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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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Goudvis: Compelling television portraits of top Belgian artists
For Goudvis, VRT followed a number of top Belgian artists for a year, on stage, in their studios, during rehearsals, behind the scenes... But their private lives are also shown. There are 19 episodes available, from 19 different artists. Visual …
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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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Dealing with Socially Acute Questions in the English-Language Classroom
This article provides tools that second language teachers can use for a constructive intercultural dialogue in the event of socially undesirable interactions in a mixed language group. A case study of a racist statement during an interfaculty …
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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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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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The number pi: Facts
In this article you can find 31.4 facts about the number pi.
Fun facts that you can pass on to the students when you are working on the number pi.
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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.
The normal distribution is explained using examples …
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