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Lundberg, Ingvar; Sterner, Gorel – Annals of Dyslexia, 2006
A sample of 60 children in Grade 3 was followed over one year. In the first year, an extensive battery of assessments was used including aspects of reading, arithmetic, and working memory. Teachers rated the children on 7-point scales on various motivational dimensions summarized to a total score tentatively called task orientation. In the…
Descriptors: Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Students, Short Term Memory
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Luyten, Hans – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 1994
Investigates the relationship between school size and science and mathematics achievement in Dutch, Swedish, and American secondary education. The analysis revealed little evidence of any school-size effects on achievement in any of the three countries, possibly because school size and curriculum comprehensiveness are not strongly related in these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Education, Foreign Countries, Influences
Bjorck-Akesson, Eva – 1982
This study of motivational differences in the school situation and the development of a sensation-seeking scale of preadolescent children rests upon an interactive psycho-biological theory formulated by Farley (1981). Stimulation-seeking and arousal in relation to instructional features are central concepts. As a point of departure for the…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Junior High Schools
Eanet, Marilyn G.; Camperell, Kay – Forum for Reading, 1989
Introduces reading research from Great Britain, Sweden, and Australia. Discusses three conclusions from this literature particularly relevant to college reading specialists. (SR)
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Learning Motivation, Postsecondary Education
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Brandstrom, Sture – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1996
Addresses questions of how students learn to play the piano and what is the role of the teacher. Discusses a project in which piano students were allowed to set their own learning goals. Shows that most students had favorable opinions of the project and felt that their playing improved. (DSK)
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Instructional Innovation
Fransson, Anders; Larsson, Staffan – 1989
This paper presents an overview of adult basic education in Sweden, focusing on what types of adults take advantage of basic educational opportunities and when they do so. It includes two case studies, one of auxiliary nurses and one of factory workers, that describe what motivates these employees to take literacy education or further education…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Corporate Education
Holmberg, Carl; Emmoth, Jana – 1994
A study was conducted in Sweden to gain an understanding of the learning conditions for educationally disadvantaged female distance education students. The research methodology included questionnaires on background and attitudes distributed to the 280 students who had enrolled in a television course on child psychology in 1993 (83% responded) and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Adult Students, Child Caregivers
Norstrom, Bjorn – 1999
This paper reviews the history, definitions, descriptions, and current trends in whole language, an alternative language teaching philosophy. The entire construct of motivation is reviewed and defined. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the implementation of the whole language approach affects student motivation in an English as a…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Kim, Lillemor – European Journal of Education, 1979
The Swedish 25/5-rule for eligibility in higher education allows adults over 25 with at least five years' work experience to enter certain parts of the higher education system. The background, objectives, enrollment trends, student motivation, and comparison with traditional students are discussed. (JMF)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Admission Criteria, Adult Students, Enrollment Trends
Dar, Yehezkel; Resh, Nura – 1981
Effects of student grouping on academic achievement were examined in research among high school students in Israeli kibbutz schools, and in a nationwide sample of middle school students in Israel. Data analysis was based on a model developed from research findings in the United States, Sweden, Great Britain, and Israel. The treatment variable was…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Classroom Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
Bishop, John – American Educator, 1995
The academic achievement of students in Nigeria, Sweden, Canada, and other countries demonstrates that students will work hard and achieve at high levels if they know what is expected and if serious consequences are attached to achievement. External curriculum-based examinations have great potential for educational improvement in the United…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Achievement Tests, Educational Improvement
Furmark, Sven-Gunnar – Horizons, 1999
A teacher of student teachers at Lulea University of Technology in Sweden uses fantasy and story telling to integrate mathematical thinking and problem solving into adventure-education programs for elementary students in nearby forests. Maps, magic places, rituals, mysterious signs, audiovisual aids, actors, and darkness restore a sense of magic…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Case Studies, Elementary Education, Fantasy
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Giota, Joanna – System, 1995
A total of 318 grade-5 pupils in Swedish schools were questioned in regard to why English is a compulsory subject. Two hundred and one pupils thought that English is compulsory because it is a world language, 94 thought so because it is useful, and 23 thought so because some authority decided so. Contains 22 references. (MDM)
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Educational Policy, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Ekstrand, Lars H. – 1976
A large number of factors are considered in their role in second language learning. Individual factors include language aptitude, personality, attitudes and motivation, and the role of the speaker's native language. Teacher factors involve the method of instruction, the sex of the teacher, and a teacher's training and competence, while…
Descriptors: Error Analysis (Language), FLES, Individual Differences, Interference (Language)
Marton, Ference – Educational Development: Information on Research and Development in Post-Secondary Education, 1975
In response to the growing dissatisfaction of students in the late 1960's to the traditional educational system, where the student felt forced into a role of dependency and passive consumption, the Swedish Commission on University Education suggested an instructional system of supervised student teams as a supplement to regular instruction. The…
Descriptors: Activism, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Educational Development
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