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van de Werfhorst, Herman G. – British Educational Research Journal, 2021
In the Dutch stratified secondary educational system, schools vary in how many tracks are offered. While the tendency in the Netherlands is for schools to become smaller, a relevant policy question is whether multi-track school settings promote equality of educational opportunity. Comparing single-track schools at the pre-university and…
Descriptors: Track System (Education), Secondary Schools, Prevocational Education, Academic Education
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Pouwels, J. Loes; Valkenburg, Patti M.; Beyens, Ine; van Driel, Irene I.; Keijsers, Loes – Developmental Psychology, 2021
The formation and maintenance of friendship closeness is an important developmental task in adolescence. To obtain insight in real-time processes that may underlie the development of friendship closeness in middle adolescence, this preregistered experience sampling study [ESM] investigated the effects of social media use on friendship closeness.…
Descriptors: Social Media, Friendship, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes
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Oomen, Annemarie – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2021
Working with groups of parents in career development services in secondary schools is rare practice and little researched. This article focuses on the pedagogy applied in one such intervention, "Parents Turn," supporting family learning and community learning. The secondary analysis of qualitative data collected from parents has been…
Descriptors: Student Participation, Parent Participation, Community Involvement, Career Development
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Khaled, Anne E.; Gulikers, Judith T. M.; Tobi, Hilde; Biemans, Harm J. A.; Oonk, Carla; Mulder, Martin – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2014
Research on the effectiveness of competence-based education (CB-education) across educational contexts and levels requires a new evaluation measurement. This study explores the face validity, construct validity, and robustness of a competency self-report instrument that is aligned with contemporary competence theory and with current educational…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Robustness (Statistics), Competence, Measurement Techniques
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Beausaert, Simon A. J.; Segers, M. S. R; Wiltink, Danique P. A. – Educational Research, 2013
Background: Research on the relation between teaching and learning approaches has been mainly conducted in higher education and it is not yet clear to what extent the results can be generalised when it comes to secondary education. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to research how students in secondary education perceive their teachers'…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Vocational Education, Teaching Methods, Indo European Languages