This case study illustrates the sequential process of the joint and individual knowledge elaboration in a computer-supported collaborative learning (CSCL) environment. The case comprised an Internet-based physics problem-solving platform. Six Dutch secondary school students (three males, three females) …

The enhancement of GPS technology enables the use of GPS devices not only as navigation and orientation tools, but also as instruments used to capture travelled routes: as sensors that measure activity on a city scale or the regional scale. TU Delft developed a process and database architecture for collecting …

Het ministerie van OCW streeft naar een evenredige vertegenwoordiging van maatschappelijke groepen. Via beleid wil men de onderwijsachterstand uit deze doelgroep, allochtone leerlingen, opheffen. Men wil via het onderwijs bijdragen aan het doorbreken van culturele barrières tussen bevolkingsgroepen in …

This collective research project investigates the development of the FREE MODEL, an experimental museological framework conceived in response to emerging social, cultural, and institutional challenges of the early twenty-first century. Developed by four international students of the Reinwardt Academy …

Een gewaagd experiment met betrekking tot Talentmanagement en Diversiteit is soms noodzakelijk. Wij evalueerden een dergelijk divers talentexperiment bij een grote overheidsdienst. Talentmanagement beoogt hier bij deze dienst zorg te dragen voor de tijdige beschikbaarheid van gekwalificeerde en gemotiveerde …

In 2 experiments, 64 male students worked almost continuously for 20 hr without sleep under varying social conditions. In Experiment 1, participants worked either individually or as a group. As hypothesized, performance deteriorated over time, especially in the group condition, which allowed participants …

Field experiments were carried out in 1991 and 1992 on sandy soil highly infested with the potato cyst nematode Globodera pallida. Half the trial area was fumigated with nematicide to establish two levels of nematode density. Three levels of soil compaction were made by different combinations of artificial …

Psychogeriatric patients are a very vulnerable group among the elderly. A relative large proportion is institutionalized. In addition, many studies point to the heavy burden on the informal carers of psychogeriatric patients, frequently leading to depression. Geriatric expertise in primary care, however, …