Background Each teacher experiences a class to be 'difficult to manage' at a certain point in his or her career. The researcher, as a matter of fact, in person as well, but specifically a group of girls (16 – 20 years of age) with a pronounced rebellious, norm exceeding attitude is new to me. It takes …

Little consensus has emerged about how organizational performance should be defined and measured. Most studies have used traditional approaches to give their own perspective about organizational performance and effectiveness, but none have recently tried to encompass these different views into one unified …

Nowadays travelling and exploring new destinations has become vital part of the study abroad experience for many students. There are plenty of choices from different travel companies offering trips and events in preferred destinations for study abroad such as Spain. Consequently, the manner in which …

Motivation: It becomes more and more important to base a treatment on evidence which is obtained from doing research. Leekerweide started a psychomotor group treatment which is not ‘evidence-based’. The goal of this thesis is to answer the question if the performed treatment has contributed to the purpose …

Plasma treatment is a commonly used technology to modify the wetting behavior of polymer films in the production process for, e.g., printed electronics. As the effect of the plasma treatment decreases in time, the so-called "aging effect", it is important to gain knowledge on how this effect impacts …

The aim of this explorative research was to understand in which ways audience interaction influences the audience‟s experience of a dance performance. In particular this research focused on the processes of audience participation, affect, aesthetic distance and kinaesthetic empathy. To this end it investigated …

The Court Service Division's mission is to provide a modern and professional court service that supports accessible, fair, timely and effective justice services. A suitable mission to the fast-paced, diverse world the organizations of today must thrive in. This paper has taken the Kenora Court Services …

The Pierre Auger group is studying ultra-high energy cosmic rays. Cosmic rays are charged particles which permanently hit and penetrate the atmosphere of the Earth. They will at a certain moment collide with nuclei in the atmosphere, like nitrogen. The results of such an interaction are new particles, …

Modelstudie en gevoeligheidsanalyse naar capillaire werking in het model SWAP (Soil, Water, Atmosphere and Plant). Om dit te testen worden een aantal mogelijke oorzaken onderzocht. Dit zijn de effecten van bodemfysica parametrisatie en numerieke discretisatie door vertaald naar grasproductie in de landbouwgebieden …

Motivation is a current issue. Constantly it is questioned whether today's pupils are motivated to learn, and what the educational system can do to get them more motivated and willing to learn. I myself questioned this as well, during my first working experiences at three different secondary schools …