Dr M.W.C. van Weerdenburg (Marjolijn)

Marjolijn van Weerdenburg PhD is member of the Behavioural Science Institute (BSI) and of the expertise centre Radboud Talent in Ontwikkeling (Radboud Talent in Development) (RATIO). Furthermore, she is lecturer in courses at the Radboud International Training on High Ability (RITHA). She is project leader of the research project 'Impact of Activities in Gifted Education' (IMAGE) which received a NRO grant of 2,7 million euro. Her research focuses on (1) effects of interventions in education in general and in the field of educating the gifted, (2) the role of cognition, memory, language in learning processes, (3) the effect of acceleration and enrichment programs on social-emotional characteristics (like school motivation) of gifted students, and (4) the relation between learning potential and intelligence.