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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
50
Citations
10741
World Ranking
2751
National Ranking
109

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Pedagogy
  • Management
  • Educational technology

Pedagogy, Competence, Higher education, Vocational education and Instructional design are his primary areas of study. His Pedagogy research incorporates themes from Likert scale, Engineering ethics, Hofstede's cultural dimensions theory and Medical education. Harm J. A. Biemans studied Competence and Focus group that intersect with Curriculum development and Concept learning.

His work deals with themes such as Mathematics education, Group work and Curriculum, which intersect with Higher education. His research investigates the connection between Vocational education and topics such as Teaching method that intersect with issues in Corporate governance and Popularity. His Instructional design research includes elements of Cooperative learning, Collaborative learning, Computer-supported collaborative learning and Empirical research.

His most cited work include:

  • Differences between novice and experienced users in searching information on the World Wide Web (259 citations)
  • Competence-based VET in the Netherlands: background and pitfalls (220 citations)
  • Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review (201 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

His main research concerns Competence, Pedagogy, Higher education, Mathematics education and Knowledge management. Harm J. A. Biemans has researched Competence in several fields, including Vocational education, Focus group, Engineering ethics and Medical education. Harm J. A. Biemans has included themes like Secondary education, Teaching method, Curriculum and Summative assessment in his Vocational education study.

His is involved in several facets of Pedagogy study, as is seen by his studies on Collaborative learning, Computer-supported collaborative learning, Cooperative learning, Instructional design and Educational research. His Mathematics education research integrates issues from Argumentative and Argumentation theory. The Open innovation research Harm J. A. Biemans does as part of his general Knowledge management study is frequently linked to other disciplines of science, such as Process, therefore creating a link between diverse domains of science.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Competence (34.67%)
  • Pedagogy (28.67%)
  • Higher education (21.33%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2016-2021)?

  • Mathematics education (20.00%)
  • Competence (34.67%)
  • Argumentative (8.67%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

Harm J. A. Biemans focuses on Mathematics education, Competence, Argumentative, Peer feedback and Argumentation theory. His Mathematics education research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Vocational education and Curriculum. His study in Competence is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Knowledge management, Applied psychology, Medical education, Rubric and Cooperative learning.

His research investigates the connection between Argumentative and topics such as Quality that intersect with problems in Knowledge acquisition. To a larger extent, Harm J. A. Biemans studies Pedagogy with the aim of understanding Peer feedback. His work carried out in the field of Higher education brings together such families of science as Learning theory and Agency.

Between 2016 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • Testing the relationship between personality characteristics, contextual factors and entrepreneurial intentions in a developing country. (50 citations)
  • Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding Through Adaptive Fading (39 citations)
  • The Impact of the Feedback Source on Developing Oral Presentation Competence (26 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Pedagogy
  • Management
  • Educational technology

Harm J. A. Biemans mainly focuses on Competence, Rubric, Applied psychology, Mathematics education and Peer feedback. Harm J. A. Biemans conducts interdisciplinary study in the fields of Competence and Script theory through his works. His Rubric research includes themes of Metacognition, Video game, Virtual reality and Formative assessment.

His studies deal with areas such as Argumentation theory, Argumentative and Communication as well as Mathematics education. Peer feedback is a subfield of Pedagogy that Harm J. A. Biemans studies. His Pedagogy research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Educational quality and Perception.

Best Publications

  • The Impact of Entrepreneurship Education: A Study of Iranian Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions and Opportunity Identification

    Saeid Karimi;Harm J. A. Biemans;Thomas Lans;Mohammad Chizari

  • Teaching and Learning in Interdisciplinary Higher Education: A Systematic Review

    Elisabeth J. H. Spelt;Harm J. A. Biemans;Hilde Tobi;Pieternel A. Luning

  • Competence-based VET in the Netherlands: background and pitfalls

    Harm Biemans;Loek Nieuwenhuis;Rob Poell;Martin Mulder

  • Differences between novice and experienced users in searching information on the World Wide Web

    Ard W. Lazonder;Harm J. A. Biemans;Iwan G. J. H. Wopereis

  • Determining factors of the use of e-learning environments by university teachers

    Hossein Mahdizadeh;Harm Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Identification of competencies for professionals in open innovation teams

    Elise du Chatenier;Jos A. A. M. Verstegen;Harm J. A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Argumentation-Based Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (ABCSCL): A Synthesis of 15 Years of Research.

    Omid Noroozi;Armin Weinberger;Harm J.A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • The New Competence Concept in Higher Education: Error or Enrichment?

    Martin Mulder;Judith Gulikers;Harm Biemans;Renate Wesselink

  • Effects of role models and gender on students’ entrepreneurial intentions

    Saeid Karimi;Harm J.A. Biemans;Thomas Lans;Mohammad Chizari

  • Testing the relationship between personality characteristics, contextual factors and entrepreneurial intentions in a developing country.

    Saeid Karimi;Harm J.A. Biemans;Karim Naderi Mahdei;Thomas Lans

  • Understanding role Models and Gender Influences on Entrepreneurial Intentions Among College Students

    Saeid Karimi;Harm J.A. Biemans;Thomas Lans;Mohammad Chizari

  • Facilitating argumentative knowledge construction through a transactive discussion script in CSCL

    Omid Noroozi;Armin Weinberger;Harm J. A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Towards a set of design principles for developing oral presentation competence: A synthesis of research in higher education

    Stan van Ginkel;Judith Gulikers;Harm Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • A systematic review of the role of learning analytics in enhancing feedback practices in higher education

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  • The Challenges of Collaborative Knowledge Creation in Open Innovation Teams

    Elise Du Chatenier;Jos A.A.M. Verstegen;Harm J.A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Multicultural student group work in higher education: a study on challenges as perceived by students

    V. Popov;B. Brinkman;H.J.A. Biemans;M. Mulder

  • Relations between scripted online peer feedback processes and quality of written argumentative essay

    Omid Noroozi;Omid Noroozi;Harm J. A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Towards competence‐based VET: dealing with the pitfalls

    Harm Biemans;Renate Wesselink;Judith Gulikers;Sanne Schaafsma

  • Promoting Argumentation Competence: Extending from First- to Second-Order Scaffolding Through Adaptive Fading

    Omid Noroozi;Omid Noroozi;Paul A. Kirschner;Paul A. Kirschner;Harm J.A. Biemans;Martin Mulder

  • Competence-based VET as seen by Dutch researchers

    R. Wesselink;H.J.A. Biemans;M. Mulder;E. van den Elsen

  • Inquiry-Based Science Education Competencies of Primary School Teachers: A literature study and critical review of the American National Science Education Standards

    Ester Alake-Tuenter;Harm J. A. Biemans;Hilde Tobi;Arjen E. J. Wals

  • Competence development of entrepreneurs in innovative horticulture

    Martin Mulder;Thomas Lans;Jos Verstegen;Harm Biemans

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Mulder
Martin Mulder Wageningen University & Research
Omid Noroozi
Omid Noroozi Wageningen University & Research
Armin Weinberger
Armin Weinberger Saarland University
Paul A. Kirschner
Paul A. Kirschner Open University in the Netherlands
Arjen E. J. Wals
Arjen E. J. Wals Wageningen University & Research

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