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Gifted Students and Gradeless Formative Assessment: A Case Study from Norway
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Svendsen, Bodil; Burner, Tony – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2023
This case study focused on students' experiences with gradeless formative assessment at a center for gifted students. Twenty-two students attending one of the six talent centers in Norway participated. A questionnaire with open- and close-ended questions were used to collect data. Qualitative data analysis was performed. Findings indicated that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Academically Gifted, Gifted Education
Developing Teachers' Responsive Pedagogy in Mathematics, Does It Lead to Short-Term Effects on Student Learning?
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Gamlem, Siv M.; Kvinge, Lars M.; Smith, Kari; Engelsen, Knut Steinar – Cogent Education, 2019
In this study, we examine the short-term effects of an intervention aimed at developing teachers' responsive pedagogy in mathematics. The study analyses how an emphasis on responsive pedagogy in 9th grade classrooms over a period of seven months might strengthen students' feedback, self-regulated learning, self-efficacy and achievement in…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Faculty Development, Program Effectiveness, Grade 9
Students' Perceptions of Emotional and Instrumental Teacher Support: Relations with Motivational and Emotional Responses
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Federici, Roger A.; Skaalvik, Einar M. – International Education Studies, 2014
We explored whether students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support provided by their mathematics teacher constitute separate dimensions of teacher support and how they are related. We also analyzed how students' perceptions of emotional and instrumental support in math lessons relate to math anxiety, intrinsic motivation, help-seeking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle School Students, Student Attitudes, Mathematics Teachers
Learning Environment, Meaningfulness of Schoolwork and On-Task-Orientation among Norwegian 9th Grade Students.
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Thuen, Elin; Bru, Edvin – School Psychology International, 2000
Explores how learning environment dimensions are related to on-task-orientation, and how these relations are mediated by students' perceptions of the meaningfulness of schoolwork. For school psychologists, results seem to imply an increased focus on the learning environment, and particularly on the importance of the social emotional dimensions for…
Descriptors: Assignments, Educational Environment, Emotional Response, Foreign Countries
A Test of the Internal/External Frame of Reference Model at Different Levels of Math and Verbal Self-Perception.
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Skaalvik, Einar M.; Rankin, Richard J. – American Educational Research Journal, 1995
Predictive relations between mathematics and verbal achievement and several different measures of motivation were examined in samples of 348 sixth-grade and 325 ninth-grade Norwegian students. Results support the internal/external frame of reference model suggesting that academic self-concepts are influenced by both external and internal…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Ego-Involvement and Self-Protection among Slow Learners: Four Case Studies.
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Skaalvik, Sidsel – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1993
Four eighth and ninth graders with learning problems were studied, focusing on their learning environments, learning behavior, and subjective experiences in the classroom. Ego-involvement and self-protective behaviors were noted. Results are discussed in terms of self-worth theory and motivation theory. (SLD)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Educational Environment