Search for dissertations about: "explanatory progression"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words explanatory progression.

  2. 1. Teaching and Learning Historical Explanation : Teacher and Student Cases from Lower and Upper Secondary History

    Author : Joakim Wendell; Johan Samuelsson; Martin Stolare; Thomas Nygren; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; history education; historical explanation; causation; cause and consequence; explanatory progression; historical thinking; use of history; History; Historia;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate and analyse how teachers and students understand the concept of historical explanation in the context of classroom teaching practices. The thesis is made up of four studies that investigate different aspects of understanding, focusing on either teacher or student understanding as expressed in words and actions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Studies of congenital genetic aberrations behind childhood leukemia

    Author : Benedicte Bang; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in childhood, and most frequently (85%) of B-cell precursor type (BCP-ALL). Acquired chromosomal rearrangements or aneuploidies are the recurrent, often prenatal, initiators of BCP-ALL. READ MORE

  5. 3. Carotid atherosclerosis in relation to socioeconomic status and gender. With special reference to the mediating role of health-related behaviours and psychosocial stressors

    Author : Maria Rosvall; Malmö Institutionen för kliniska vetenskaper; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; samhällsmedicin; Socialmedicin; Social medicine;

    Abstract : The declining trend in cardiovascular mortality rates seen since the mid-1970s in Western countries have been more pronounced for people in higher socioeconomic status (SES) groups. The fact that established risk factors, are limited in explaining the socioeconomic differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) has opened new fields of research. READ MORE