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Papers by Kees Broekhof

Frontiers in Education, Jun 2, 2023

The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture bo... more The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture books affected the reading habits and language development of children from bilingual families. The study included 41 children aged 4-5 from two schools whose parents spoke a heritage language distinct from the environmental language (Dutch), and had a low level of education. The children were randomly assigned to two groups-one with access to digital books solely in the environmental language (Dutch) and the other with a choice between the environmental language and their heritage language. A general vocabulary test was administered before and after a six-week intervention period. The findings indicated that access to digital books motivated reading, with roughly one-third of the children reading a substantial number of books during the intervention. The availability of books in the heritage language did not lead to an increase in book reading. Given a choice, only a minority (33%) preferred to read in their heritage language. The conditions exhibited similar growth in vocabulary, but the study uncovered positive associations between the number of books and vocabulary development.

On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has devel... more On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has developed a national internet-based monitoring instrument which charts the impact of the collaboration between elementary schools and libraries (in-school as well as out-of-school). The instrument consists of digital questionnaires to students, teachers and school librarians. The questionnaires are administered once per year. The second round of data collection has been completed and involved collecting data from approximately 30,000 students, 3,000 teachers and 300 reading consultants from all over the Netherlands. The main goal of the monitor is to help individual schools and libraries to optimize the impact of their collaboration. At each school, the teachers are given feedback from the monitor by the school librarian. The monitoring data makes it possible to pinpoint specific aspects of student classroom behavior, provides detailed information for discussions amongst teaching staff and to inform school policy. As the data is retained in a national database and has also been used for analysis at a national and provincial level.

IASL conference proceedings, Feb 22, 2021

As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed whi... more As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed which collects data on pupils, teachers, schools and school libraries. This article describes the aims, the content and the use of the monitor, as well as the context in which it was developed. The monitor is described as a multipurpose instrument for practical, policy and research purposes. Examples of data collected in primary and secondary schools are presented and discussed. Specific attention is given to the role of public library staff can play in using the monitor to optimize collaboration with schools.

Performance Measurement and Metrics, Jul 19, 2013

The monitoring research approach has been subsidized by the Dutch 'Kunst van Lezen' program for r... more The monitoring research approach has been subsidized by the Dutch 'Kunst van Lezen' program for reading promotion, which is jointly coordinated and executed by the Dutch Reading Foundation (Stichting Lezen) and the Netherlands Institute for Public Libraries (Sectorinstituut Openbare BIbliotheken).

Council of Europe Press eBooks, 1995

SensePublishers eBooks, 2011

In their daily lives, young children encounter numerous phenomena that are part of scientific dom... more In their daily lives, young children encounter numerous phenomena that are part of scientific domains, such as mathematics, physics and biology. By nature, children are curious and motivated to learn about the world and have strong intuitions about the nature of the phenomena they encounter. From infancy, children form visuo-spatial and sensorimotor representations of their personal experiences, and create mental ‘scripts’ or ‘models’ that include information about the temporal and causal structure of actions and events, its obligatory and optional components, and the associated roles (French, 2004; Nelson & et. al, 1986).

Frontiers in Education

The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture bo... more The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture books affected the reading habits and language development of children from bilingual families. The study included 41 children aged 4–5 from two schools whose parents spoke a heritage language distinct from the environmental language (Dutch), and had a low level of education. The children were randomly assigned to two groups - one with access to digital books solely in the environmental language (Dutch) and the other with a choice between the environmental language and their heritage language. A general vocabulary test was administered before and after a six-week intervention period. The findings indicated that access to digital books motivated reading, with roughly one-third of the children reading a substantial number of books during the intervention. The availability of books in the heritage language did not lead to an increase in book reading. Given a choice, only a minority (33%) pref...

IASL Annual Conference Proceedings, 2021

As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed whi... more As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed which collects data on pupils, teachers, schools and school libraries. This article describes the aims, the content and the use of the monitor, as well as the context in which it was developed. The monitor is described as a multi-purpose instrument for practical, policy and research purposes. Examples of data collected in primary and secondary schools are presented and discussed. Specific attention is given to the role of public library staff can play in using the monitor to optimize collaboration with schools.

