Formative assessment can be understood as assessment for learning rather than of learning. Research has demonstrated that formative assessment/feedback is strongly and causally related to students’ achievement in higher education. At Avans University of Applied Sciences, the first-year course Mechanics …

The following research was carried out as a graduation project and done on behalf of The European eCommerce and Omni-Channel Trade Association(EMOTA). EMOTA is a lobbying firm that works to promote eCommerce in the European Union by helping policy makers eradicate trade barriers. The main research question …

PCR-free techniques such as meta-mitogenomics (MMG) can recover taxonomic composition of macroinvertebrate communities, but sufer from low efciency, as >90% of sequencing data is mostly uninformative due to the great abundance of nuclear DNA that cannot be identifed with current reference databases. …

Continuous development and increasing usage of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) introduce many opportunities for individuals, organizations and the society at large. The usage of ICT, however, increases also people’s dependency on the well-functioning of Information Systems (ISs), which …

The goal of this study was therefore to test the idea that computationally analysing the Fontys National Student Surveys (NSS) open answers using a selection of standard text mining methods (Manning & Schütze 1999) will increase the value of these answers for educational quality assurance. It is expected …

The main goal of this study was to investigate if a computational analyses of text data from the National Student Survey (NSS) can add value to the existing, manual analysis. The results showed the computational analysis of the texts from the open questions of the NSS contain information which enriches …

Within this research a smart textile based light sensor was developed and integrated into a technical demonstrator of a remote identification system. This sensor is based on polymeric optical fibers (POFs) which contain fluorescent dopants and allows a remote detection using an optical laser pulse for …

Perfluoro alkyl substances (PFAS) are substances in which contain multiple fluorine atoms. The fluorine atoms are bound to, often, long carbon chains. PFAS are able to repel dirt and water, due to the large amount of fluorine atoms in the molecules. PFAS are also chemically and thermally stable. Many …

The key role of Restructing Agencies in achieving high private investments and creating employment. Effective revitalization leads to economically vital and future proof industrial parks. This short paper tells how revitalization can be effectively performed. Preliminary results are presented of a four …

By studying the population pyramid of the Netherlands, two notable trends can be observed: the increase in 'grey pressure ' (population 65 and older, the upcoming 'baby boom generation ') and the decrease in the number of babies born. These trends are noticeable in the spectrum of care, where the population …