Although there has been an increased interest from academics on the topic of women in executive positions, a good proportion of the research focuses on justifying the need to have more women through financial (e.g. bottom line) and non-financial (e.g. corporate social responsibility reporting) reasonings. …

We are well into the 21st century now and the urgency for lifelong learning is growing especially regarding numeracy. There are major societal and policy pressures on education to prepare citizens for a complex and technologized society, in literature referred to as “21st century skills” (Voogt & ParejaRoblin, …

One of the core elements of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) is a survey of adult skills. The survey measures adults’ proficiency in literacy, numeracy, and problem solving in technology-rich environments. Furthermore, the survey gathers data on how adults …

Pro Persona locatie Wolfheze, heeft een bedrijfsrestaurant genaamd Sonneheerdt waar medewerkers kunnen lunchen. Vanwege de bezuinigingen in de zorgsector van de afgelopen jaren heeft de kwaliteit van de zorg en de dienstverlening minder aandacht gekregen. Pro Persona wil nu de focus weer gaan leggen …

Onder de naam Koersen Op Eigen Kunnen (KOEK), gingen jongeren en medewerkers van zes opvanginstellingen voor dak- en thuisloze jongeren in Rotterdam de afgelopen anderhalf jaar aan de slag met de PAja!-methode. Met deze methode beoordeelden de jongeren zelf hun begeleiding en opvang. Tegelijkertijd werkten …

Many argue that there is a reproducibility crisis in psychology. We investigated nine well-known effects from the cognitive psychology literature—three each from the domains of perception/action,memory, and language, respectively—and found that they are highly reproducible. Not only can they be reproduced …

Ubiquitous computing, new sensor technologies, and increasingly available and accessible algorithms for pattern recognition and machine learning enable automatic analysis and modeling of human behavior in many novel ways. In this introductory paper of the 6th International Workshop on Human Behavior …