Dit onderzoek vindt plaats op basisschool ZPL waar ik leerkracht ben van groep 6. De aanleiding voor dit onderzoek zijn tegenvallende begrijpend leesresultaten. Daarnaast is er behoefte bij leerkrachten om motivatie van leerlingen tijdens begrijpend leeslessen te vergroten. Begrijpend lezen is volgens …

This article discusses practical research, that was realized under the supervision of children’s mental health organization ‘STERKR’. STERKR is known for its comprehensive approach and for including the child’s close environment in therapy. However, dramatherapist Smits found such an approach lacking …

In het najaar van 2020 heb ik een onderzoek gedaan op de afdeling International Business Studies met de eerstejaars studenten. Ik heb onderzocht hoe ik storytelling inzet als middel om studenten beter naar elkaar te laten luisteren vanuit een open mindset en hoe ik dit proces effectief begeleid. De werkvormen …

Masonry structures represent the highest proportion of building stock worldwide. Currently, the structural condition of such structures is predominantly manually inspected which is a laborious, costly and subjective process. With developments in computer vision, there is an opportunity to use digital …

This thesis is concerning effective use of fuel on board the ALP STRIKER. The recent transfer from heavy fuel oil, to the more expensive marine gas oil led to ongoing discussions about the effective use of fuel on board. The goal was to find the optimum propulsion configuration on board for any attainable …

De aanleiding van het onderzoek zijn zorgsignalen rondom het vak spelling op Basisschool X. Gebleken is dat onze spellingslessen slechts leiden tot korte-termijnsuccessen. Een van de redenen hiervoor is dat de leerlingen zich onvoldoende bewust zijn van hun aanpakstrategie. Paffen (2005) verklaart dat …

An illustrative non-technical review was published on Towards Data Science regarding our recent Journal paper “Automatic crack classification and segmentation on masonry surfaces using convolutional neural networks and transfer learning”. While new technologies have changed almost every aspect of our …

Bayesian networks have shown to be a useful tool for the evaluation of forensic findings given activity level propositions. In this paper, we demonstrate how case specific experiments can be used to assign probabilities to the states of the nodes of a Bayesian network for the evaluation of fingermarks …

This study investigated whether an instructional intervention can increase students’ self-regulated use of retrieval practice in a higher education classroom environment. A lab-experiment by Ariel and Karpicke (2017) revealed that strategy instructions improved students’ self-regulated use of retrieval …

Nakamoto, S. (2008). Bitcoin: A peer-to-peer electronic cash system. https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf outlined an alternative to the current monetary system in which banks are replaced by a peer-to-peer system to issue and transfer digital money: the Bitcoin. While Bitcoin has attracted a substantial …