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Ellen Konstanse Hovik; Kathleen Nolan – Cogent Education, 2024
The aim of the study informing this paper was to investigate pre-service teachers' (PSTs') approaches to task design, posing the research question: How do pre-service teachers respond when they are asked to design an exploratory task using GeoGebra for 8th grade students? The research study and this paper focus on the PSTs' design stories rather…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Experiential Learning, Middle School Mathematics, Mathematics Teachers
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Ozge Ersan; Burcu Parlak – International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2023
In this study, the effect of using on-screen calculators on eighth grade students' performance on two TIMSS 2019 Problem Solving and Inquiry Tasks items considered as examples of technology-enhanced items administered on computers was examined. For this purpose, three logistic regression models were run where the dependent variables were giving a…
Descriptors: Calculators, Educational Technology, Grade 8, Technology Uses in Education
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Refvik, Kim André Stavenaes; Opsal, Hilde – Computers in the Schools, 2023
Computational thinking and programming have emerged as central 21st-century skills. Several countries have embedded these skills in their school curricula. This study investigates how an optional programming course affects eighth-grade mathematical problem solving in Norway using a quasi-experimental design with pre- and post-tests. These tests…
Descriptors: Programming, Computer Science Education, Grade 8, Mathematics Education
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Siv M. Gamlem; Meerita Segaran; Synnøve Moltudal – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2024
This study explores lower secondary school teachers' arguments and perceptions for using a 26-point grading scale (26-PGS), and gender differences in assessment practice. An explanatory sequential design was conducted. First, teachers (n = 6) assessment of students' text (n = 182) was analysed. In the subsequent phase, an open-ended questionnaire…
Descriptors: Secondary School Teachers, Teacher Attitudes, Grading, Rating Scales
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Ida Gran Andersen; Emil Smith – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2024
Although women's representation in STEM fields and occupations has increased, science and math continue to be stereotyped as male domains. This paper links psychological and sociological explanations for gendered disparities in STEM by examining the relationship between the local "micro-situational" female learning environment and the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Educational Environment
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Ella Bjerga Pettersen; Grete Sørensen Vaaland; Sigrun K. Ertesvåg; Tuomo Erkki Virtanen – Educational Psychology, 2024
Teacher-student interactions are considered to influence student engagement. As such, building on the teaching through interaction framework, this study presents an investigation of specific features of teacher-student interactions (regard for adolescent perspectives, productivity, and instructional learning formats) and their association with…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Adolescents, Adolescent Attitudes, Context Effect
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Eli Vibeke Eriksen; Lene Vestad; Edvin Bru; Simona C. S. Caravita – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2024
This longitudinal study applied latent change score (LCS) modeling to examine individual changes in students' (N = 1205) academic engagement (behavioral and emotional), social competencies (relationship skills and social awareness), and classroom relationships (emotional support from teachers and collaborative peer relations). Average changes…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Interpersonal Competence, Learner Engagement
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Eriksen, Eli Vibeke; Bru, Edvin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2023
This cross-sectional study examined the links of social-emotional competencies (SECs: emotional regulation, relationship skills, and planning of schoolwork) with emotional well-being (EWB) and academic engagement (behavioral and emotional) among 1085 lower secondary school students. A latent structural model was tested using Mplus. The model…
Descriptors: Social Emotional Learning, Self Control, Well Being, Interpersonal Competence
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Rødnes, Kari Anne; Dolonen, Jan Arild – Environmental Education Research, 2023
This qualitative study investigates how young students expressed, explored and expanded their ideas of how they could contribute to sustainable development. We analyse a trajectory in a Norwegian 8th grade class, focusing on the students' emerging understanding through microblogging and talk in individual, group and whole class activities. The…
Descriptors: Sustainable Development, Electronic Publishing, Grade 8, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
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Huebner, Alan; Skar, Gustaf B. – Practical Assessment, Research & Evaluation, 2021
Writing assessments often consist of students responding to multiple prompts, which are judged by more than one rater. To establish the reliability of these assessments, there exist different methods to disentangle variation due to prompts and raters, including classical test theory, Many Facet Rasch Measurement (MFRM), and Generalizability Theory…
Descriptors: Error of Measurement, Test Theory, Generalizability Theory, Item Response Theory
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Sachdeva, Shipra; Eggen, Per-Odd – International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education, 2021
Developing critical thinking practices among young learners through mathematics education is a topic of attention for mathematics education research community. Learners' critical thinking concerning cognitive and social aspects of their mathematics education have been explored in several research studies. However, learners' critical thinking…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Mathematics Education, Beliefs, Learning Processes
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Brezicha, Kristina F.; Leroux, Audrey J. – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2023
Students' positive experiences in schools positively predicts students' political trust. However, little research has examined how individual students' feelings of exclusion at their schools may relate to students' political trust. Moreover, how does an overall sense of exclusion from the school relate to political trust apart from individual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Grade 8, Grade 9
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Raeder, Henrik Galligani; Andersson, Björn; Olsen, Rolf Vegar – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2022
Enabling comparable scores across grades is of interest for policymakers to evaluate educational systems, for researchers to investigate substantive questions, and for teachers to infer student growth. This study implemented a vertical scaling design to numeracy tests given in grades 5 and 8 as part of the Norwegian national testing system. Our…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Foreign Countries, Mathematics Tests, Scaling
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Ratib Lekhal; Lisa Karlsen – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
In Norway 5.8% of students report being bullied as much as three or more times a month [UDIR. 2021a. Student Survey 2020 [Elevundersøkelsen 2020]. https://www.udir.no/tall-og-forskning/finn-forskning/rapporter/elevundersokelsen-2020-nasjonale-tall-formobbing-og-arbeidsro/]. The present study investigates the likelihood of students being bullied…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bullying, Students with Disabilities, Probability
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Bjerke, Annette Hessen; Smestad, Bjørn; Eriksen, Elisabeta; Rognes, André – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2022
Due to the fixed school start in Norway in August of the calendar year of students' sixth birthday, the age span in one class is up to twelve months. This can impact academic performance both in the early years and later. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between birth month and mathematics performance by paying attention to the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Achievement, Age Differences, Achievement Tests
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