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When the Form Stands in the Way of Content -- A Study of Student Teachers' Reading Practices
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Sjølie, Ela – Education Inquiry, 2015
Even though recurring criticism has been directed against the academic part of teacher education, little research has focused on student teachers as they engage in their academic studies. Reporting on a study of 53 Norwegian student teachers, this article explores student teachers' reading practices in university courses in education. The study…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Reading Habits, Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension
Student Profiles of Knowledge and Epistemic Beliefs: Changes and Relations to Multiple-Text Comprehension
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Ferguson, Leila E.; Braten, Ivar – Learning and Instruction, 2013
Using cluster-analysis in a sample of 65 Norwegian 10th graders, we identified subgroups characterized by relatively high levels of knowledge combined with relatively low beliefs in personal justification of knowledge claims, as well as subgroups characterized by the opposite pattern of knowledge and personal justification. Moreover, the high…
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Profiles, Reading Comprehension, Grade 10
Measuring Strategic Processing when Students Read Multiple Texts
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Braten, Ivar; Stromso, Helge I. – Metacognition and Learning, 2011
This study explored the dimensionality of multiple-text comprehension strategies in a sample of 216 Norwegian education undergraduates who read seven separate texts on a science topic and immediately afterwards responded to a self-report inventory focusing on strategic multiple-text processing in that specific task context. Two dimensions were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Science Materials, Reading Strategies