In dit onderzoek werd de invloed van formatief assessment op de motivatie van vmbo-leerlingen onderzocht. Dit onderzoek hoopt bij te dragen aan de discussie over de rol van toetsing in het onderwijs. In een quasi-experiment werden leerlingen van het 3e leerjaar bij het vak Mobiliteit en Transport onderworpen …

This article explores ways to assess interactional performance, and reports on the use of a test format that standardizes the interlocutor’s linguistic and interactional contributions to the exchange. It describes the construction and administration of six scripted speech tasks (instruction-, advice-, …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The MyotonPRO is a portable device that measures muscle tone and biomechanical muscle properties objectively. MyotonPRO has already proven to be effective in measuring muscle properties in healthy and diseased populations. However, to the best of our knowledge, it has never been …

The aim of this exploratory study was to assess whether practicing social workers currently enrolled in Master Social Work (MSW) programs (hereafter referred to as MSW students) were more oriented to the evidence-based practice (EBP) process and more engaged in it than practicing social workers who …

Kwalitatief goede feedback heeft een krachtige invloed op de leerprestaties van studenten en geeft een antwoord op de volgende vragen: Waar ga ik naar toe?’, ‘Hoe doe ik het?’ en ‘Wat is de volgende stap?’, ook wel feed up, feedback en feed forward genoemd. In deze case study is onderzocht in hoeverre …

Nursing diagnoses and length of stay in orthopedic surgery

In a continuation of a prospective longitudinal cohort study in a healthy population on the course of skull shape from birth to 24 months, at 5 years of age, 248 children participated in a follow-up assessment using plagiocephalometry (ODDI-oblique diameter difference index, CPI-cranio proportional index). …

OBJECTIVES: to study (i) the prevalence of geriatric conditions in community-dwelling older persons at increased risk of functional decline and (ii) the extent to which older persons recognise comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA)-identified conditions as relevant problems. METHODS: trained registered …

In certain conditions, (part of) an oil spill can disappear from the water surface through a process called natural dispersion. One available oil spill response option is to enhance this process by addition of dispersants (chemical dispersion). An informed decision for such response requires insight …