Browsing UiS Brage by Author "Foldnes, Njål"
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Adaptvurder: Study Protocol for an Upcoming Adaptive Reading Test
Bakken, Arild Michel; Gourvennec, Aslaug Fodstad; Walgermo, Bente Rigmor; Solheim, Oddny Judith; Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Effective reading instruction requires precise assessment of the learner’s current skill level. For young learners, however, assessment often comes at a great cost: Tests take a long time and students are presented with ... -
Can children's instructional gameplay activity be used as a predictive indicator of reading skills?
Thomson, Jennifer Marie; Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning; Njå, Morten Bergsten; Solheim, Oddny Judith; Lundetræ, Kjersti (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)For children who may face reading difficulties, early intervention is a societal priority. However, early intervention requires early detection. While much research has approached the issue of identification through measuring ... -
covsim: An R Package for Simulating Non-normal Data for Structural Equation Models Using Copulas
Grønneberg, Steffen; Foldnes, Njål; Marcoulides, Katerina (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In factor analysis and structural equation modeling non-normal data simulation is traditionally performed by specifying univariate skewness and kurtosis together with the target covariance matrix. However, this leaves ... -
Developmental Dynamics of Early Reading Skill, Literacy Interest and Reader Self-Concept Within the First Year of Formal Schooling
Walgermo, Bente R.; Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning; Solheim, Oddny Judith (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-04)Previous studies have documented robust relationships between emergent literacy and later reading performance. A growing body of research has also reported associations between motivational factors and reading in early ... -
Exploring the association between occupational complexity and numeracy
Billington, Mary Genevieve; Foldnes, Njål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-09)The basic cognitive skill of numeracy is a recognized form of human capital, associated with economic and social well being for individuals and for nations. In this study, we explore how occupational complexity relates to ... -
Improved Goodness of Fit Procedures for Structural Equation Models
Foldnes, Njål; Moss, Jonas; Grønneberg, Steffen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)We propose new ways of robustifying goodness-of-fit tests for structural equation modeling under non-normality. These test statistics have limit distributions characterized by eigenvalues whose estimates are highly unstable ... -
Levels of skills and predictive patterns of reading comprehension in bilingual children with an early age of acquisition
Gunnerud, Hilde Lowell; Foldnes, Njål; Melby-Lervåg, Monica (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Bilingualism appears to be related to poor language and reading comprehension in the instructional language (L2). However, in the long term, an early age of second language acquisition (AoA) may produce higher levels of ... -
Non-normal Data Simulation using Piecewise Linear Transforms
Foldnes, Njål; Grønneberg, Steffen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)We present PLSIM, a new method for generating nonnormal data with a pre-specified covariance matrix that is based on coordinate-wise piecewise linear transformations of standard normal variables. In our presentation, the ... -
Norwegian classroom teachers' and specialized "resource" teachers' dyslexia knowledge
Solheim, Oddny Judith; Arntzen, Julie; Foldnes, Njål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023) -
Relations between Teacher Self-Efficacy, Classroom Social Climate, and Reading Comprehension in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Classrooms
Peterson, Jacqueline Michelle (PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2024)This thesis examines relations between teacher self-efficacy, classroom social climate, and reading comprehension within culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms (CLD) over the early elementary years. Guided by the ... -
School Entry Detection of Struggling Readers using Gameplay Data and Machine Learning
Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning; Grønneberg, Steffen; Thomson, Jenny (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024-10)Current methods for reading difficulty risk detection at school entry remain error-prone. We present a novel approach utilizing machine learning analysis of data from GraphoGame, a fun and pedagogical literacy app. The app ... -
Shared responsibility between teachers predicts student achievement: A mixed methods study in Norwegian co-taught literacy classes
Gourvennec, Aslaug Fodstad; Solheim, Oddny Judith; Foldnes, Njål; Uppstad, Per Henning; McTigue, Erin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Having two teachers work collaboratively in the same class has been suggested as a possible solution to several instructional challenges, including the inclusion of students with special needs in mainstream classrooms and ...