Ved innføring av fem basisferdigheter i Læreplanverket for Kunnskapsløftet (LK06) ble digital kompetanse innført som den femte basisferdigheten. Dette sidestiller bruk av digitale verktøy med lesing, skriving, muntlig aktivitet og regning. Forskningsarbeidet som ligger til grunn for denne boka har hatt som overordnet mål å finne indikasjoner på digitale dysfunksjoner. Gjennom arbeid med elever og ...

The authors of this paper share a common background from the Northern Norway region, a rural county and the largest and least populated county of Norway. The region is characterised by high out-migration, lower educational levels, and higher drop-out rates from secondary education than in other regions of Norway. Limited educational provision makes it necessary for many young people in rural areas ...

This article describes the development and psychometric properties of a new Dyslexia Marker Test for Children (Dysmate-C). The test was designed to identify Norwegian students who need special instructional attention. The computerized test includes measures of letter knowledge, phoneme awareness, rapid automatized naming, working memory, decoding, and spelling skills. Data were collected data ...

School improvement efforts rely on teachers’ capacity for professional development and learning. We investigate the kind of roles taken by early career teachers (ECTs) with a master’s degree from a research-based teacher education programme in relation to professional learning and school development in Norwegian schools after five years in the profession. The conceptual framework includes research ...

This study examined the extent to which receptive and productive vocabulary between ages 12 and 18 months predicted language skills at age 24 months in children born with family risk for dyslexia (FR) and a control group born without that risk. The aim was to identify possible markers of early language delay. The authors monitored vocabulary growth in 32 FR children and 21 control children longitudinally ...

This manual provides suggestions for how teachers can approach their students at the start of the academic yearr egarding how to prepare for a holistic approach that can provide for processing, understanding and learning, and ensure a return to regular school activities after the terrorist attacks. The manual does not address help to relatives of victims or assistance to survivors. Those directly ...

Several studies in recent years have reported significant fitness improvements in children after exercise interventions, given sufficient training intensity, frequency and duration. However the knowledge of how fast children respond to exercise is limited and most research protocols are performed on cycle ergometers or other training devices using exercise programs are not applicable for practical ...

<i>Background</i>: Large-scale, national eHealth services, such as the summary care record (SCR) and electronic prescriptions (e-prescriptions), have been implemented by project managers as Norwegian health authority initiatives. Few studies have been conducted on the large-scale implementation of eHealth services and the relationship between the implementers’ work and the use of the tools in ...

Hvorfor diskuterer vi så sjelden hvordan emosjoner påvirker forskning og læring? Er emosjonelle utfordringer noe vi som forskere helst ikke snakker om? Har vi for lite kunnskap om temaet? Er dette et forsømt forskningsfelt? I denne boka belyses denne tematikken fra mange ulike perspektiver. Boka er skrevet av og for forskere og profesjonsutdannere innenfor skole, helse og næringsliv. Artiklene ...