Hogescholen experimenteren veel met allerlei (nieuwe) onderwijsvormen, zoals probleem gestuurd onderwijs, projectonderwijs, ontwerpgericht onderwijs, challengebased learning of casusgericht leren. Doelen hierbij zijn om de impact van leren te vergroten door (1) het realiseren van een betere aansluiting …

In higher educational institutes, much time and effort is invested in the innovation of learning designs with educational technologies. To see a return on investment, it is important to work in an evidence-informed manner by incorporating both scientific and practice-based evidence to guide design decisions, …

Om ervoor te zorgen dat studenten actief met leerstof aan de slag gaan tijdens het onderwijs zijn low-stakes assessments, toetsen waarvan de prestaties slechts voor een klein deel meetellen voor het eindresultaat, erg geschikt. In dit blog wordt beschreven waarom en hoe docenten in het eerstejaarsvak …

Dit instrument is bedoeld om kritisch denken op een betekenisvolle manier onder te brengen in het onderwijsprogramma van beroepsopleidingen. Het instrument is in eerste instantie ontwikkeld voor hbo-opleidingen. De meeste stappen zijn echter ook toepasbaar op mbo-opleidingen. Het kan gebruikt worden …

Innovation is crucial for higher education to ensure high-quality curricula that address the changing needs of students, labor markets, and society as a whole. Substantial amounts of resources and enthusiasm are devoted to innovations, but often they do not yield the desired changes. This may be due …

Young people and generation Z bring new values and appreciations into the business world. Entrepreneurship is more appreciated, and plenty of countries try to encourage young people for entrepreneurial paths. Here the interest is to see what kind of entrepreneurial qualities are needed with young business …

This study investigated whether unsuccessful transfer of critical thinking (CT) would be due to recognition, recall, or application problems (cf. three-step model of transfer). In two experiments (laboratory: N = 196; classroom: N = 104), students received a CT-skills pretest (including learning, near …

There is a need for effective methods to teach critical thinking. Many studies on other skills have demonstrated beneficial effects of practice that repeatedly induces retrieval processes (repeated retrieval practice). The present experiment investigated whether repeated retrieval practice is effective …

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 …

There is a need for effective methods to teach critical thinking (CT). One instructional method that seems promising is comparing correct and erroneous worked examples (i.e., contrasting examples). The aim of the present study, therefore, was to investigate the effect of contrasting examples on learning …