CDE

Research Institute for Child Development and Education

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CDE research lines within the CSCA

School and the development of cognition and affect

Program coordinator: Prof. dr. A. van der Leij
Contact: D.A.V.vanderLeij (at) uva.nl

Subject: The major aim of the program is to understand the normal and deviant development of cognitive/academic and socio-emotional skills in the context of school and to design theory based interventions. The program has a strong emphasis on empirical (preferably experimental) research. Within the program, two research domains can be distinguished: (a) the (bio-ecological) aetiology, prevention and treatment of learning disabilities and (b) teacher-child interaction and development of social-emotional skills.

Key publications:

de Jong, P.F, & van der Leij, A. (2003). Developmental changes in the manifestation of a phonological deficit in dyslexic children learning to read a regular orthography. Journal of Educational Psychology, 95, 22-40.
Regtvoort, A.G.F.M., van der Leij, A. (2007). Early Intervention with Children of Dyslexic Parents: Effects of Computer-based Reading Instruction at Home on Literacy Acquisition. Learning and Individual Differences, 17 (1), 35-53.
Spilt, J.L., & Koomen, H.M.Y. (2009). Widening the view on teacher-child relationships: Teachers’ narratives concerning disruptive versus nondisruptive children. School Psychology Review, 38(1) in press.
Van Leeuwen, T., Been, P., Kuijpers, C., Zwarts, F., Maassen, F., & van der Leij, A. (2006). Mismatch response is absent in 2-month-old infants at risk for dyslexia. Neuroreport, 17 (4), 351-355.