Sökning: "Academic Achievement"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 64 avhandlingar innehållade orden Academic Achievement.

1. 1. Skolprestationer : Faktorer som är relaterade till studieresultat i grundskolans senare år

   Författare :Björn Boman; Stefan Ekecrantz; Monica Rosén; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; pedagogik; Education;

   Sammanfattning : This compilation dissertation explores school results (or alterably, educational or academic achievement) at the Swedish lower-secondary level (Grades 7–9), particularly Grade 9 and to lesser extent Grade 8, using both aggregated data at the school and municipality level from Swedish National Agency for Education (Skolverket) and similar databases (Sweden Statistics, Kolada), and individual data from Education through follow-up (UGU, utvärdering genom uppföljning), and the Programme for international student assessment, PISA (2018). Data were obtained from the years 2013, 2018, and 2019. LÄS MER

3. 2. Chronic stress among adolescents : Contributing factors and associations with academic achievement

   Författare :Karin Schraml; Aleksander Perski; Katariina Salmela-Aro; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Chronic stress; adolescents; academic achievement; sleep; social jetlag; self-esteem; demand-control-support; gender; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : According to recent nationwide surveys there have been dramatic increases in stress and serious stress-related health problems among Swedish adolescents. The aims of the present thesis were to investigate the prevalence of perceived chronic stress among sixteen-year-old adolescents who attended their first year at high-ranking high schools in the Stockholm area, to examine if factors that have been found to be relevant in the development of chronic stress among adults also contribute to chronic stress among adolescents, and to investigate the associations between chronic stress and sleep-related variables and academic achievement. LÄS MER

4. 3. Childhood Self-Regulation, Academic Achievement, and Occupational Attainment

   Författare :Håkan Andersson; Lars R. Bergman; Petra Lindfors; Frederick Morrison; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic achievement; self-regulation; executive functions; school readiness; occupational attainment; educational attainment; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : The general aim of this thesis was to extend knowledge of the interplay between self-regulation (SR) skills during childhood in relation to academic achievement and later adult educational and occupational attainment. Previous research has shown that cool SR (i.e., cognitive) is more closely linked to academic achievement than hot SR (i. LÄS MER

5. 4. Reading literacy in relation to patterns of academic achievement in Kenya

   Författare :John Odwar Agak; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; academic achievement; reading literacy; Lisrel; performance; Kenya;

   Sammanfattning : How is reading literacy related to academic achievement among 14 year old students in Kenya? This was the main issue in focus for the present study.The TEA Reading Literacy Test was used for measuring reading literacy and the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) was used for measuring academic achievement. LÄS MER

7. 5. Att klara skolan när huvudet dunkar och kroppen värker : en studie om återkommande smärta och skolprestation bland skolbarn

   Författare :Susanne Ragnarsson; Solveig Petersen; Anna-Karin Hurtig; Gunnar Sjöberg; Eva Clausson; Umeå universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; återkommande smärta; skolprestation; skolbarn; ungdomar; recurrent pain; academic achievement; school-failure; school-aged children; adolescents;

   Sammanfattning : Bakgrund Återkommande smärta är ett av de vanligaste folkhälsoproblemen bland skolbarn. Den höga förekomsten är ingen ny kunskap, trots det finns det lite beskrivet hur smärtan påverkar barnens funktion och då särskilt om det får konsekvenser för barnens skolprestationer. LÄS MER