Search for dissertations about: "grades"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 440 swedish dissertations containing the word grades.

  2. 1. Grades and grade assignment: effects of student and school characteristics

    Author : Alli Klapp Lekholm; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; compulsory school; grades; grade assignment; national tests; student background;

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  4. 2. Backstage pedagogy : Compulsory school pupils’ informal social strategies when dealing with formal individual writing assignments for assessment

    Author : Charlotta Rönn; Peter Erlandson; Corrado Matta; Marianne Dovemark; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; assessment; audio-visual recordings; classroom research; curriculum; digital technology; equality of grading; ethnography; formative assessment; grades; informal social strategies; Goffman; National tests; New Public Management; pupil’s perspective; semi-structured interviews; summative assessment; Education; Pedagogik;

    Abstract : Over the last decades, formal schooling has changed towards an enhanced focus on the individual pupil’s achievements. This comprises formative assessment such as visualizing pupils’ learning processes, as well as summative assessment in terms of increased number and importance of National tests. READ MORE

  5. 3. Dimensionality and Predictive validity of school grades : the relative influence of cognitive and social-behavioral aspects

    Author : Cecilia Thorsen; Christina Cliffordson; Jan-Eric Gustafsson; Patrik Scheinin; Högskolan Väst; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Predictive validity criterion-referenced grades norm-referenced grades social-behavioral aspects crystallized abilities fluid abilities; Utbildningsvetenskap; Educational science;

    Abstract : The purpose of the thesis is to investigate the relative influence of cognitive and social-behavioral aspects on compulsory school grades and the importance of the different dimensions for the predictive validity of grades. Data is retrieved from the Gothenburg Educational Longitudinal Database (GOLD) and the Evaluation Through Follow-up (ETF) database. READ MORE

  6. 4. Supratentorial astrocytomas grades III and IV in adult patients : a prospective study of incidence, survival, quality of survival (Karnofsky rating), terminal course of the disease and prognostic factors

    Author : Bo J. Spännare; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

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  7. 5. Academic Performance in Swedish Ninth Grade Students Treated for Brain Tumours

    Author : Malin Lönnerblad; Eva Berglund; Klas Blomgren; Ingrid van’t Hooft; Lisa Thorell; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; School performance; academic performance; brain tumour; academic grades; national tests; delayed graduation; theoretical subjects; practical and aesthetic subjects; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to investigate how children in Sweden treated for brain tumours performed in their ninth year at school compared with matched controls. The studies investigated grades and results from national tests in the theoretical subjects of Swedish, English, and mathematics; grades in the practical and aesthetic subjects of art, crafts, music, home and consumer studies, physical education and health; and the frequency of delayed graduation and qualification for school years 10-12 (corresponding to upper-secondary school or high school). READ MORE