This contribution addresses two studies of the processes and outcomes of English as a foreign language (EFL) in Dutch primary education. Firstly, this article describes a preliminary study of the learning outcomes at the end of primary education, comparing pupils’ language proficiency after either two …

In today’s era of content abundance, lecturers in higher education have an endless supply of crossmedia materials they can present to students as learning materials. This confronts lecturers with the challenge to select those materials in such a way that they match both course topics and proficiency …

Substantial changes in the Dutch health care landscape have led to new ways of funding and designing hospitals. Flexibility in the design of hospital real estate provides options to adapt to changing circumstances. FREM plays an important role in managing hospital real estate and the utilization of these …

Expert finding systems (EFS) is a method of finding experts by typing in a search query that results in multiple expert profiles. An expert profile is a profile of a user that has certain knowledge and expertise. After a matching process between the search query and the available profiles in the system, …

A final research product for the International Teacher Education Course at NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences, this is an investigation into the Assessment for Learning (AfL) practices of a small international school in southern Germany as well as possibilities to support AfL and student agency …

Teaching strategies are implemented in every classroom, no matter if at a primary or secondary school. Researchers have already had a look on different teaching strategies and how those can be used in the everyday classroom at schools. However few researchers have had a look at the effects of various …

====Nominatie scriptieprijs 2019 Saxion==== Er is een training gegeven maar hoe weet je nou wat en of er een verschil is in het geleerde na de training ten opzichte van voor de training? De vragenlijsten Smile Sheet en Proficiency Assessment Report zijn hiervoor gebruikt.

One of the core elements of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey of adult skills. The survey measures adults’ proficiency in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. Furthermore, the survey gathers data on how adults …

Purpose The purpose of this report is to research the possible effects of the English language in the study program European Studies on the Dutch language proficiency of the Dutch students. European Studies is a four years bachelor program at The Hague University of Applied Sciences. The central question …