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Ready for Pi Day
On Pi Day, students are given a small math assignment with which they can open a jar of goodies.
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Novels in the classroom: Book tips per language
An overview of novels in different languages. Here you will find titles of books in the following languages:
- French,
- English,
- German,
- Spanish,
- Russian,
- Italian,
- Turkish.
The list was drawn up by the language teachers of the Department of …
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Vocabulary, food budget and logarithms
What do a writer's vocabulary and one's budget spent on food have to do with each other? Well, more than you might think! The mathematical relationship appears to be logarithmic.
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Python in the classroom
Our society is increasingly influenced and controlled by computer systems, apps and algorithms. Countless problems, now and in the future, are solved through those powerful computers. We also feel this digitization at school and in the classroom. …
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Should gifted students also record intermediate steps?
Gifted students sometimes do not understand why they have to write down intermediate steps in exercises. In this article you will find tips on how to tackle this in the classroom.
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Eight tips for your oral French or English exam
An oral exam is a daunting prospect for many students, especially if it is in another language. It remains a nerve-wracking moment for many, whether you are in high school or attending college or university. Do you have to take an oral exam in …
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Making graphs: How do you do that and when do you use which type of graph?
Article in which different types of charts are discussed and which chart is best used in which situation. The use of the X and Y axes is also discussed.
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Lesson in Reading: Inspiration guide for effective reading education in preschool, primary and secondary education
This guide contains 16 inspiration cards, each starting from a key question about reading and reading education. Each question is answered on the basis of recent scientific research, supplemented with practical tips and concrete examples.
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Get started with textless picture books and talking boards for all ages
Textless picture books and discussion boards are tools to stimulate language development and multilingualism. This applies to both language learners with Dutch as their home language (NT1) and to language learners for whom Dutch is the second …
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Does Sara Burgerhart really have a happy ending?: Reception, interpretation and didactics
The History of Miss Sara Burgerhart (1782) by Betje Wolff and Aagje Deken is often dismissed as a marriage story with a happy ending. This takes the sting out of this novel, which you can also consider as a #metoo story avant la lettre. Moreover, …
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Understanding the Normal Distribution: Article
This article in the statistics series takes a closer look at the normal distribution and everything that goes with it:
- properties;
- the standard normal distribution;
- z score;
- central limit theorem.
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Calculating and Understanding Confidence Intervals: Article
This article takes a closer look at calculating and understanding confidence intervals. You come across a confidence interval in statistics or SPSS when you start working with samples. A sample is a representative portion of a population that we …
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