In patients with COPD, self-management skills are important to reduce the impact of exacerbations. However, both detection and adequate response to exacerbations appear to be difficult for some patients. Little is known about the underlying process of exacerbation-related self-management. Therefore, …

This study investigates the knowledge that experienced teachers draw on when fostering students’ reflections. Reflective skills are crucial for advancing students’ learning. In order to promote students’ reflection productively, extensive support and scaffolding from teachers is indispensible. However, …

Low-achieving adolescents are known to have difficulties with reading comprehension. This article discusses how reciprocal teaching can improve low-achieving adolescents' reading comprehension in whole-classroom settings (as opposed to small-group settings) and to what extent intervention effects are …

Background: There is an increasing number of patients with a chronic illness demanding primary care services. This demands for effective self-management support, including collaborative goal setting. Despite the fact that primary care professionals seem to have difficulties implementing goal setting, …

It is discussed that the cultural sector provides opportunities to develop key competencies, also referred as generic competencies. Competencies are described as skills, knowledge and attitudes that profession practisers needs to apply in a professional practise, besides job-specific competencies. A …

In the pursuit of the communicative, collaborative and participatory planning processes advocated by academic planning literature, a practice has evolved that translates abstract objectives into practical workforms. Planning literature proposes many objectives that can be met by less top-down methods …

Art therapy is frequently prescribed for patients with eating disorders. Recent developments in the field have led to a renewed interest in evidence of the effectiveness of art therapy. This multicentre study examines whether patients evaluate art therapy to be effective in the treatment of an eating …

Introduction: Throughout life, a patient with severe haemophilia is confronted with many treatment-related challenges. Insight into self-management and non-adherence could improve the quality of care for these patients. The aim of this study was to provide an overview of the current evidence on self-management …

This paper presents a mixed methods study in which 77 students and 3 teachers took part, that investigated the practice of Learning by Design (LBD). The study is part of a series of studies, funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), that aims to improve student learning, teaching …

A quasi-experimental research was used to examine the impact of violence and substance use disorder on social cognitive skills on patients with schizophrenia. A sample of 46 male patients was tested with the Reading Mind in the Eyes Test to assess their social cognitive skills. The present study does …