Young people are interested in technological products, but their opinions on education and careers in technology are not particularly positive. If we want to stimulate students’ attitudes towards technology, we need to have a better understanding of the factors which determine attitudes. This study focuses …

PURPOSE: This study examined the effect of a 16-wk ball skill intervention on the ball skills, executive functioning (in terms of problem solving and cognitive flexibility), and in how far improved executive functioning leads to improved reading and mathematics performance of children with learning disorders. …

Pitch size varies in official soccer matches and differently sized pitches are adopted for tactical purposes in small-sided training games. Since interactive team behaviour emerges under constraints, the authors evaluate the effect of pitch size (task) manipulations on interactive team behaviour in small-sided …

This is a report about a graduation project performed at Delft University of Technology. To test some of their gaming related research in a real life environment, they are setting up a platform called @Large. This platform will add massive multiplayer components to several games. The first game to support …

Over the past decade, the reliability of the overall quality of mbo (vocational) students has declined in the Netherlands. People from the professional field question the value of an mbo diploma severely when they consider hiring recent graduates. This is due to the fact that all the various studie tracks …

How can we make Inquiry-Based Science and Mathematics Education (IBSME) durable? …. by incorporating it in the pre-service programs for elementary teachers! With pre-service students the training can be much more intensive than with inservice teachers. To have an impact in the classroom the minimum contact …

In 1996 innovative, double major teacher education programs for Physics & Mathematics and Physics & Chemistry were initiated at the University of San Carlos in Cebu, Philippines. Both programs require 4 years of study. From the outset the focus was on making a difference in the quality of Science and …

Concept cartoons (Naylor & Keogh, 1999; Naylor et al, 2007) are a popular means to stimulate reasoning with science concepts among children from the age of 8 – 18. The concept cartoons also provide a natural context for children to design their own experiments. Show children a concept cartoon, have some …

Beschrijving van het inhoudelijke domein van wetenschap en techniek voor het basisonderwijs, gezien door de nieuwsgierige ogen van het kind.

The implementation of the new mathematical knowledge base in Dutch teacher education institutes for primary education raises a need for curriculum development. Teacher educators have to raise student teachers’ subject matter knowledge to a higher level. In working on this aim teacher educators experience …