Joke H. van Velzen

Joke H. van Velzen heads the Sigmetack research project, which investigates metacognitive knowledge in learning, problem solving, and its educational implications. She has worked as a visiting researcher at the Research Institute of Child Development and Education at the University of Amsterdam and previously served as Head of Research Methods in teacher education at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. in educational psychology from Leiden University. Her work has appeared in journals including the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Studies, and the Journal of Education for Teaching.

Research focus

The Sigmetack project studies metacognitive knowledge in learning and problem solving, alongside later theoretical and methodological work on situations, knowledge, and behaviour.