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Contact with migrants and perceived school climate as correlates of bullying toward migrants classmates
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)This study investigates whether the quantity and quality of contact with migrants and perceiving that cultural diversity is accepted at school (as a dimension of the perceived school climate) are associated with perpetrating ... -
Associations between changes in physical fitness and psychological difficulties status among Norwegian adolescents
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)Objectives To investigate the associations for one-year changes in cardiorespiratory fitness, muscular strength and body mass index, with psychological difficulties status in adolescents. Methods Norwegian 14-15-year-olds ... -
The Importance of School Leadership Support when Working with Students with Smith-Magenis Syndrome–A Q Methodology Study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02)Smith-Magenis syndrome (SMS) is a rare genetic syndrome. Students with SMS have a neurobehavioural phenotype which has been characterised as challenging for both parents and teachers. Challenging behaviour often has a ... -
Building Social and Emotional Competencies for Coping with Academic Stress among Students in Lower Secondary School
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-06)This qualitative study explores lower secondary school students’ experiences with components of a universal school-based social and emotional learning (SEL) intervention in relation to coping with academic stress. The ... -
Changes in Educational Planning for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in Scandinavia over the Last Three Decades
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04)Approaches to deaf education in Scandinavia have been shaped and buffeted by controversies and debates about language, educational policy, and new technology. By way of thematic analysis of the content of national policy ... -
The Development of Pre-Service Teachers’ Understanding of the Knowledge Necessary to Teach Mathematics: A Case Study in Malawi
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Globally, progress in education has been made in recent years to promote learning opportunities for all. However, significant gaps remain in lowincome countries. In Malawi, a developing country where the educational system ... -
School-based physical activity interventions, physical fitness and mental health among adolescents: Effects, associations and lessons learned from the School in Motion study
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)This thesis is part of the School in Motion study. School in Motion was initiated by the Norwegian government because of the political demand for more knowledge regarding possible approaches to increase adolescent physical ... -
Behavioural phenotype of Smith-Magenis Syndrome (SMS) : Individual characteristics and parental and school staff's experiences
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2020-11)Smith-Magenis’ syndrom er en sjelden og kompleks genetisk tilstand. Det anslås at rundt 1 av 15.000-25.000 levendefødte barn har diagnosen, og i Norge vet vi om ca 40-50 kjente tilfeller. Denne studien søker å bringe ny ... -
Designing Personalized Instruction: A Research and Design Framework
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Advances in technology have increased the opportunities for designers to personalise instruction based on student actions. We conducted semi-structured interviews with an international sample of educational professionals ... -
Learning Handwriting: Factors Affecting Pen-Movement Fluency in Beginning Writers
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Skilled handwriting of single letters is associated not only with a neat final product but also with fluent pen-movement, characterized by a smooth pen-tip velocity profile. Our study explored fluency when writing single ... -
"Akin to Peer Gynt" -- Remolding Peer in Adaptation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-03)Ibsen’s Peer Gynt holds a unique position in Norwegian culture as a ‘national epic’ that simultaneously satirizes the idea of coherent national and individual identities. This article analyzes the dramatic text’s recent ... -
Do you read me? Associations between perceived teacher emotional support, reader self‑concept, and reading achievement
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-01)The aim of the current study was to examine the associations among perceived teacher emotional support, reader self-concept, and reading achievement in a sample of children (n = 2888) at the end of first grade. Structural ... -
Comparing comprehension of a long text read in print book and on Kindle: Where in the text and when in the story?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)Digital reading devices such as Kindle differ from paper books with respect to the kinesthetic and tactile feedback provided to the reader, but the role of these features in reading is rarely studied empirically. This ... -
Matematikklæreres refleksjoner om egne undervisningsutfordringer
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-03)Matematikkundervisning stiller krav til matematikkfaglig og matematikkdidaktisk kunnskap. Mens mange forskere har studert kunnskapen lærere har, eller den kunnskapen de bruker i undervisningen, retter denne studien fokuset ... -
To lærere i klasserommet - utnytter de mulighetene for differensiert undervisning? En kvantitativ studie av undervisningspraksis i lese- og skriveopplæringen
(Masteroppgave/UIS-HF-IGIS/2020;, Master thesis, 2021-01)Formålet med studien har vært å undersøke om lærerne utnytter de mulighetene for tilpassing og differensiering som oppstår når man er to lærere. Disse idealene skal være grunnmuren i den norske skolen, men viser seg å være ... -
An empirical investigation of parent-child shared reading of digital personalized books
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-12)Numerous studies have documented the benefits of parent-child shared reading of print books, but few studies have examined parent-child reading behaviours with digital personalized books. This lab-based study examined the ... -
Students' Positive Expectations and Concerns Prior to the School Transition to Lower Secondary School
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-07)This mixed-method study examines students' expectations and concerns before transitioning from primary to lower secondary school and the role of students' school-related wellbeing and self-esteem in their concerns. Students ... -
‘When the eye begins to see and the ear begins to hear’: Teaching infant observation at university level
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-05)This paper presents the author’s work in introducing a modified version of infant observation as a requirement of a university course in Early Childhood Education, a qualification course for Nursery Teachers in a Norwegian ... -
Bilingualism : Advantages and Disadvantages in Cognitive Processing, Language and Reading Comprehension
(PhD thesis UiS;, Doctoral thesis, 2021-03)The overall aim of this study is, as suggested by Bialystok (2009), to investigate whether bilingual learners have an advantage in executive functions and a disadvantage in language compared to monolingual learners. In ... -
Beyond Screen Time: A Synergistic Approach to a More Comprehensive Assessment of Family Media Exposure During Early Childhood
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Digital media availability has surged over the past decade. Because of a lack of comprehensive measurement tools, this rapid growth in access to digital media is accompanied by a scarcity of research examining the family ...
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