Objective Repeated practice, or spacing, can improve various types of skill acquisition. Similarly, virtual reality (VR) simulators have demonstrated their effectiveness in fostering surgical skill acquisition and provide a promising, realistic environment for spaced training. To explore how spacing …

Dit praktijkgericht onderzoek vertrekt vanuit de wens om studenten van de opleiding bachelor lager onderwijs meer te laten gebruik maken van effectieve leerstrategieën. De verwachte opbrengst is enerzijds dat de studenten door meer effectieve leerstrategieën te gebruiken de leeruitkomsten van de opleidingsonderdelen …

Cumulative assessment refers to interspersed testing in which each assessment covers all previous content and the mean assessments’ grade weighs in for the final exam grade. The effect of cumulative assessment on motivation and performance might differ between summative (i.e. assessment grades weigh …

Procrastination – delaying the start or completion of intended work – is extremely common among higher education students. The situation in Materials Science 1 course is a point in case. Students in this course tended to postpone their learning activities until just before the end-of-course assessment. …