Search for dissertations about: "academic achievement"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words academic achievement.
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21. Health status and academic performance in offspring of central nervous system tumor survivors
Abstract : Background: An increasing number of patients with central nervous system (CNS) tumor could survive to reproductive age and successfully have children, especially patients diagnosed at a younger age. However, it is largely unknown whether the history of CNS tumor and its treatments might affect their children. READ MORE
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22. Teachers meeting the challenges of the Swedish school system. Agents within boundaries
Abstract : There are many factors that may contribute to explaining variation in teacher quality, which is the key to the schools’ success. These factors include not only teacher characteristics, but also conditions of the teachers’ work. READ MORE
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23. Decontextualized language, logic, and algebra : the relationship between Mozambican students’ achievement in school mathematics and their language and social background
Abstract : Researchers in mathematics education have always stressed the relevance of algebra in school mathematics and have produced a wide range of empirical and theoretical outcomes in relation to this field. In addition, the importance of language proficiency for success in school mathematics has been explored in a variety of different contexts, as has been the relation between students’ social class and achievement in mathematics. READ MORE
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24. The introductory it pattern in academic writing by non-native-speaker students, native-speaker students and published writers : A corpus-based study
Abstract : The present compilation thesis investigates the use of a pattern that is commonly found in academic writing, namely the introductory it pattern (e.g. it is interesting to note the difference). The main aim is to shed further light on the formal and functional characteristics of the pattern in academic writing. READ MORE
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25. Motivational beliefs in the TIMSS 2003 context : Theory, measurement and relation to test performance
Abstract : The main objective of this thesis was to explore issues related to student achievement motivation in the Swedish TIMSS 2003 (Trend in International Mathematics and Science Study) context. The thesis comprises of five empirical papers and a summary. READ MORE