Higher education is making increasing demands on students’ learner-agency and self-directed learning. What exactly are learner agency and self-directed learning? Why are they important? And what does it take? The aim of the five questions and answers on this poster is to support a common language and …

Formative Use of Assessment to Foster Self‑Regulated Learning: the Alignment of Teachers’ Conceptions and Classroom Assessment Practices Journal of Formative Design in Learning (AECT)

Introduction: Self-regulated learning (SRL) has traditionally been associated with study success in higher education. In contrast, study success is still rarely associated with executive functions (EF), while it is known from neuropsychological practice that EF can influence overall functioning and performance. …

A reflective goal-setting intervention could help students adjust to higher education, and improve their performance and well-being, as has been shown by small-scale and quasi-experimental studies conducted so far. However, a large experimental study found no effects, highlighting the importance of replication, …

Gepubliceerd peer reviewed artikel behorend bij het congres INTED

Digital support during self-regulated learning can improve metacognitive knowledge and skills in learners. Previous research has predominantly focused on embedding metacognitive support in domain-specific content. In this study, we examine a detached approach where digital metacognitive support is offered …

Novieten leren nieuwe probleem-oplostaken op een effectieve manier door het bestuderen van voorbeelden, zoals stap-voor-stap uitgeschreven oplossingsprocedures of een docent die (op video) voordoet en uitlegt hoe je een probleem oplost. Steeds vaker worden (video)voorbeelden en oefenproblemen ingezet …

Presenting novices with examples and problems is an effective and efficient way to acquire new problem-solving skills. Nowadays, examples and problems are increasingly presented in computer-based learning environments, in which learners often have to self-regulate their learning (i.e., choose what type …

Learning for a Summative Assessment: The Relationship between Students’ Academic Achievement and Self-Regulated Learning Scientific Research Publishing

Problem-solving tasks form an important part of (higher education) curricula, especially in STEM-domains. For learners with little or no prior knowledge (novices), an effective way to learn new problem-solving tasks is by studying examples. These can be written out step-by-step solution procedures of …