk Boerma, dr. Monica Koster, & dr. Menno van der Schoot
Funding: NRO (€ 100.000,-)
2012 - 2017 | Dialogic classroom talk in early childhood education
Research team: Chiel van der Veen, MSc. (PhD-student), dr. Claudia van Kruistum (co-promotor), prof. Sarah Michaels (promotor), prof. Bert van Oers (promotor)
Funding: salary of van der Veen covered by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (eerste geldstroom)
2012 - 2015 | Dynamic Assessment of narrative competence and vocabulary
Research team: dr. Chiel van der Veen, dr. Marjolein Dobber, & prof. Bert van Oers
Funding: in-kind, salary of dr. van der Veen covered by De Activiteit, national center for Developmental Education