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Mertens, Esther C. A.; Dekovic, Maja; van Londen, Monique; Reitz, Ellen – Prevention Science, 2022
The aim of the present study was to examine whether early adolescents' positive development (i.e., resilience and psychological wellbeing) could be enhanced by stimulating three dimensions of self-awareness: emotional self-regulation, self-esteem, and self-reflection. An experimental field study (randomized controlled trial) was conducted. Seventh…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Resilience (Psychology), Well Being, Mental Health
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Trapman, Mirjam; van Gelderen, Amos; van Schooten, Erik; Hulstijn, Jan – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2017
In a longitudinal design, we measured 50 low-achieving adolescents' reading comprehension development from Grades 7 to 9. There were 24 native Dutch and 26 language minority students. In addition, we assessed the roles of (a) linguistic knowledge, (b) metacognitive knowledge, and (c) reading fluency in predicting both the level and growth of…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement, Adolescents, Low Achievement
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van Steensel, Roel; Oostdam, Ron; van Gelderen, Amos; van Schooten, Erik – Journal of Research in Reading, 2016
In this study, we analysed the relationships between word decoding, vocabulary knowledge, meta-cognitive knowledge and reading comprehension in low-achieving adolescents and examined whether the strength of these relationships differed between Grade 7 and 9 students and between monolingual and bilingual students. Tests were administered to 328…
Descriptors: Reading, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Grade 7
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van den Bergh, Linda; Ros, Anje; Beijaard, Douwe – Educational Studies, 2013
Giving feedback during active learning is an important, though difficult, task for teachers. In the present study, the problems elementary school teachers perceive and the beliefs they hold regarding this task were investigated. It appeared that teachers believe conditional teacher skills, especially time management, hinder them most from giving…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Active Learning, Feedback (Response), Elementary School Teachers
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van den Bergh, Linda; Ros, Anje; Beijaard, Douwe – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: Feedback is one of the most powerful tools, which teachers can use to enhance student learning. It appears dif?cult for teachers to give qualitatively good feedback, especially during active learning. In this context, teachers should provide facilitative feedback that is focused on the development of meta-cognition and social learning.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Teacher Student Relationship
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Van Velzen, Joke – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2013
Theory on student learning provides that students are able to direct their learning when they have metacognitive knowledge about their own learning processes. In this article, a preliminary attempt to assess untrained high-school students’ metacognitive knowledge of learning processes as an ability through multiple-choice questions is reported. In…
Descriptors: High School Students, Metacognition, Learning Processes, Grade 9