On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has devel... more On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has developed a national internet-based monitoring instrument which charts the impact of the collaboration between elementary schools and libraries (in-school as well as out-of-school). The instrument consists of digital questionnaires to students, teachers and school librarians. The questionnaires are administered once per year. The second round of data collection has been completed and involved collecting data from approximately 30,000 students, 3,000 teachers and 300 reading consultants from all over the Netherlands. The main goal of the monitor is to help individual schools and libraries to optimize the impact of their collaboration. At each school, the teachers are given feedback from the monitor by the school librarian. The monitoring data makes it possible to pinpoint specific aspects of student classroom behavior, provides detailed information for discussions amongst teaching staff and to...

Public Library Quarterly, 2017

ABSTRACT The Art of Reading is a national reading promotion program in the Netherlands targeting ... more ABSTRACT The Art of Reading is a national reading promotion program in the Netherlands targeting children and youngsters from birth to 18 years of age. Launched in 2008, the program reached in 2016 nearly 700,000 children. In this article, we describe the program’s background, ambitions, content, and implementation, as well as the central role of the public library in its development and execution. A special focus is on the digital monitoring system that has been created to monitor the impact of the program on pupils’ reading behavior and teachers’ reading promotion behavior.

Performance Measurement and Metrics, 2013

Levende Talen Magazine, 2001

Lezen met plezier in het vmbo – dat is het motto van Bazar, een leesbevorderingspakket voor de vi... more Lezen met plezier in het vmbo – dat is het motto van Bazar, een leesbevorderingspakket voor de vier leerjaren van het vmbo. Het pakket bestaat uit meer dan dertig modules met veel verschillende soorten activiteiten: de leerlingen lezen boeken, schrijven gedichten, tekenen hun eigen strips, maken een videofilm op basis van een boekfragment, bezoeken bioscoop en theater, interviewen een schrijver, enzovoorts. De modules zijn gebaseerd op bestaande projecten voor het vmbo die ontwikkeld zijn door docenten, bibliotheekmedewerkers en ontwikkelaars bij educatieve instellingen.

Frontiers in Education, Jun 2, 2023

The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture bo... more The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture books affected the reading habits and language development of children from bilingual families. The study included 41 children aged 4-5 from two schools whose parents spoke a heritage language distinct from the environmental language (Dutch), and had a low level of education. The children were randomly assigned to two groups-one with access to digital books solely in the environmental language (Dutch) and the other with a choice between the environmental language and their heritage language. A general vocabulary test was administered before and after a six-week intervention period. The findings indicated that access to digital books motivated reading, with roughly one-third of the children reading a substantial number of books during the intervention. The availability of books in the heritage language did not lead to an increase in book reading. Given a choice, only a minority (33%) preferred to read in their heritage language. The conditions exhibited similar growth in vocabulary, but the study uncovered positive associations between the number of books and vocabulary development.

On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has devel... more On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has developed a national internet-based monitoring instrument which charts the impact of the collaboration between elementary schools and libraries (in-school as well as out-of-school). The instrument consists of digital questionnaires to students, teachers and school librarians. The questionnaires are administered once per year. The second round of data collection has been completed and involved collecting data from approximately 30,000 students, 3,000 teachers and 300 reading consultants from all over the Netherlands. The main goal of the monitor is to help individual schools and libraries to optimize the impact of their collaboration. At each school, the teachers are given feedback from the monitor by the school librarian. The monitoring data makes it possible to pinpoint specific aspects of student classroom behavior, provides detailed information for discussions amongst teaching staff and to inform school policy. As the data is retained in a national database and has also been used for analysis at a national and provincial level.

IASL conference proceedings, Feb 22, 2021

As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed whi... more As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed which collects data on pupils, teachers, schools and school libraries. This article describes the aims, the content and the use of the monitor, as well as the context in which it was developed. The monitor is described as a multipurpose instrument for practical, policy and research purposes. Examples of data collected in primary and secondary schools are presented and discussed. Specific attention is given to the role of public library staff can play in using the monitor to optimize collaboration with schools.

