Sökning: "academic achievement"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 14 avhandlingar innehållade orden academic achievement.

  1. 1. Essays on School Resources, Academic Achievement and Student Employment

    Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Författare :Iida Häkkinen; Uppsala universitet.; [2004]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Economics; I2; J2; J3; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Sammanfattning : Essay 1 (with Tanja Kirjavainen and Roope Uusitalo) analyzes the effects of changes in school spending on changes in student performance. We use a large sample of matriculation examination scores of Finnish senior secondary school students from the years 1990–1998. LÄS MER

  3. 2. CLEFT LIP AND PALATE IN ADOLESCENCE IDENTIFYING VARIABLES RELATING TO PSYCHOSOCIAL CONCERNS

    Detta är en avhandling från Reconstructive Surgery

    Författare :Martin Persson; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [2007]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN; MEDICINE; introversion; self-concept; Surgery; orthopaedics; traumatology; traumatologi; ortopedi; Kirurgi; Psychiatry; psychosocial; cleft lip palate; clinical psychology; psychosomatics; Psykiatri; klinisk psykologi; psykosomatik; Public health; epidemiology; Folkhälsa; Psykologi; Psychology; epidemiologi; psychology; academic achievement; muscle strength; intellectual capacity; weight; statue;

    Sammanfattning : In study I, 55 adolescents with cleft lip and palate and 31 adolescents without cleft filled out two questionnaires: the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale to assess self-concept, and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Inventory to assess the degree of introversion. In studies II & III, data regarding physical characteristic and general intellectual capacity were obtained from the Swedish National Service Enrolment Register for the years 1991-97. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Reading achievement: Its relation to home literacy, self-regulation, academic self-concept, and goal orientation in children and adolescents

    Detta är en avhandling från Institutionen för psykologi

    Författare :Lena Swalander; Lunds universitet.; Lund University.; [2006]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Pedagogisk psykologi; Psychopedagogy; Psykologi; Psychology; Writing; Computers; Home literacy; Reading attitude; Goal orientation; Reading ability; Academic self-concept; Self-regulated learning;

    Sammanfattning : The studies in this doctoral thesis investigated how home literacy, self regulation, academic self-concept, and goal orientation influence reading ability. Study 1 investigated the effect of family-based prerequisites, reading attitude, and self-regulated learning on reading ability. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Betyget i matematik : Vad ger grundskolans matematikbetyg för information?

    Detta är en avhandling från Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis

    Författare :Staffan Stenhag; Uppsala universitet.; [2010]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mathematics; study achievement; grade; argument; compulsory school; reading comprehension; transfer of learning; Curriculum Studies; Didaktik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to investigate what the grade in mathematics tells us about the pupil’s general academic success in other school subjects in Sweden’s compulsory school. What proficiency, except mathematical skills, does a high grade in mathematics indicate?First an inventory of the official arguments for school mathematics was conducted. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Motivational beliefs in the TIMSS 2003 context : Theory, measurement and relation to test performance

    Detta är en avhandling från Umeå : Institutionen för beteendevetskapliga mätningar, Umeå universitet

    Författare :Hanna Eklöf; Umeå universitet.; [2006]
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; test-taking motivation; TIMSS 2003; validity; construct validation; measurement; expectancy-value theory; self-concept; task value; factor analysis; eighth-grade students;

    Sammanfattning : The main objective of this thesis was to explore issues related to student achievement motivation in the Swedish TIMSS 2003 (Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study) context. The thesis comprises of five empirical papers and a summary. LÄS MER