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Wim Gijselaers

Wim Gijselaers is Professor of Education at the department of Educational Development and Educational Research at the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Maastricht University the Netherlands. His research and development work is about design of problem-based learning practices, cognition and instruction, expertise development in management education, and shared cognition in teams. He received several grants from the Dutch Government and the Dutch Science Foundation for projects on educational development and fundamental research on learning behaviour of multi-professional teams. His professional career started at the problem-based Medical School of Maastricht University. Over the past 20 years, he was involved with the implementation and further development of problem-based learning in the Economics and International Business Programs at this University.

His work as learning sciences consultant is about curriculum reform and change management in higher education and business. He is founding chair of the international network for Innovation in Economics and Business Education (EDINEB, 1993). He served as Associate Dean of Education. Currently he is chair of the department of Educational Development and Educational Research, at the Faculty of Economics and Business (Maastricht University).

webpage: http://www.fdewb.unimaas.nl/educ/Index.htm

Recent publications

Journal articles

·        Kirschner, P., Beers, PJ, Boshuizen, H., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2008). Coercing Shared Knowledge in Collaborative Learning Environments. Computers in Human Behavior, 24, 403-420.

·        Beers, P.J., Boshuizen, H.P.A., Kirschner, P.A., Gijselaers, W.H., & Westendorp, J. (2008). Cognitive load measurements and stimulated recall interviews for studying the effects of information and communications technology. Educational Technology, Research & Development, 56, 309–328.

·        Nijhuis, J., Segers, M., & Gijselaers, W. (2008). The extent of variability of learning strategies and students’ perceptions of the learning environment. A cluster analysis. Learning and Instruction, 18, 121-134.

·        Tempelaar, D., Schim van der Loeff, S., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2007). A structural equation model analyzing the relationship of students’ attitudes toward statistics, prior reasoning abilities, and course performance. Statistics Education Research Journal, 6 (2), 78-102.

·        Stalmeijer, R., Gijselaers, W.H., Wolfhagen, H.A.P., Scherpbier, A., & Harendza, S. (2007). How Interdisciplinary Teams Can Create Multidisciplinary Education: On the Interplay Between Team Processes and Educational Quality. Medical Education, 41(11), 1059-1066.

·        Beers, P. J., Boshuizen, H. P. A., Kirschner, P. A., & Gijselaers, W. (2007). ICT Support for Grounding in the Classroom. Instructional Science, 35, 535–556.

·        Akkerman, S., Van den Bossche, P., Admiraal, W., Gijselaers, W.H., Segers, M., Simons, & R.J., Kirschner, P.A. (2007). Reconsidering group cognition: From conceptual confusion to a boundary area between cognitive and socio-cultural perspectives? Educational Research Review, 2, 39-63.

·        Beers, P. J., Boshuizen, H. P. A., Kirschner, P. A., & Gijselaers, W. (2007). The Analysis of Negotiation of Common Ground in CSCL. Learning and Instruction, Volume 17, Issue 4, 427-435.

·        Tempelaar, D., Gijselaers, W.H., Schim van der Loeff, S., & Nijhuis, J. (2007). A structural equation model analyzing the relationship of student personality factors and achievement motivations, in a range of academic subjects. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 32, 105-131.

·        Nijhuis J.F.H., Segers M.S.R., Gijselaers, W.H. (2007). The interplay of personality, perceptions of the learning environment and learning strategies: a study amongst Business Students. Studies in Higher Education, Vol 32 (1), 59-77.

·        Thijssen, T.J.P., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2006). Closing the generation gap between youth, business school and business through learning-by-sharing: combining academic rigor and practical relevance. Science and Processes of Education [Mokslas Ir Edukaciniai Procesai], 1 (2), 186-195.

·        Beers, PJ., Boshuizen H.P.A., Kirschner, P.A., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2006). Common Ground, Complex Problems and Decision Making. Group Decision and Negotiation, volume 15,529-556.

·        Segers, M., Nijhuis, J., & Gijselaers, W. (2006). Redesigning a learning and assessment environment: the influence on students’ perceptions of assessment demands and their learning strategies. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 33(2), 223-242.

·        Thijssen, T.J.P., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2006). Dynamics in Business and the Consequences for Learning Business. Learning by Sharing as a model for revitalization. Industry & Higher Education,Vol 20 (5), 299-306.

·        Rienties, B., Tempelaar, D., Waterval, D., Rehm, M., & Gijselaers, W. (2006). Remedial Online Teaching on a Summer Course. Industry and Higher Education, Vol 20 (5), 327-336.

·        Arts, J.A., Gijselaers, W.H., & Boshuizen, H.P.A. (2006). Managerial Expertise Development: Diagnostic Reasoning and Problem-solving. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 31, 387 – 410.

·        Tempelaar, D., Gijselaers, W.H., Schim van der Loeff, S. (2006). Puzzles in Statistical Reasoning. Journal of Statistics Education Volume 14, Number 1 (2006), www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v14n1/tempelaar.html

·        Van den Bossche, P, Gijselaers, W.H., Segers, M.S.R., & Kirschner, P.A. (2006). Social and Cognitive factors driving teamwork in collaborative learning environments: Team learning beliefs and behaviors. Small Group Research, Vol 37 (5), 490 - 521.

• Arts, J.A., Gijselaers, W.H., & Segers, M.R.S. (2006) From Cognition to Instruction to Expertise: Measurement of Expertise Effects in an Authentic, Computer Supported, and Problem-based Course. European Journal for Psychology of Education, Vol XXI (1), 71-90. 

Books

·        Bentzen-Bilkvist, A., Milter, R.G., & Gijselaers, W.H. (Eds.) (2002). Educational Innovation In Economics And Business Administration VII: Educating Knowledge Workers for Corporate Leadership: Learning into the Future. Dordrecht, Boston, London: Kluwer Academic Publishers. ISBN 1-4020-1064-8

Book Chapters

·        Gijselaers, W.H., & Milter, R.G. (2008). The Challenge of Change in Business and Economics Education: Lessons Learned from the EDiNEB Network. In R. De Filippi & C. Wankel (Eds.), New Visions of Graduate Management Education, volume 7. Greenwich, Con: Information Age Publishing.

·        Kirschner, P., Beers, P.J., Boshuizen, H.P.A., & Gijselaers, W.H. (2006). Coercing Shared Knowledge in Collaborative Learning Environments. In Sasha A Barab, Kenneth E Hay, Nancy Butler Songer, Daniel T Hickey (Eds.), Making a Difference: Volume I and II: The Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference of the Learning Sciences (ICLS) (pp. 342-348). London: Routledge.

·        Gijselaers, W.H., Arts, J.A., Boshuizen, H.P.A., & Segers, M.S.R. (2006). A Trade-Off Between Formal and Dynamic Knowledge Occurs as Graduates Enter the Workplace. In R. De Filippi & C. Wankel (Eds.), New Visions of Graduate Management Education, volume 5 (pp. 65-86). Greenwich, Con: Information Age Publishing.

·        Gijselaers, W.H. & Harendza, S. (2006). Dynamics of Planned Change: When Participants Talk Back. In L. Hunt, A. Bromage, & B. Thomkinson (Eds.), The Realities of Educational Change (pp. 101-114). London: Routledge Falmer Press.

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