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Strandler, Ola – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
Despite uncertainties regarding the effects of outcome-focused reforms on teaching practices, the political confidence in the potential of such reforms to create educational change remains high. This article problematizes the assumption that two such Swedish reforms (grades and national tests in younger years) can function as an impetus for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Outcomes of Education, Teaching Methods, Equal Education
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Bergstrom, H.; Hochwalder, J.; Kottorp, A.; Elinder, L. S. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2013
Background: In the context of a health intervention among people with intellectual disabilities (ID), there was a need to assess satisfaction with some aspects of life, in order to monitor both potential positive and negative effects of the intervention. The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate an easily administered scale for…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Life Satisfaction, Intervention, Social Indicators
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Namei, Shidrokh – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2008
This study explores the language choice among Iranians in Sweden, both inside and outside the home domain. The data are collected from 188 participants through structured interviews and questionnaires. The results show that Persian is the main instrument of communication in the home domain between parents and children. However, some Swedish is…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Interviews, Foreign Countries, Social Mobility
Gunnarsson, Lars – 1978
This report represents the second phase of an ongoing longitudinal study of children in different child-rearing environments in Sweden: children's own homes, "day" homes and day care centers. One hundred and two of the 120 original families participated in the follow-up. The children had reached an age of 5 1/2 years. Four areas…
Descriptors: Child Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Day Care Centers