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Hopland, Arnt O.; Nyhus, Ole Henning – International Journal of Educational Management, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between satisfaction with learning environment and student effort, both in class and with homework assignments. Design/methodology/approach: The authors use data from a nationwide and compulsory survey to analyze the relationship between learning environment and student effort. The…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Correlation, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation
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Fasting, Rolf B.; Thygesen, Ragnar; Berge, Kjell Lars; Evensen, Lars Sigfred; Vagle, Wenche – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2009
The paper reports and discusses a government-initiated nationwide assessment of writing proficiency among Norwegian compulsory school students. A sample-study of 7th and 10th grade students are discussed and reported with regard to challenges in measuring writing skills in a valid and reliable manner. For the 7th graders the results showed a…
Descriptors: Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests, Grade 7, Writing Skills
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Smidt, Jon – Written Communication, 2002
This article enters an ongoing discussion about the usefulness of different theories and different research designs in the analysis of classroom writing. Starting with questions about how students interpret the norms of writing and their own selves in school writing, it demonstrates the relevance of an ecological theory of writing,…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Writing (Composition), Writing Assignments, Writing Skills