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Sandberg-Jurström, Ragnhild; Lindgren, Monica – Music Education Research, 2022
This article concerns assessors' use of predictions of applicants' ability to learn when assessing admission tests for specialist music teacher education in Sweden. The data consist of stimulated-recall interviews with video-recorded admission tests as stimuli, and the analyses are based on discourse psychology with a focus on the variations,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, College Entrance Examinations
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Wiberg, Marie; Lyrén, Per-Erik; Lind Pantzare, Anna – Education Sciences, 2021
The aim of this paper is to describe, analyze, and discuss how Swedish schools and the national tests in schools, university teaching and examination, and the college admissions test, Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT), have been affected by the COVID-19 situation. A further aim is to discuss the challenges in schools, universities and in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Standardized Tests, Testing, College Entrance Examinations
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Söderlind, Johan; Geschwind, Lars – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2017
This paper examines whether subject-specific admission tests may allow Swedish higher education institutions to admit better-performing students. The performance of students admitted via a mathematics and physics aptitude test was reviewed with a focus on activity, retention, and credits earned, and the results were compared with students admitted…
Descriptors: Mathematics Tests, Aptitude Tests, Physics, Science Tests