Background: For patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), smoking is an important risk factor for the recurrence of a cardiovascular event. Motivational interviewing (MI) may increase the motivation of the smokers to stop smoking. Data on MI for smoking cessation in patients with CAD are limited, …

Augmented Play Spaces (APS) are (semi-) public environments where playful interaction isfacilitated by enriching the existing environment with interactive technology. APS canpotentially facilitate social interaction and physical activity in (semi-)public environments. Incontrolled settings APS show promising …

The issue that this study addresses is the lack of learning motivation of students in both traditional and online classes. To address this problem, the purpose of this study will be exploring how to implement gamification into economics lessons and how it would improve the students ' final exam results. …

Background: For patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), smoking is an important risk factor for the recurrence of a cardiovascular event. Motivational interviewing (MI) may increase the motivation of the smokers to stop smoking. Data on MI for smoking cessation in patients with CAD are limited, …

International schools become more popular in many countries around the world which means that an increasing number of students grow up bilingually, speaking one language in school and another language at home. This study focusses on one group of students that this applies to; German national students …

Hoewel er weinig drop-outs zijn op de middelbare school Piter Jelles YnSicht, zijn er regelmatig leerlingen die niet gemotiveerd lijken. Deze leerlingen belemmeren de voortgang van de klas en van zichzelf. Om deze leerlingen te helpen gaat er een time-out voorziening opgestart worden. De leerlingen die …

This research is a contribution to the studies about a teachers’ proficiency and attitude. This case study focuses on finding out if there is a correlation between the teachers’ proficiency in English and the teachers’ attitude towards teaching English in Dutch schools. As the English language is taking …

BACKGROUND: lifestyle-related secondary prevention reduces cardiac events and is recommended irrespective of age. However, motivation may be influenced by age and disease progression. OBJECTIVE: to explore older cardiac patients' perspectives toward lifestyle-related secondary prevention after a hospital …

This longitudinal, quantitative study contributes to the debate on technology-based professional development by examining the extent to which a learning (LinkedIn) intervention in a university setting affects an individual’s social media use for professional development, and the extent to which this …

Aim To evaluate healthcare professionals' performance and treatment fidelity in the Cardiac Care Bridge (CCB) nurse‐coordinated transitional care intervention in older cardiac patients to understand and interpret the study results. Design A mixed‐methods process evaluation based on the Medical Research …