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Vrieler, Tina; Nylén, Aletta; Cajander, Åsa – Computer Science Education, 2021
Background and context: This study investigates differences in views of girl and boy members of a CS club. Objective: Understanding differences in the views of girls and boys regarding perceived parental attitudes and values, social support, appreciation of CS, and engagement in science and CS. Understanding differences in girls' and boys' view of…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Youth Clubs, Gender Differences, Student Participation
Henry, Alastair; Thorsen, Cecilia – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
While teacher-student relationships are of central importance for students' motivation, they remain under-investigated. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach and focusing on the 'relationality' of teacher-student relationships, this study examines the identity-work that takes place when a teacher makes visible an aspect of identity not normally…
Descriptors: Self Disclosure (Individuals), Teacher Influence, Student Motivation, Teacher Student Relationship
Fejes, Andreas; Dahlstedt, Magnus – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
This article poses these questions: How do participants on two different courses in folk high schools in Sweden, a basic course and a theatre course, motivate their educational and occupational choices, and what similarities and differences can be identified? We analyse interviews with students drawing on a narrative approach. Five trajectories…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Folk Schools, Career Choice, High School Students
Boström, Lena; Bostedt, Göran – Journal of Pedagogical Research, 2022
The motivation to study may affect students' successes and setbacks in their studies. Research has shown that multiple factors affect students' motivation to study. The purpose of this article is to describe how students conceptualize the motivation to study. We gathered empirical data through group interviews with 32 Swedish students in six study…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Secondary School Students, Foreign Countries
Winberg, Mikael; Tegmark, Mats; Vinterek, Monika; Alatalo, Tarja – Reading Psychology, 2022
As leisure-time reading among adolescents declines in the western world, stakeholders try to increase students' motivation for school-related reading. We examine the relationship of students' autonomous and controlled reading motivation with their amount and experiences of school-related reading in four school subjects, controlling for students'…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Reading Motivation, Affective Behavior, Student Experience
To Attend or Not--The Reasoning behind Nursing Students' Attendance at Lectures: A Qualitative Study
Forsgren, Susanne; Christensson, Tanja; Rudolfsson, Gudrun; Rejnö, Åsa – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
There is a rising tendency for students in higher education not to attend lectures. Therefore, the aim of the study was to describe the reasoning behind nursing students' decisions on whether or not to attend lectures. This qualitative study was performed in a nursing education programme at a Swedish University. One hundred and thirty-one students…
Descriptors: Attendance, Decision Making, Nursing Students, Nursing Education
Lidegran, Ida; Hultqvist, Elisabeth; Bertilsson, Emil; Börjesson, Mikael – European Journal of Education, 2021
This article investigates the situation of Swedish upper secondary school students who have been subject to distance education during the COVID-19 pandemic crisis. We understand the transition from onsite education to distance education as a recontextualization of pedagogical practice, our framing follows loosely concepts from Bernstein. Given…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Student Experience
Sumpter, Lovisa; Sollerman, Samuel – International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2023
This paper targets patterns of expressed emotional directions towards mathematics. By using TIMSS data and recoding two of the instruments, we compared responses from the same student cohort in Grade 4 (11 years old) and Grade 8 (15 years old) in Sweden. Two hypotheses were tested: negative emotions including negative motivations increase with…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Grade 8
Graeske, Caroline; Sjöberg, Sofia Aspling – International Education Studies, 2021
Use of virtual reality (VR) to teach in upper-secondary schools has become more common during recent years. This article discusses the implementation and testing of VR to teach Swedish in upper-secondary school, a pilot study carried out during the 2020/2021. The purpose of this study is to investigate how VR can be used to teach Swedish, what…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education, Secondary School Students
Knekta, Eva; Sundström, Anna – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2019
The aim of this study was to examine ninth-grade students' perception of a Swedish national test in science (high-stakes for the students) and a field trial (low-stakes for the students), in terms of test-taking motivation. The study is based on semi-structured interviews with 12 students. Overall, the students had a positive perception of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Attitudes, National Competency Tests, Science Tests
Sellbjer, Stefan – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
The aim of this article is to examine what characterises feedback regarding the group of students who receive the most comments compared to the rest of the students, all failing at least one task. Could it be that teachers comment differently on the most underperforming students? The empirical material consists of feedback handed out to students…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Academic Failure, Preservice Teachers, Foreign Countries
Giota, Joanna; Bergh, Daniel – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2021
Research on social aspects of academic motivation is scarce. Based on two nationally representative cohorts within the Swedish longitudinal ETF-project, the study examined (a) relationships between academic mastery/performance, social and future achievement goal orientations in the Swedish grade 9 compulsory school (2008/2014); (b) their…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Grade 9, Secondary School Students, Student Motivation
Nyström, Kristina – Studies in Higher Education, 2018
This paper studies which grading systems students choose for their degree projects when they are given the choice. Furthermore, the motivational factors behind making this choice are investigated. Student record data and a survey of students conducting their degree projects are used to study whether students prefer the Pass/Fail or A-F grading…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Student Attitudes, Grading
Almqvist, Cecilia Ferm – Music Education Research, 2019
Earlier research has stated that there is a risk that traditional gender roles are conserved in non-formal popular music education, which might challenge teachers when it comes to offering equal learning opportunities. This article presents results from an interview study regarding the situation of female electric guitarists in popular music…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Music Education, Equal Education, Females
Bergmark, Ulrika; Lundström, Stefan; Manderstedt, Lena; Palo, Annbritt – European Journal of Teacher Education, 2018
The aim of the study is to discursively identify student teachers' perceptions of the teaching profession early in their education and their motives for this career choice. Students wrote a letter sharing thoughts on why they want to become a teacher, how they regard the teaching profession and if someone inspired them in their career choice. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Teaching (Occupation), Student Motivation