Prof. Dr. Hilde Van Keer is a Professor in the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at Ghent University. She completed her PhD studies in Educational Studies at the University of Ghent (UGent) in 2002. Her research interests include innovative methods and teaching methods in education, the various components of self-regulated learning, compulsory education (primary and secondary education) and higher education as research contexts, and language didactics, especially in elementary education.