Search for dissertations about: "Report writing"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the words Report writing.

  2. 1. Resources for scholarly documentation in professional service organizations : A study of Swedish development-led archaeology report writing

    Author : Lisa Börjesson; Isto Huvila; Åse Hedemark; Olof Sundin; Carsten Østerlund; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Archaeology; Extra-academic research; Knowledge-making; Scholarly communication; Documentation; Report writing; Science and technology studies; Practice theory; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Library and Information Science;

    Abstract : This information studies dissertation deals with the problem that results from research outside academia risk to receive little or no attention if communicated through reports, instead of in mainstream academic genres like research journal articles. The case in focus is Swedish development-led (DL) archaeology, i.e. READ MORE

  4. 2. Assessing writers, assessing writing : A dialogical study of grade delivery in Swedish higher education

    Author : Janna Meyer-Beining; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Betygsättning; Högskoleutbildning; Återkoppling psykologi ; Didaktik; Uppsatsskrivning; Education; Higher; Feedback Psychology ; Grading and marking Students ; Academic writing; Teaching;

    Abstract : Assessment feedback has been discussed as an important resource for providing students with a sense of their current performance relative to institutional expectations and with the information needed to close apparent gaps. Pointing out that this involves complex sense-making processes, recent research has stressed the need to change the nature of assessment feedback from teacher telling to student/teacher/peer dialogues. READ MORE

  5. 3. Synthesis writing in upper-secondary education : from a baseline of texts and processes to process-oriented feedback

    Author : Nina Vandermeulen; Netherlands Antwerpen University of Antwerp Faculteit Letteren en Wijsbegeerte Departement Taalkunde; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

    Abstract : It is important that upper-secondary students develop their synthesis writing proficiency as synthesis writing is a common activity in higher education. Independently of the field of study, all students will write multiple synthesis texts during their academic career. READ MORE

  6. 4. Formulating knowledge: Engaging with issues of sustainable development through academic writing in engineering education

    Author : Ann-Marie Eriksson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; supervision; academic writing; engineering education; sociocultural theory; disciplinarity; interaction analysis; engineering education;

    Abstract : Given that knowledge in society is increasingly shaped by textuality and dependent on texts, higher education holds a special responsibility for introducing and guiding students into text practices contingent on disciplinary fields and their knowledge traditions. On a general level, this doctoral thesis investigates how participation in such text practices at university functions as a means for engaging students with knowledge that is new to them. READ MORE

  7. 5. Large Vocabulary Shorthand Writing on Stylus Keyboard

    Author : Per-Ola Kristensson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : We present a novel text entry method for pen-based computers. We view the trace obtained by connecting the letter keys comprising a word on a stylus keyboard as a pattern. This pattern can be matched against a user-s pen trace, invariant of scale and translation. READ MORE