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(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
This study investigated regional and gender differences in academic achievement in Ethiopia, and examined whether these differences can be explained in terms of unequal educational opportunities (EO). Educational opportunity ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This study aims at evaluating the psychometric properties of the antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) criteria in a large sample of patients, most of whom had one or more personality disorders (PD). PD diagnoses were ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This study investigated an adaptation of the Oral Reading Fluency (ORF) measure of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills into a European context for the Norwegian language, which has a more transparent ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
The implementation of mathematical competencies in school curricula requires assessment instruments to be aligned with this new view on mathematical mastery. However, there are concerns over whether existing assessments ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2018)
Previous studies of individual differences have revealed strong correlations between children's vocabulary and grammatical abilities, and these data have been used to support theoretical accounts positing direct developmental ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
Fixed-precision between-item multidimensional computerized adaptive tests (MCATs) are becoming increasingly popular. The current generation of item-selection rules used in these types of MCATs typically optimize a single-valued ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
Mixed-worded scales require a more careful reading and answering process than scales with only one type of wording. The present study is about the unintended consequences of using such scales, because typically, not all ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
We examined the concurrent relationship between narrative skills (the Renfrew Bus Story Test) and core language measures (vocabulary, grammar and verbal memory) at age 4 and the longitudinal relationship between core ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2021)
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Measurement advances are needed to enable the study of dyadic-level processes impacting couples coping with cancer. This study sought to develop and empirically examine a Dyadic Efficacy Scale for Cancer ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2022)
Abstract Poor metaphor comprehension was considered a hallmark of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but recent research has questioned the extent and the sources of these difficulties. In this cross-sectional study, we ...