Performance Measurement and Metrics, Jul 19, 2013

The monitoring research approach has been subsidized by the Dutch 'Kunst van Lezen' program for r... more The monitoring research approach has been subsidized by the Dutch 'Kunst van Lezen' program for reading promotion, which is jointly coordinated and executed by the Dutch Reading Foundation (Stichting Lezen) and the Netherlands Institute for Public Libraries (Sectorinstituut Openbare BIbliotheken).

Council of Europe Press eBooks, 1995

SensePublishers eBooks, 2011

In their daily lives, young children encounter numerous phenomena that are part of scientific dom... more In their daily lives, young children encounter numerous phenomena that are part of scientific domains, such as mathematics, physics and biology. By nature, children are curious and motivated to learn about the world and have strong intuitions about the nature of the phenomena they encounter. From infancy, children form visuo-spatial and sensorimotor representations of their personal experiences, and create mental ‘scripts’ or ‘models’ that include information about the temporal and causal structure of actions and events, its obligatory and optional components, and the associated roles (French, 2004; Nelson & et. al, 1986).

Frontiers in Education

The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture bo... more The objective of the study was to examine how providing access to multilingual digital picture books affected the reading habits and language development of children from bilingual families. The study included 41 children aged 4–5 from two schools whose parents spoke a heritage language distinct from the environmental language (Dutch), and had a low level of education. The children were randomly assigned to two groups - one with access to digital books solely in the environmental language (Dutch) and the other with a choice between the environmental language and their heritage language. A general vocabulary test was administered before and after a six-week intervention period. The findings indicated that access to digital books motivated reading, with roughly one-third of the children reading a substantial number of books during the intervention. The availability of books in the heritage language did not lead to an increase in book reading. Given a choice, only a minority (33%) pref...

IASL Annual Conference Proceedings, 2021

As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed whi... more As part of the national Dutch Library at School program, a digital monitor has been developed which collects data on pupils, teachers, schools and school libraries. This article describes the aims, the content and the use of the monitor, as well as the context in which it was developed. The monitor is described as a multi-purpose instrument for practical, policy and research purposes. Examples of data collected in primary and secondary schools are presented and discussed. Specific attention is given to the role of public library staff can play in using the monitor to optimize collaboration with schools.

On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has devel... more On a commission of the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, a project team has developed a national internet-based monitoring instrument which charts the impact of the collaboration between elementary schools and libraries (in-school as well as out-of-school). The instrument consists of digital questionnaires to students, teachers and school librarians. The questionnaires are administered once per year. The second round of data collection has been completed and involved collecting data from approximately 30,000 students, 3,000 teachers and 300 reading consultants from all over the Netherlands. The main goal of the monitor is to help individual schools and libraries to optimize the impact of their collaboration. At each school, the teachers are given feedback from the monitor by the school librarian. The monitoring data makes it possible to pinpoint specific aspects of student classroom behavior, provides detailed information for discussions amongst teaching staff and to...

Public Library Quarterly, 2017

ABSTRACT The Art of Reading is a national reading promotion program in the Netherlands targeting ... more ABSTRACT The Art of Reading is a national reading promotion program in the Netherlands targeting children and youngsters from birth to 18 years of age. Launched in 2008, the program reached in 2016 nearly 700,000 children. In this article, we describe the program’s background, ambitions, content, and implementation, as well as the central role of the public library in its development and execution. A special focus is on the digital monitoring system that has been created to monitor the impact of the program on pupils’ reading behavior and teachers’ reading promotion behavior.

Performance Measurement and Metrics, 2013

Levende Talen Magazine, 2001

Lezen met plezier in het vmbo – dat is het motto van Bazar, een leesbevorderingspakket voor de vi... more Lezen met plezier in het vmbo – dat is het motto van Bazar, een leesbevorderingspakket voor de vier leerjaren van het vmbo. Het pakket bestaat uit meer dan dertig modules met veel verschillende soorten activiteiten: de leerlingen lezen boeken, schrijven gedichten, tekenen hun eigen strips, maken een videofilm op basis van een boekfragment, bezoeken bioscoop en theater, interviewen een schrijver, enzovoorts. De modules zijn gebaseerd op bestaande projecten voor het vmbo die ontwikkeld zijn door docenten, bibliotheekmedewerkers en ontwikkelaars bij educatieve instellingen.