astronomy

Harold Bekkering

Harold Bekkering is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Harold Bekkering rather than just read about it. In short: Harold Bekkering (born 19 October 1965) is a Dutch professor of cognitive psychology at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of the Radboud University Nijmegen. His research has covered many different ways of learning, ranging from basic sensorimotor learning to complex forms of social learning.

Key takeaways

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Reference excerpt

Harold Bekkering (born 19 October 1965) is a Dutch professor of cognitive psychology at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour of the Radboud University Nijmegen. His research has covered many different ways of learning, ranging from basic sensorimotor learning to complex forms of social learning. Lately, he aims to implement knowledge about human learning in educational settings.

Career Bekkering was born in Oldenzaal on 19 October 1965. He studied psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen between 1985 and 1990 and obtained a B.Sc. He obtained an MA in cognitive psychology in 1990. Five years later he obtained a PhD from Maastricht University. In 2000, he obtained his habilitation from LMU Munich. Between May 1995 and December 2000 Bekkering was a senior researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psychological Research. The next two years he was an associate professor at the University of Groningen. In October 2002 he was appointed a professor of cognitive psychology. Bekkering's field of research is broad, covering amongst others developmental and cognitive psychology, the implementation of cognition in robotics and cognitive neuroscience. In the book De lerende mens Bekkering and Jurjen, van der Helden expressed their findings and opinions on the future of education. Concerning the digitalization of education and especially the use of Internet Bekkering expects a broader, rather than deeper development of students, leading to a new kind of Homo universalis. The two authors criticized the preliminary policy paper Platform Onderwijs 2032 for not taking sufficient account of findings in psychology and neuroscience. Bekkering was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2016. He was elected a member of Academia Europaea in 2017.

Works Jurjen van der Helden & Harold Bekkering, De lerende mens, 2015, Boom.

Links Media related to Harold Bekkering at Wikimedia Commons

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Harold Bekkering

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Harold Bekkering claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Harold Bekkering before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Harold Bekkering ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Harold Bekkering

In research: Harold Bekkering appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Harold Bekkering in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Harold Bekkering is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1965 births, Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen, Cognitive psychologists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Harold Bekkering outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Harold Bekkering in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Harold Bekkering matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Harold Bekkering?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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