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Favier, Tim; Van Der Schee, Joop – Review of International Geographical Education Online, 2014
One of the facets of geographic literacy is the ability to think in a structured way about geographic relationships. Geospatial technologies offer many opportunities to stimulate students' geographic relational thinking. The question is: How can these opportunities be effectuated? This paper discusses the results of a process-oriented experiment…
Descriptors: Geography, Spatial Ability, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Style
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Werth, Eric P.; Werth, Loredana – Adult Learning, 2011
A generational shift is occurring in training environments worldwide, a shift that promises to bring with it a dramatic and long-lasting impact. Just as years ago, those of the Baby Boomer generation passed the torch to Generation X, today the process is starting anew with Generation X and those who have come to be known as the Millennials.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Training Methods, Generational Differences, Training
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Van Bragt, Cyrille A. C.; Bakx, Anouke W. E. A.; Van der Sanden, Johan M. M.; Croon, Marcel A. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2007
Recently, more students have entered Dutch higher education. This is a consequence of the possibility to offer students to enter higher education, with a certificate from senior secondary education (SSVE). In earlier days most students in higher education had passed senior general secondary education (SGSE), or even pre-university education. It is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Personality Traits, Foreign Countries, Educational Background
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Mooij, Ton – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2002
Discusses digital instructional management systems (DIMSs) and describes a pilot study conducted in two Dutch kindergartens with a prototype DIMS that included individualization and optimization, that is matching curriculum with learner characteristics. Topics include learning processes for children at risk; and future plans. (LRW)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), High Risk Students
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Mooij, Ton; Smeets, Ed – European Educational Research Journal, 2006
In inclusive education different pupils, including pupils with special educational needs and high ability pupils, can be stimulated to learn according to their capacities and potentials. The research question concentrates on the design features of inclusive education that will optimally promote the motivation and learning processes and outcomes of…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Educational Needs, Inclusive Schools, Screening Tests
de Jong, Frank P. C. M. – 1987
Metacognitive activities were studied through the verbalizations of students during a learning process, to study the differences in the performance of good and poor students. The moment of verbalization, either at prompting marks or without prompts, and the instruction in verbalization, either directed or non-directed, were variables. Thirty-two…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Dutch
Vermunt, Jan D. H. M. – 1987
Data from 211 adult students (ages 20 to 75) at the Open University, The Netherlands, were used to construct and test an instrument to measure learning styles and regulation processes. Test development was guided by a three-tiered model of self-regulation encompassing: (1) cognitive learning processes (deep, surface, elaborative); (2) regulation…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Cognitive Style, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers