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Pettersson, Astrid – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1991
Study analyzed the written protocols of 900 elementary mathematics students from 5 achievement levels utilizing a 15-item arithmetic and problem-solving test administered in grade 3 and again in grade 6. Correct solutions resulted from similar strategies regardless of the achievement level, yet incorrect solutions ensued from many incorrect…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Foreign Countries, Grade 3
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Wiberg, Mikael – Educational Technology & Society, 2007
Traditional non-computerized learning environments are typically founded on an understanding of learning as acquiring silence for an effective "individual learning process". Recently, it has also been reported that the high expectations for the impact of computer-based technology on educational practice have not been realized. This paper…
Descriptors: Interaction, Learning Processes, Social Networks, Educational Innovation
Grosin, Lennart – Research Bulletins from the Institute of Education, University of Stockholm, 1985
Research during the 1960s and early 1970s suggested that the different outcomes of schooling for different students were due to factors outside the school. There was no consensus among the researchers over which factors outside the school had the greatest effect on student achievement. Swedish educational research has made many important…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Effective Schools Research
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Enochsson, AnnBritt – Information Research: An International Electronic Journal, 2005
Introduction: The aim of this article is to look at how attitudes towards the Internet technology differ between boys and girls, and how this affects their critical approach when seeking information. Method: The approach is ethnographic, and the material was collected by means of observations, conversations, questionnaires, interviews, computer…
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Internet, Computer Attitudes, Computer Use
Nicholson, Simon – Educational and Psychological Interactions, 1982
"Gruppo Futuro" (Future Group), a novel educational project linking futures studies to multimedia and giving children control of the content of their instruction by focusing on their views of the future, was implemented in a Swedish fourth-grade class. Participating in the project were 29 children in Tullingebergsskolan, their teacher,…
Descriptors: Childrens Art, Curriculum Development, Educational Innovation, Elementary Education
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Tietjen, Anne Marie – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1982
To assess the influence of personal and environmental factors on the composition of children's networks and the relative amounts and use of time spent with people of various ages, sexes, and roles, 72 Swedish children between the ages of 8 and 11 replied to interview questions about their family members, relatives, friends, and the nonrelative…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Environmental Influences
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Andersson, Bengt-Erik – International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1979
The Moral Dilemmas Test was administered to 1,057 Swedish boys and girls in four different grades (4, 5, 6 and 7) to examine the effects of social pressure on children. (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cross Cultural Studies, Decision Making, Elementary School Students
Ericsson, Gunilla – Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, 2002
A study examining why some Swedish teachers use outdoor education interviewed 10 female primary school teachers. The teachers used outdoor education to know their pupils better and achieve a more relaxed teacher role. They had the curiosity and courage to create different learning environments and did not feel they needed to be experts on nature…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Foreign Countries
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1969
This international survey is the "consolidated report," bringing out problems raised and the means adopted to overcome persistent disequilibrium between the supply and demand for teachers, based on eleven "country studies" describing the situation in selected member countries (Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Staff Utilization
Brown, J. C. – United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
The International Commission on the Teaching of Mathematics created by the International Congress of Mathematics at Rome, Italy, in 1908, submitted a large body of reports to the congress at Cambridge, England, in 1912. Those for the United States have been published as bulletins for the Bureau of Education. The material in this bulletin shows…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Mathematics Curriculum, Elementary School Mathematics
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Miura, Irene T.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
Research on cognitive representation of numbers and understanding of place value of U.S. and Japanese first graders was extended to France, Sweden, and Korea (118 subjects; approximately 24 from each of the 5 countries). Basic differences in children's cognitive representations of number are influenced by characteristics of their languages. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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Carlson, Steven; Frankenberger, William; Hall, Kristina M.; Totten, Sara J.; House, Katarina – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2006
States and 116 general education elementary classroom teachers in Sweden were sent surveys assessing how teachers in the United States and Sweden (1) view the use of stimulant medication to treat ADHD behaviors in children, (2) attribute the causes of ADHD behaviors, and (3) rate the acceptability of various interventions used to treat ADHD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Isaksson, Tommy – 1992
The Children of the Future project is a 3-year (1990-1993) study of the attitudes towards and experiences with computers of nearly 200 children between 7 and 12 years of age at 13 leisure centers, or after-school day care centers, throughout Sweden. The major aims of the project are to: (1) develop an educational method to help children work…
Descriptors: Children, Computer Literacy, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology
Dahlberg, Cecilia, Ed. – 1989
This paper describes the BUD project which surveyed childrens' conceptions of division, and of fractions and decimals. The lack of connection between counting skills and conceptual understanding is discussed. The expectations for new algorithms and the basic idea in planning the BUD project are summarized. Some previous studies on counting, the…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Arithmetic, Cognitive Structures, Concept Formation
Ursberg, Maria – 1994
Drawing from a doctoral research project in progress, this report examined variations and similarities of five Swedish leisure centers for school-age child care and examined teachers' attitudes and behaviors toward the children categorized by the different leisure centers. Teacher-child interaction was observed and videotaped; and these data were…
Descriptors: After School Centers, After School Programs, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries
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