Game-based learning (GBL) and gamification can improve the learning experience of students by making learning more fun, interesting, and motivating. However, integrating games in practice is challenging for many teachers as it requires competences that not necessarily are part of their teaching repertoire. …

Thinking back and forth between observing physical phenomena and developing scientific ideas, also known as hands-on and minds-on learning, is essential for the development of scientific reasoning in primary science education. In the Netherlands, inquiry-based learning is advocated as the preferred teaching …

H. 20 in R. Bouwer, M. Hamel, S. van Norden, J. Steenbakkers, & E. Stronks (Eds.), Opdat wij schrijven: Herinrichting van het schrijfonderwijs nu (pp. 121-128). Pica.

In this paper we present an educational digital game, Function Dungeon, that we developed for learning about functions in a playful way. Results from a pilot conducted with fourteen 13-year-old students in a school in the Netherlands show that the game can foster ‘joyful practice’. That is, students …

Computers are promising tools for providing educational experiences that meet individual learning needs. However, delivering this promise in practice is challenging, particularly when automated feedback is essential and the learning extends beyond using traditional methods such as writing and solving …

Using game-based learning (GBL) has a proven potential to be an effective didactical method but it is not easy to implement in practice. Teachers find e.g. difficult to match a particular game dynamics and the curricular goals or to connect with the pedagogical models of particular games. In order to …

De lisdodde begint aan een tweede leven als reddingsboei voor boer en bouwer. Bouwgroep Dijkstra Draisma wil al dit jaar zijn eerste huizen met lisdodden isoleren. De rietsigaar beperkt bovendien bodemdaling en CO2-uitstoot, maar wat valt er eigenlijk aan te verdienen? Peter van der Maas, lector Duurzame …

Josper Bouwer is eigenaar van Bouwtechnics C & C B.V. Josper is van mening dat er te weinig aandacht is voor robotisering in het onderwijs. Uit de enquête die onder studenten is gehouden in het onderzoek blijkt dat studenten weinig kennis hebben van robotica en meer zouden willen leren op het gebied …

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