Informal math coaching by instant messaging: Two case studies of how university students coach K-12 students     

Stefan Hrastinski  Anneli Edman  Fredrik Andersson  Tanvir Kawnine  Carol-Ann Soames 《Interactive Learning Environments》2013,21(1):84-96

The aim of this study is to describe and explore how instant messaging (IM) can be used to support informal math coaching. We have studied two projects where university students use IM to coach K-12 students in mathematics. The coaches were interviewed with a focus on how informal coaching works by examining coaching challenges, how coaching can be organized, whether coaching should be anonymous or personal, which tools can be used and how informal math coaching supports learning. Research shows that generating and answering questions are important in the process of understanding and learning, which means that both the students and the coaches can learn math through this type of project. The coaches perceive informal math coaching as complementing online math forums. For students to learn effectively, the coaches need to be able to interpret the students' competence level in order to coach on a level that is within their development zone. It seems particularly challenging to coach at the right level when using IM and, therefore, it is important to establish a personal relationship with the students.  相似文献   

Starting the pluralistic tradition of teaching? Effects of education for sustainable development (ESD) on pre-service teachers’ views on teaching about sustainable development     

Klas Andersson 《Environmental Education Research》2017,23(3):436-449

There is currently a well-established belief among politicians, scholars and university representatives that educational systems can produce positive attitudes towards sustainable development (SD) among citizens. This article investigates whether Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) in teacher education has effects on pre-service teachers’ perceptions of how to teach pupils about SD. The results from a panel study on the effects of a course on SD held at the University of Gothenburg (n = 323) is presented. The surveys consisted of questions about pre-service teachers’ approach to teaching about SD. The study included a control group (n = 97). The results indicate a short-term effect among the pre-service teachers towards actively getting pupils to discuss issues concerning the environment but without influencing their opinions about it. The paper concludes by discussing the implications of the results for the idea of ESD in teacher training programmes.  相似文献   

Boundaries as mechanisms for learning in emergency exercises with students from emergency service organisations     

Annika Andersson 《Journal of Vocational Education & Training》2016,68(2):245-262

To prepare emergency response organisations for collaborative work in unpredictable and dynamic situations, various types of exercises are widely used. Still, our knowledge of collaboration exercises with emergency response students is limited. This study aimed to contribute to this field by exploring boundaries that emerged between collaborating organisations in exercise activities and how these boundaries could be understood for learning. Drawing on the Akkerman and Bakker framework of boundaries as learning mechanisms, this study explored an exercise, including full-scale scenarios and seminars with students from the police, ambulance and rescue services education in Sweden. Thematic analysis of interviews and observations illustrated boundaries that emerged regarding vocabulary, prioritisation, roles, knowledge gaps and overlapping responsibilities across organisations. Rather than dissolving boundaries, this article suggests that boundaries can be utilised in exercises to support the students to contextualise their knowledge in relation to the demands of collaborative work. The concepts boundary work and boundary awareness were suggested to capture more generally the dynamics of learning in exercise contexts.  相似文献   

Effects of Day-Care on Cognitive and Socioemotional Competence of Thirteen-Year-Old Swedish Schoolchildren   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Bengt-Erik Andersson 《Child development》1992,63(1):20-36

This is a follow-up study of an earlier one in which positive effects of early day-care experience were found on children's cognitive and socioemotional competence at age 8. 128 children were followed from their first year of life. At 8 and 13 years of age, 92% and 89% of the children, respectively, remained in the study. Most children could be classified according to age at first entry into day-care. Cognitive and socioemotional competence was rated by the children's classroom teachers. Hierarchical regression and path analyses were used in the statistical treatment of the data. It was possible to trace independent positive effects of age of entry into day-care as far as age 13. Children entering center care or family day-care before age 1 generally performed better in school when 8 and 13 years old and received more positive ratings from their teachers on several socioemotional variables. The path analyses indicated the following causal model: family characteristics, such as type of family, family's socioemotional status, and mother's educational level, influence the time of first entry into day-care. This variable, in turn, has consequences for children's competence at 8 and/or 13 years of age even after controlling for home background, child gender, and intelligence, which, of course, have their own effects. The effect of socioeconomic status was often mediated through age of entry into day-care.  相似文献   

“I am [not always] a maths hater”: Shifting students’ identity narratives in context     

Annica Andersson  Paola Valero  Tamsin Meaney 《Educational Studies in Mathematics》2015,90(2):143-161

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Do you want your child to have a certified teacher?     

Christian Andersson  Nina Waldenström 《Economics of Education Review》2011,30(1):65-78

This study examines how the teaching staff composition with respect to certification affects student achievement in compulsory Swedish schools. We apply an instrumental variable to estimate the effect of the share of non-certified teachers on student achievement (measured by grade point average, GPA). We find statistically significant negative effects on the GPA. The effect is stronger for students with highly educated parents. A one percentage point increase in the share of non-certified teachers is expected to decrease student's GPA by, on average, 1.8 standard deviations per year. This is a substantial effect considering the large differences in the shares of non-certified teachers across schools and municipalities.  相似文献   

History of Education in Post‐war Educational Research in Finland: some trends and problems     

Håkan Andersson 《Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research》2013,57(3-4):333-346

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Multimedia in Denmark     

Professor Bøgh Andersen  Helle Juhl Andersson  Assistant Professor Bo Fibiger 《Educational technology research and development : ETR & D》1994,42(3):108-111

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Improving the Bandwidth Selection in Kernel Equating     

Björn Andersson  Alina A. von Davier 《Journal of Educational Measurement》2014,51(3):223-238

We investigate the current bandwidth selection methods in kernel equating and propose a method based on Silverman's rule of thumb for selecting the bandwidth parameters. In kernel equating, the bandwidth parameters have previously been obtained by minimizing a penalty function. This minimization process has been criticized by practitioners for being too complex and that it does not offer sufficient smoothing in certain cases. In addition, the bandwidth parameters have been treated as constants in the derivation of the standard error of equating even when they were selected by considering the observed data. Here, the bandwidth selection is simplified, and modified standard errors of equating (SEEs) that reflect the bandwidth selection method are derived. The method is illustrated with real data examples and simulated data.  相似文献   

Development of phonological awareness during the preschool year: the influence of gender and socio-economic status     

Ingvar Lundberg  Pernilla Larsman  Anna Strid 《Reading and writing》2012,25(2):305-320

Phonological awareness is a critical enabling skill in learning to read, often developed outside the context of formal reading instruction. More than 2,000 6-year-old children were tested on phonological awareness at two occasions during the preschool year in two cohorts. Between the assessments, a training program was implemented. A two-level path model was applied. More frequent training sessions were connected to higher gains of test scores especially for children with low initial scores in the first cohort. A clear gender effect was also observed. There were more boys with very low initial scores and more girls among the top scorers. A clear SES-effect indicated the influence of early language stimulation. Children who already at the beginning of the preschool year had grasped the alphabetic code had the highest initial scores on the test.  相似文献