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Dochy, F. J. R. C.; Valcke, M. M. A. – 1992
The structure of expertise is investigated along a variety of dimensions. A new and distinct approach is used, which is based on extensive analysis of theories, models, and practice-based strategies found in the literature. This base is used to define a set of dimensions that might be helpful in constructing knowledge profiles. The four dimensions…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Educational Practices, Educational Theories
Janssen-Vos, Frea; Pompert, Bea – 1993
One of the goals of Project Onderbouw in the Netherlands is to develop an educational concept and curricula to be used in primary education. The educational concept adopted for the project is termed "developmental education." Based on neo-Vygotskian principles and other theoretical approaches, "developmental education"…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Principles, Educational Theories, Foreign Countries
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Roegholt, Sietske; Wardekker, Wim; Van Oers, Bert – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1998
Defines the concept of pluralistic education and discusses its goals. Interviews a number of teachers to investigate their conceptions of education and their response to the idea of pluralistic education. Reports that teachers share an affinity with certain aspects of pluralistic education but differ in a number of fundamental ways. (DSK)
Descriptors: Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Effectiveness
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De Graaf, Nan Dirk; De Graff, Paul M.; Kraaykamp, Gerbert – Sociology of Education, 2000
Examines how parental cultural capital contributes to children's educational attainment in the Netherlands, emphasizing participation in beaux arts and reading behavior. Explores the claims of cultural reproduction theory and cultural mobility theory on the interaction of parents' educational background and their cultural capital. Discusses the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Children, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
2000
This document contains three papers from a symposium on action learning that was conducted as part of a conference on human resource development (HRD). "Searching for Meaning in Complex Action Learning Data: What Environments, Acts, and Words Reveal" (Verna J. Willis) analyzes complex action learning documents produced as course…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Andragogy, Case Studies
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Heck, Andre; Uylings, Peter – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2006
Practical investigation tasks are part of the Dutch examination programme of senior secondary education. In mathematics and science, pupils are expected to develop a broad range of research skills, which includes connecting real world phenomena with the scientific world, understanding the problems at hand and asking the right questions, making a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Education, Science Process Skills, Research Skills
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Kelderman, Henk – Psychometrika, 1989
A method is proposed for the detection of item bias with respect to observed or unobserved subgroups, using a loglinear item response theory model assuming a Rasch model for ability and difficulty. A simulation study was performed with 200 sets of data to check the robustness of the method. (SLD)
Descriptors: Equations (Mathematics), Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Item Response Theory
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Scheerens, Jaap; Bosker, Roel J.; Creemers, Bert P. M. – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2001
School-effectiveness research (SER) has an instrumental orientation. Although critics claim otherwise, SER researchers usually consider students'"innate" background characteristics when studying schools. Theory formation, foundational issues, and research viability are being addressed. The field is definitely alive and kicking, despite…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Foreign Countries
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Fox, Jean-Paul – Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 2005
The randomized response (RR) technique is often used to obtain answers on sensitive questions. A new method is developed to measure latent variables using the RR technique because direct questioning leads to biased results. Within the RR technique is the probability of the true response modeled by an item response theory (IRT) model. The RR…
Descriptors: Item Response Theory, Models, Probability, Markov Processes
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Jansink, Femke; Kwakman, Kitty; Streumer, Jan – Journal of European Industrial Training, 2005
Purpose: In this paper the concept of knowledge production is used as a framework to study Dutch corporate universities. Knowledge production serves not simply as a desirable aim of corporate universities, as the concept also offers guidelines for the design of corporate universities. The purpose is to clarify the extent to which corporate…
Descriptors: Corporate Education, Knowledge Management, Organizational Communication, Case Studies
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de Bruijn, Gert-Jan; Kremers, Stef P. J.; de Vries, Hein; van Mechelen, Willem; Brug, Johannes – Health Education Research, 2007
Adolescent obesity is positively associated with soft drink consumption. We investigated the association of social-environmental and individual-level factors with soft drink consumption in a Dutch adolescent sample. Data were gathered in a longitudinal Dutch adolescent sample (n = 208, 62% girls). Soft drink consumption, social cognitions from the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Obesity, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing
2001
This document contains three papers on workplace learning issues and human resource development. "The Impact of Self-Management on Training Participation" (Jasper B. van Loo, Andries de Guip, Jo G.L. Thijssen) combines HRD and economic theory to in an attempt to explain the relationship between self-management and training participation.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Corporate Education, Economic Factors, Economics
Eemeren, F. H. van; Grootendorst, R. – 1989
Suitable methods can be developed and instructional devices can be designed for the teaching of argumentation analysis to students of varying interests, ages, and capacities. Until 1950, the study of argumentation in the Netherlands was either purely practical or a continuation of the classic logic and rhetoric traditions. A number of new research…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Critical Thinking, Discourse Analysis, Educational Theories
Boom, W. J. G., van den; Schulsmans, K. H. L. A. – 1989
An investigation of the phenomenon of open education (OE) was based on three questions. To answer why OE has received so much attention, researchers surveyed and analyzed arguments that influenced thinking about OE and establishment of OE institutes. To answer the question concerning the defining characteristics of OE, researchers took the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Philosophy, Educational Psychology, Educational Research
Glas, Cees A. W.; Beguin, Anton A. – 1996
Recently, L. Zeng and M. J. Kolen (1995) have introduced item response theory (IRT) observed score (OS) equating of number-correct (NC) scores for equating different forms of a test. In this paper, IRT-OS-NC equating is adapted to equating the cut-off scores of examinations. Next, the differences between results obtained using a Rasch model for…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Cutting Scores, Equated Scores, Foreign Countries
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