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Lofqvist, Gert; Lindell, Ebbe – 1989
In Sweden the International Association Evaluation of Educational Achievement in written composition study involved 4,500 students from grades 6 and 9, as well as students from the terminal grades of the upper secondary school. Students wrote essays of various kinds and replied to questionnaires. Essays were evaluated according to content,…
Descriptors: Essays, Expository Writing, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
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Emanuelsson, Ingemar; Svensson, Allan – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1986
Changes in intelligence among Swedish 13-year-olds during a 20-year period was studied. Results show: (1) the average of spatial and reasoning intelligence has risen; (2) verbal intelligence increased during the 1960s, but declined thereafter; and (3) by the 1980s girls surpassed in verbal ability and equalled in spatial ability. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Educational Trends, Foreign Countries, Grade 6
Gustafsson, Jan-Eric – 1979
Attitudes toward school and three personality characteristics (introversion, impulsivity, and emotional stability) were measured in Swedish students from 60 sixth grade classes. The School and We Questionnaire (SAW) and a Swedish translation of the High School Personality Questionnaire were completed by 1,319 students. Secondary data analysis was…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Discipline, Factor Structure, Foreign Countries