Research has shown that female students cannot profit as much as male students can from cooperative learning in physics, especially in mixed-gender dyads. This study has explored the influence of partner gender on female students’ learning achievement, interaction and the problem-solving process during …

Ons opleidingssysteem is gebaseerd op cognitief leren: theorieen en modellen uit het hoofd kennen en onze hersenen volstoppen met kennis. Daardoor wordt echter kostbaar talent en energie verspild. Bovendien worden menselijke mogelijkheden onvoldoende benut. Dit artikel gaat op zoek naar noodzakelijke …

In 2 experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hr without sleep under varying social conditions. In Experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed participants …