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Goldhammer, Frank; Martens, Thomas; Christoph, Gabriela; Lüdtke, Oliver – OECD Publishing, 2016
In this study, we investigated how empirical indicators of test-taking engagement can be defined, empirically validated, and used to describe group differences in the context of the Programme of International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC). The approach was to distinguish between disengaged and engaged response behavior by means of…
Descriptors: International Assessment, Adults, Response Style (Tests), Reaction Time
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Geerts, Walter M.; Steenbeek, Henderien W.; van Geert, Paul L. C. – International Journal of Education and Practice, 2018
Subconsciously, experienced teachers make use of situated knowledge: knowledge that is connected to, and arises from, the interactions between the physical environment where the action takes place and a material body acting in that environment. Since situated knowledge is important in day-to-day teaching to solve incidents, it should be taught in…
Descriptors: Situated Learning, Educational Objectives, Teacher Educators, Secondary School Teachers
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Hendriks, Maxim; Kaliszyk, Cezary; van Raamsdonk, Femke; Wiedijk, Freek – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2010
This article describes the system ProofWeb developed for teaching logic to undergraduate computer science students. The system is based on the higher order proof assistant Coq, and is made available to the students through an interactive web interface. Part of this system is a large database of logic problems. This database will also hold the…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Teaching Methods, Validity, Undergraduate Students
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Loyens, Sofie M. M.; Rikers, Remy M. J. P.; Schmidt, Henk G. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2007
The present studies were conducted to investigate students' conceptions of distinct constructivist assumptions. To that end, a questionnaire was developed containing statements about four constructivist assumptions: The importance of knowledge construction, cooperative learning, self-regulation, and the use of authentic problems together with…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Models, Factor Structure, Learning Motivation
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Segers, Mien S. R. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1997
Three studies were conducted on the validity of instruments adopted for student assessment in problem-based learning at the Maastricht School of Economics and Business Administration (the Netherlands). Results with 109 students suggest the importance of the breadth and depth of the student's knowledge profile and the extent to which the knowledge…
Descriptors: College Students, Economics, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
Dolmans, Diana H. J. M.; And Others – 1992
A method is presented for collecting information about the match between students' learning issues in problem-based learning and teachers' objectives. Subjects were 82 second-year medical students at the University of Limburg in Maastricht (Netherlands) in a problem-based curriculum. During a unit on pregnancy, childbirth, and child development,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Pateman, Neil A., Ed; Dougherty, Barbara J., Ed.; Zilliox, Joseph T., Ed. – International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2003
This volume of the 27th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Conference includes the following research reports: (1) Improving Decimal Number Conception by Transfer from Fractions to Decimals (Irita Peled and Juhaina Awawdy Shahbari); (2) The Development of Student Teachers' Efficacy Beliefs in Mathematics during…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Mathematics Education, Teacher Effectiveness, Metalinguistics