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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This introductory chapter develops the overall research focus and the aim of the present special issue ‘Gender segregation in vocational education’. Against the backdrop of strong horizontal gender segregation in vocational ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Changes in cognitive function induced by physical activity have been proposed as a mechanism for the link between physical activity and academic performance. The aim of this study was to investigate if executive function ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article reports on a study of a higher education online course based on asynchronous communication. The selection of technology for online discussions aimed at creating a sense of togetherness among the teachers and ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
How do institutional settings and their embedded policy principles affect gender-typed enrolment in educational programmes? Based on gender-sensitive theories on career choice, we hypothesised that gender segregation in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
Technology testing provides arenas for interaction between users and producers. In the experiments potential user needs and user-values regarding new technology are communicated to facilitate invention and diffuse innovation. ...
Epistemic beliefs and their relation to multiple-text comprehension: A Norwegian program of research
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
Nowadays, students are required to use multiple information sources to complete tasks, both in and out of school. The beliefs that students hold about knowledge and knowing – their epistemic beliefs – have been linked to ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
In popular science and technology writing, “boosterism” is prominent. Writers overwhelmingly describe science and technology in enthusiastic terms, thereby promoting the deficit or Public Appreciation of Science and ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2012)
The Internet has often been envisioned as a technological utopia, framed by the rhetoric of hope. However, after studying the popular discourse, three meta-narratives are identified: utopian narratives containing the ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
Abstract We evaluated the effect of morphological awareness training delivered in preschool (8 months before school entry) on reading ability at the end of grade 1 and 5 years later (in Grade 6). In preschool, one group ...