Centre for Applied Research in Education
Publications
103 Results
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Performance assessment as a diagnostic tool for science teachers
1 January 2020 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationInformation on students’ development of science skills is essential for teachers to evaluate and improve their own education, as well as to provide adequate support and feedback to the learning process of ...
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Evaluating opportunities in Dutch EFL course books for developing pre-vocational learners’ oral interactional ability
1 January 2020 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationCourse materials play a vital role in the foreign language classroom. Relatively little attention has been paid, however, to analyzing the activities that foster oral interactional ability in EFL course materials. ...
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Maladaptive behavior in relation to the basic psychological needs of students in secondary education
15 July 2019 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationMuch research has been done into the relationship between students’ motivation to learn and their basic psychological needs as defined by the self-determination theory (autonomy, competence, relatedness). ...
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Fostering students’ appraisals of the relevance of history by comparing analogous cases of an enduring human issue
22 June 2019 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationAlthough history standards generally aim at developing historical consciousness among secondary school students, there is not much research-based knowledge to support making connections between the past, the present ...
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Boosting learners’ self-confidence, enjoyment and willingness to interact in the language classroom.
1 January 2019 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThis introduction to the special issue provides an overview of the role of practice in a second language (L2) from both pedagogical and theoretical perspectives.
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Connecting past and present through case-comparison learning in history
1 January 2019 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationHistory education frequently aims at developing active citizenship by using the past to orientate to the present and the future. A pedagogy for pursuing this aim is making connections between the past and the present ...
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Towards a professional development tool for teachers of English in bilingual streams
18 December 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThis study highlights tensions and challenges experienced by language teachers in CLIL contexts. Using an example from the Netherlands, it explores the pedagogical and collaborative practices of Teachers of English ...
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Content and Language Integrated Learning in Dutch bilingual education
1 December 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThis small-scale observational study explores how Dutch bilingual education history teachers (BHTs) focus on the L2 component in their CLIL-lessons. We observed and rated eight BHTs on five language teaching categories.
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Experimenting matters
23 November 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThe research in this dissertation aims to investigate the acquisition of students’ science skills in grades 5 and 6 of primary education in the Netherlands. In most primary science classes, science skills are ...
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The challenge of balancing content and language
1 February 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationThe role of subject teachers in content and language integrated learning (CLIL) has received little attention, since most research focuses on language learning results of students. This exploratory study aims to gain ...
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Effects of explicit instruction on the acquisition of students' science inquiry skills in grades 5 and 6 of primary education
28 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationIn most primary science classes, students are taught science inquiry skills by way of learning by doing. Research shows that explicit instruction may be more effective. The aim of this study was to investigate the ...
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Assessing students' ability in performing scientific inquiry: instruments for measuring science skills in primary education
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationWith the increased attention on the implementation of inquiry activities in primary science classrooms, a growing interest has emerged in assessing students’ science skills. Research has thus far been concerned ...
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Inside school readiness
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationFor the first time in the Netherlands, the Adjustment Scales for Early Transition in Schooling (ASETS) have been applied to kindergarten and first-grade elementary school. A study was conducted to examine the ...
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Exploring pedagogical approaches for connecting the past, the present and the future in history teaching
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationUsing the past to orientate on the present and the future can be seen as one of history’s main contributions to educating future citizens of democratic societies. Because teachers often lack useful methods for ...
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Assessing students’ ability in performing scientific inquiry
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationBackground: With the increased attention on implementing inquiry activities in primary science classrooms, a growing interest has emerged in assessing students’ science skills. Research has been concerned with ...
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Searching for identity and focus
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in Education.
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Gefocuste revisie in de schrijfles
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationEen effectieve manier om beter te leren schrijven, is het verwerken van feedback die door een docent is gegeven op een schrijfproduct. Docenten hebben echter weinig tijd en feedback geven is tijdrovend. Om die reden ...
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Juggling ideals and constraints
1 January 2018 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationIn bilingual streams in the Netherlands, school subjects are taught in an additional language so that pupils learn both subject content and the target language by using language meaningfully. Teachers of English in ...
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Onderzoekend lezen werkt
3 November 2017 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationInformatieve teksten kunnen lezen en begrijpen leer je net zo goed met een lesmethode als met de alternatieve OGO-aanpak.
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Effects of language-oriented vs meaning-oriented instruction on pre-vocational learners’ EFL oral skills
19 April 2017 | Centre for Applied Research in EducationPrevocational learners in grade 9 (n=155) received speaking lessons that differed in focus (language structures vs interactional strategies), lesson phasing (PPP vs TBLT), and type of task (guided role plays vs ...