A qualitative analysis of language learning tasks: the design of a tool (2008)
Driessen, C., Westhoff, G., Haenen, J., Brekelmans, M.
This study outlines the construction of a tool to enhance the competence of foreign language teachers in estimating the effectiveness of language-learning tasks. Five assumptions basic to...
Westhoff, G., Rau, R., Zink, A.
Objectives. To investigate the influence of smoking on disease activity, drug need and radiographic joint damage in RF-positive and -negative patients with early RA. Methods. Baseline and 3-yr...
Westhoff, G., Buttgereit, F., Gromnica-Ihle, E., Zink, A.
Objective. To describe the association between morning stiffness (MS) and early retirement in patients with early RA. Methods. The study used data from a prospective RA cohort of 916 RA patients with...
Ervaringen van VT-leraren in het kwalitatief analyseren van leertaken (2007)
Driessen, C., Brekelmans, M., Haenen, J., Westhoff, G.
VT-leraren kunnen taken in de leergang effectief vinden als zij merken dat hun leerlingen deze als plezierig en nuttig ervaren. Toch kunnen leerlingen met plezier aan een taak werken, de taak nuttig...
Graaff, R. De, Koopman, G.J., Anikina, Y., Westhoff, G.
In Europe, Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL) is becoming a popular and widespread practice of immersion education. In the Netherlands, for example, over 90 secondary schools offer a...
Admiraal, W., Westhoff, G., Bot, K. De
In this longitudinal study, we examined the effects of the use of English as the language of instruction in the first 4 years of secondary education in The Netherlands on the students’ language...
Competentiegericht leren en de vakdocent (2006)
Onderwijs is geen doel op zich. Het beoogt mensen optimaal toe te rusten voor een nuttig en aangenaam lidmaatschap van de samenleving. Daar zien we een ontwikkeling waarbij men minder in kennis op...
Trends in second language pedagogy (2003)
Knowledge and skills are no diseases. Some diseases are transmittable. Knowledge and skills are not. Knowledge has to be constructed and skills have to be acquired by the learners themselves. Both...
ESL teaching and students’ reading comprehension (2003)
Brok, P. Den, Brekelmans, M., Wubbels, Th., Westhoff, G.
This paper investigates the effects of ESL (English as a Second Language) teaching on third-year secondary education students’ reading comprehension. Teaching was studied in terms of an...
Berthé, R. A., Westhoff, G., Bleckmann, H., Gorb, S. N.
The legless locomotion of snakes requires specific adaptations of their ventral scales to maintain friction force in different directions. The skin microornamentation of the snake Corallus hortulanus...