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Contact:

Dr. T.H.S. Eysink
Twente University
Faculty of Behavioural Sciences
Department of Instructional Technology
P.O.Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Phone: +31 53 489 3572
Fax: +31 53 489 2849
Email:
T.H.S.Eysink@gw.utwente.nl


Biography

Tessa Eysink (Oldenzaal, 1974) started to study Psychology at Nijmegen University in 1992. After one year she continued with Cognitive Science in which she chose for a combination of cognitive psychological research and cognitive ergonomics. In 1996, she went to the MRC-Applied Psychology Unit (now known as MRC-Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit) in Cambridge, England. She performed a study on cross modal blending and response facilitation across auditory and visual streams. In June 1997, she finished her studies and started a PhD-project at the University of Twente in the Faculty of Educational Science and Technology in the Department of Instructional Technology. In December 2001, she received her doctor's degree by the defense of her thesis called "Signs for logic teaching: The effect of instructional variables on the development of conceptual knowledge of logic". From January 2002 till now, she worked at Twente University in the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences in the Department of Instructional Technology, where she combines research and education.


Research interests

Children’s learning, cognitive processes, giftedness, inquiry learning, computer-based learning environments, instructional design, individual differences.


Projects

Since my studies, I worked on several projects. For more information on these projects, have a look at my projects page.

BE COOL! project: Bevorderen van Excellentie door Cooperatief Onderzoekend en Ontwerpend Leren, http://www.becoolproject.nl/
LEMMA project: Affordances for learning in multimedia learning environments
ZAP project: Zeer Actieve Psychologie (Very Active Psychology),
http://zap.psy.utwente.nl
PhD project: Signs for Logic Teaching
Master's thesis: Cross modal blending and response facilitation across auditory and visual streams


Teaching courses

I participate in teaching the following courses:

Psychologisch Ontwerpen I: Psychological Design I (intervention mapping)
Psychologisch Ontwerpen II: Psychological Design II
Cognitiewetenschap: Cognitive Science
Learning with Multimedia
Leren bij kinderen en adolescenten: Children's Learning


Memberships

Inter-university Centre for Educational Research (ICO)
The European Network of Excellence Kaleidoscope
European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)
Institute for Behavioural Research (IBR)


Awards

For the ZAP project, we received four awards:

National ICT Award 2004
Category: government / no-profit
Organized by: the Ministry of Economic Affairs

European Academic Software Award 2004
Category: social science
Organized by: EKMA (European Knowledge Media Association)

European Award for Technology Transfer 2007
Organized by: Kaleidoscope consortium

Beste onderwijsvernieuwingsproject
2nd prize
Organized by: Surf foundation


Publications

Stellmacher, O., Wilhelm, P., & Eysink, T.H.S. & ten Klooster, P.M. (submitted). Construction and validation of the Dutch Science Motivation Questionnaire.  

Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2012). Does instructional approach matter? How elaboration plays a crucial role in multimedia learning. Journal of the Learning Sciences, 21, 583-625. DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2011.611776.

Kolloffel, B., Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2011). Comparing the effects of representational tools in collaborative and individual inquiry learning. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 6, 223-251.

Kolloffel, B., Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2010). The role of external representations in learning combinatorics and probability theory. In L. Verschaffel, E. de Corte, T. de Jong, & J. Elen (Eds.), Use of representations in reasoning and problem solving: Analysis and improvement (pp. 169-190). London: Routledge.

Kolloffel, B., Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2010). De rol van externe representaties bij het leren van combinatoriek en kansrekening met computersimulaties. Pedagogische Studiën, 87, 51-65.

Kolloffel, B., Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2010). The influence of learner-generated domain representations on learning combinatorics and probability theory. Computers in Human Behavior, 26, 1-11.

Eysink, T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2010). Leren in multimediale leeromgevingen: een vergelijking van instructiebenaderingen. Pedagogische Studiën, 87, 66-76.

de Jong, T., Eysink, T.H.S., & van Merriënboer, J. (2010). Leren met multipele representaties in computergebaseerde leeromgevingen. Pedagogische Studiën, 87, 3-8.

Berthold, K., Eysink, T.H.S., & Renkl, A. (2009). Assisting self-explanation prompts are more effective than open prompts when learning with multiple representations. Instructional Science, 37, 345-363.

Eysink, T.H.S., de Jong, T., Berthold, K., Kolloffel, B., Opfermann, M., & Wouters, P. (2009). Learner performance in multimedia learning arrangements: An analysis across instructional approaches. American Educational Research Journal, 46, 1107-1149.

Gerjets, P., Scheiter, K., Opfermann, M., Hesse, F.W. & Eysink, T.H.S. (2009). Learning with hypermedia: The influence of representational formats and different levels of learner control on performance and learning behavior. Computers in Human Behavior, 25, 360-370.

Kolloffel, B., Eysink, T.H.S., de Jong, T., & Wilhelm, P. (2009). The effects of representational format on learning combinatorics from an interactive computer simulation. Instructional Science, 37, 503-517.

Hulshof, C.D., Eysink T.H.S., & de Jong, T. (2006). The ZAP Project: Designing interactive computer tools for learning of psychology. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 43(4), 337-351.

Hulshof, C.D., Eysink, T.H.S., Loyens, S., & de Jong, T. (2005). ZAPs: Using interactive programs for learning psychology. Interactive Learning Environments, 13(1-2), 39-53.

Eysink, T.H.S., de Jong, T., Hulshof, C.D. & de Jong, M. (2005). ZAP: Interactief ervaren en ontdekken in het psychologieonderwijs. In M. Mirande, J. van der Veen & M. van de Wende (Eds.), Van trend naar transformatie. ICT innovaties in het Hoger Onderwijs (pp. 201-215). Groningen/Houten, The Netherlands: Wolters-Noordhoff.

Eysink, T. (2003). Instructie voor de ontwikkeling van conceptuele kennis over logica. In: A. Lazonder & J. van Merrienboer (Eds.), Probleemoplossen en instructie: Liber amicorum voor prof.dr. Sanne Dijkstra. Twente University Press.

Eysink, T.H.S., Hulshof, C. D., Loyens, S., de Jong, T., Pieters, J. M., & te Winkel, W. (2003). Psychologie interactief ervaren en ontdekken: het ZAP-project. Onderzoek van Onderwijs, 32(4), 64-66.

Eysink, T.H.S., Dijkstra, S., & Kuper, J. (2002). The role of guidance in computer-based problem solving for the development of concepts of logic. Instructional Science, 30, 307-333.

Eysink, T.H.S. (2001). Signs for logic teaching: The effect of instructional variables on the development of conceptual knowledge of logic. Doctoral Dissertation, Twente University, Enschede.

Eysink, T.H.S., Dijkstra, S., & Kuper, J. (2001). Cognitive processes in solving variants of computer-based problems used in logic teaching. Computers in Human Behavior, 17(1), 1-19.

Van der Pal, J., & Eysink, T. (1999). Balancing situativity and formality: The importance of relating a formal language to interactive graphics in logic instruction. Learning and Instruction, 9, 327-341.