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van Goethem, Anne A. J.; van Hoof, Anne; Orobio de Castro, Bram; van Aken, Marcel A. G. – International Journal of Developmental Science, 2014
This study examined the effect of community service program-quality on changes in adolescents' intentions to volunteer. Based on the literature, volunteering intentions were expected to increase by programs with high quality community service activities (e.g., instructive activities) and educational activities including reflection. Adolescents (N=…
Descriptors: Community Services, Reflection, Volunteers, Adolescents
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Verpoorten, Dominique; Westera, Wim – Interactive Learning Environments, 2016
The purpose of this article is to gain an insight into the effects of practicing short, frequent, and structured reflection breaks interspersed with the learning material in a computer-based course. To that end, the study sets up a standardized control trial with two groups of secondary school pupils. The study shows that while performance is not…
Descriptors: Reflection, Teaching Methods, Secondary School Students, Online Courses
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Blankman, Marian; Schoonenboom, Judith; van der Schee, Joop; Boogaard, Marianne; Volman, Monique – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2016
Students training to become primary school teachers appear to have little awareness of the core concepts of geography (teaching). To ensure that future primary school teachers are able to develop their pupils' geographical awareness, a six weeks programme was developed. The characteristics of this programme -- named Consciously Teaching Geography…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Experimental Programs, Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Geography Instruction
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Dekker-Groen, Agaath; Van der Schaaf, Marieke; Stokking, Karel – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2015
In vocational education, students have to develop competences for reflection to self-regulate their development during their career. Students' reflection can be supported by teachers interacting with students and giving them prompts. In this study, 46 videotaped feedback dialogues of 23 teachers and their individual students were analysed. A total…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Feedback (Response), Dialogs (Language), Vocational Education
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Dekker-Groen, Agaath M.; van der Schaaf, Marieke F.; Stokking, Karel M. – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2013
This study aimed to evaluate a training programme for Dutch teachers in six institutes for nursing education to support students' reflection skills. The research question was: what are the feasibility, quality and effects of the programme? The training programme focused on four competences of teachers regarding instructing, guiding, giving…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Reflection, Skill Development, Nursing Education
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Verpoorten, Dominique; Westera, Wim; Specht, Marcus – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
This paper reports on a controlled experiment on the effects of three types of reflection triggers in an online course. Fifty-four volunteers, distributed in five groups, used these structured opportunities for reflection during learning. Results show that reflection triggers were extensively employed by the test persons and were perceived as…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Online Courses, Web Based Instruction, Open Source Technology