Sökning: "low-achievers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 9 avhandlingar innehållade ordet low-achievers.

  1. 1. Grammatical correctness and communicative ability : a performance analysis of the written and spoken English of Swedish learners

    Författare :Inger Bergström; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; grammatical correctness; communicative ability; performance analysis; written and spoken English; classroom instruction; low-achievers; language learning; interlanguage; compensatory strategies; errors; verb phrase; parameters; systematicity; variability; writing proficiency; speech proficiency; elicitation test;

    Sammanfattning : Written and oral material produced by a group of low-achieving learners of English from the 2-year lines of the Swedish upper secondary school was analysed from the perspective of grammatical correctness and communicative ability. The grammatical analysis focussed on the verb phrase and tests included both free production in speech and writing and elicitation tests. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Rätt mätt på prov : Om validering av bedömningar i skolan

    Författare :Peter Nyström; Widar Henriksson; Gunnar Gjone; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Education; Pedagogik; bedömning; validitet; läroplan; kunskapssyn; Education; Pedagogik; Education; pedagogik;

    Sammanfattning : The thesis focuses on validation as a process whereby the quality of educational assessments can be evaluated. On the basis of Messick’s (1989) validity concept, which takes consequences as well as inferences of assessment results into account, a model for validation is described. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Learning limits of functions : university students' development during a basic course in mathematics

    Författare :Kristina Juter; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics Education; Matematik och lärande;

    Sammanfattning : The present thesis includes four articles and an introduction to them and the theories that frame them. The articles describe a study about students learning limits of functions at a university and the results from it. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Noise improves cognitive performance in children with dysfunctional neurotransmission

    Författare :Göran Söderlund; Sverker Sikström; Lars-Göran Nilsson; Edmund Sonuga-Barke; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; ADHD; noise; stochastic resonance; dopamine; episodic memory; model; brain arousal; SPT; cognitive performance; children; Psychology; Psykologi; psykologi; Psychology;

    Sammanfattning : Research on children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has shown that they are extremely sensitive to distraction from external stimuli that lead to poor cognitive performance. This thesis shows that cognitive performance can be improved if this external stimulus is smooth and continuous (e.g. auditory white noise). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Intergenerational Persistence and Ethnic Disparities in Education

    Författare :Per Engzell; Jan O. Jonsson; Carina Mood; Jenny Torssander; Richard Breen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; education; endogeneity; equality of opportunity; ethnic inequality; immigrant selectivity; large-scale assessments; measurement error; proxy variables; social origin; socioeconomic status; Sweden; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis consists of four self-contained essays in the sociology of educational stratification. Study I draws on newly collected survey data to assess the biases that arise in estimating socioeconomic differences in achievement when relying on parent and student reported data on social background. LÄS MER