Search for dissertations about: "literacy"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 225 swedish dissertations containing the word literacy.

  2. 21. Financial literacy, motivated reasoning, and gender : essays in behavioral economics

    Author : Thérèse Lind; Ali M. Ahmed; Gustav Tinghög; Daniel Västfjäll; Morten Lau; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Financial Literacy; Financial Behavior; Financial Well-being; Motivated Reasoning; Gender Differences; Behavioral Economics; Experiments;

    Abstract : I wrote this thesis to create a better understanding of how individual characteristics influence our feelings, our behavior and our way of interpreting information. My focus is on financial behavior and financial information, however I also consider a political context. READ MORE

  4. 22. Where is the critical in literacy? : Tracing performances of literature reading, readers and non-readers in educational practice

    Author : Elin Sundström Sjödin; Ninni Wahlström; Johan Öhman; Greger Andersson; Lalitha Vasudevan; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Literary Didactics; Literature; Critical literacy; Critical space; Actor-network theory; Special residential homes;

    Abstract : In many instances in society, educational and other, literature reading is emphasised as something that develops persons in positive ways. The present thesis explores this claim in relation to literature reading in educational practices. READ MORE

  5. 23. Breaking information barriers through information literacy : A longitudinal and interventional study among small-firm managers

    Author : Agneta Lantz; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information utilization; information barriers; information literacy; small companies; managers; libraries; librarians;

    Abstract : The primary aim of this thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding of the information utilisation process through studying impeding process determinants, information barriers, and how they might be tackled by pedagogical means. This would be attained by studying the information situations of small-company managers. READ MORE

  6. 24. Mean, median, and mode in school years 4–6 : A study about aspects of statistical literacy

    Author : Karin Landtblom; Lovisa Sumpter; Kerstin Larsson; Judy Sayers; Aisling Leavy; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mathematics teaching; statistical literacy; mathematics teachers; prospective teachers; students; text books; school years 4–6; Mathematics Education; matematikämnets didaktik;

    Abstract : This thesis explores different aspects of statistical literacy such as mathematical knowledge, context knowledge, use of words, and conceptions. The focus is on measures of central tendency: mean, median, and mode, and school years 4–6 (ages 10–13). The thesis contains of five papers and the phenomenon is studied in different contexts. READ MORE

  7. 25. Assessing Scientific Literacy as Participation in Civic Practices : Affordances and constraints for developing a practice for authentic classroom assessment of argumentation, source critique and decision-making

    Author : Jens Anker-Hansen; Maria Andrée; Per-Olof Wickman; Aik Ling Tan; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; scientific literacy; assessment; authentic; communities of practice; expansive learning; argumentation; peer assessment; moderation meetings; naturvetenskapsämnenas didaktik; Science Education;

    Abstract : This thesis takes a departure from a view of scientific literacy as situated in participation in civic practices. From such a view, it becomes problematic to assess scientific literacy through decontextualised test items only dealing with single aspects of participation in contexts concerned with science. READ MORE