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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

Gustafsson, Jan-Eric; Balke, Gudrun – Multivariate Behavioral Research, 1993
Relations between aptitude variables and school achievement were investigated using a model of ability that permits simultaneous identification of general and specific abilities. Subjects were 866 Swedish students who were given aptitude tests in grade 6; results of that test were compared with course grades collected in grade 9. The usefulness of…
Descriptors: Ability, Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Aptitude

Stymne, Ingrid – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1992
The efficacy of small groups in performing school task work was studied for eight groups of Swedish ninth graders (n=35) videotaped in class. Three judges ranked the groups' cooperation. Videotape transcripts were analyzed for directional factors. Three groups functioned well. Directional factors resulting in good group functioning are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Evaluators, Foreign Countries, Grade 9
Carlberg, Ann; Johansson, Marlene; Lundqvist, Bert Owe – National Evaluation of the Swedish Comprehensive School, 1994
Sloyd (craft and design) education in Swedish comprehensive high schools was examined in a national evaluation. During the first phase of the evaluation, questionnaires were completed by 1,314 grade 9 students and 101 teachers. For a 10-week period, 200 of those students and their teachers kept diaries describing their work in craft and design. In…
Descriptors: Design, Design Crafts, Educational Benefits, Educational Practices

Sahlstrom, Fritjof; Lindblad, Sverker – Learning and Instruction, 1998
How student work is constructed in the classroom and how science lessons are related to the construction was studied with two Swedish female students in grades 8 and 9. Differences in their grades and social networks seemed to be mirrored in their classroom interactions. The meaning of "science" for these students differed from usual…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Concept Formation, Constructivism (Learning), Females
Oscarson, Mats – 1993
This report describes a project that is part of a national assessment program in Sweden under which the performance and attitudes of students in the 5th and 9th years of the compulsory school are being studied. The study focuses on the description of classroom activities and attained goals as well as on attitudes towards the subject, English as a…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries

Creemers, Bert P. M., Ed.; Scheerens, Jaap, Ed. – International Journal of Educational Research, 1988
Eleven papers on developments in middle school education (grades seven through nine) in England, West Germany, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Belgium are presented. Topics include comprehensive education for 11 to 16 year olds, mathematics, political issues, accessibility, curricula, school evaluation, and the view of the United States. (TJH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Innovation

Makrakis, Vasilios – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1992
The interactions of gender, culture, and attitudes about computers were studied for 266 male and 204 female Japanese and 159 male and 144 female Swedish ninth graders. Most differences are best explained by country and student gender variables. The overall country effects are influenced more by females than males. (SLD)
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Comparative Analysis, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education
Karrqvist, Christina; Oquist, Oscar – 1994
A program for national educational evaluation was established in Sweden in 1989. In 1992, a second data collection was carried out. The program is designed to serve national and local purposes of evaluation. One concept that has been emphasized strongly is an "explorative way of working." Evaluating an explorative way of working is a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
Karrqvist, Christina; Lansfjord, Mona – 1997
As part of the national assessment program in Sweden there have been two attempts to gain insight into students'"know-how" with knowledge. The first was a study conducted in 1992 that showed that students had not reached the goals established by the Swedish national curriculum for ninth graders with regard to an exploratory and critical…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Critical Thinking, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement