Many have suggested that AI-based interventions could enhance learning by personalization, improving teacher effectiveness, or by optimizing educational processes. However, they could also have unintended or unexpected side-effects, such as undermining learning by enabling procrastination, or reducing …

A large, recently published, inter-laboratory study by the ReAct group has shown that there is considerable variability in DNA recovery that exists between forensic laboratories. The presence of this inter-laboratory variability presents issues when one laboratory wishes to carry out an evaluation and …

As the population ages, the proportion of frail older people is also increasing. While attention to frailty experiences has increased, how these account to a comprehensive understanding of frailty and its impact on behavior and functioning remains understudied. Therefore, in this study, we aimed to understand …

Met het Programma Energieparticipatie (PEP) streven de Groninger Energiekoepel, Grunneger Power en de Natuur- en Milieufederatie Groningen ernaar om een lokale energietransitie te creëren waarbij de bewoners van de provincie Groningen eigenaar zijn van en regie hebben over de energievoorziening. In het …

This is a protocol for a systematic review that aims to identify and present effective elements in poetry education. These effective elements are categorised based on Biesta’s (2012) educational domains: qualification, socialisation, and subjectification. The study examines reading, writing, discussing, …

Discussion of how algorithmic affordances in educational recommender systems can help create responsible AI, but how they also potentially introduce new ethical problems

Given the substantial increase in children attending center-based childcare over the past decades, the consequences of center-based childcare for children’s development have gained more attention in developmental research. However, the relation between center-based childcare and children’s neurocognitive …

Crying by healthcare professionals in the medical setting is a common but understudied phenomenon. We aimed to develop a questionnaire which measures the attitudes of parent towards crying pediatricians and pediatric nurses. We assessed reliability and validity in a group of parents of children who are …

The Department of Water Resources Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universitas Brawijaya (FT UB), held an international academic activity by presenting Dr. Ir. F.C. (Floris) Boogaard from Hanzehogeschool Groningen – University of Applied Sciences, Netherlands. In this guest lecture, Dr. Boogaard …

In many western countries informal care is conceived as the answer to the increasing care demand. Little is known how formal and informal caregivers collaborate in the context of an diverse ageing population. The aim of this study was to gain insight in how professionals’ perspectives regarding the collaboration …