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Predicting Educational Success and Attrition in Problem-Based Learning: Do First Impressions Count?
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Wijnia, Lisette; Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Derous, Eva; Koendjie, Nitaasha S.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Studies in Higher Education, 2014
This study examines whether tutors (N?=?15) in a problem-based learning curriculum were able to predict students' success in their first year and their entire bachelor programme. Tutors were asked to rate each student in their tutorial group in terms of the chance that this student would successfully finish their first year and the entire…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Prediction, Academic Achievement, Student Attrition
The Relationship between Students' Small Group Activities, Time Spent on Self-Study, and Achievement
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Kamp, Rachelle J. A.; Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; van Berkel, Henk J. M.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2012
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between the contributions students make to the problem-based tutorial group process as observed by their peers, self-study time and achievement. To that end, the Maastricht Peer Activity Rating Scale was administered to students participating in Problem-Based Learning tutorial groups.…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Problem Based Learning, Rating Scales, Peer Evaluation
Assessing Knowledge Growth in a Psychology Curriculum: Which Students Improve Most?
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Schaap, Lydia; Schmidt, Henk G.; Verkoeijen, Peter P. J. L. – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2012
The purpose of this study was to gain insight into determinants of knowledge growth among first-year psychology students in a curriculum that uses the Progress Test (an assessment method for long-term retention of knowledge and knowledge growth) as its main assessment tool. To that end, the relation between the level of initial learning, prior…
Descriptors: Psychology, Problem Based Learning, Student Evaluation, Summative Evaluation
The Role of Teachers in Facilitating Situational Interest in an Active-Learning Classroom
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Rotgans, Jerome I.; Schmidt, Henk G. – Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 2011
The study sought to explore whether interactional teacher characteristics such as social congruence, subject-matter expertise, and cognitive congruence increase situational interest in students. Correlational and path analyses were conducted on a sample of 498 polytechnic students to assess potential differences in situational interest based on…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Teacher Student Relationship, Teacher Role, Classroom Environment