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Download full textJones, Lise Øen; Tveit, Leila Våland; Asbjørnsen, Arve; Eikeland, Ole Johan; Hetland, Hilde; Manger, Terje – Education Sciences, 2021
The aim of this cross-sectional study was to analyse the educational background, educational desires and participation in education among three samples of female prisoners with Norwegian citizenship in Norwegian prisons over the period from 2009 to 2015. The female participants were n = 106 in 2009, n = 74 in 2012 and n = 79 in 2015, respectively,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Females, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Roth, Beate Buanes; Manger, Terje – London Review of Education, 2014
The aim of this study was to examine Norwegian prisoners' educational motives, and how previous incarceration, sentence length, and sentence served influence such motives. Three motive categories emerged: future planning (Factor 1), social reasons and escapism (Factor 2), and competence building (Factor 3). Among prisoners who participated in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Education
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The present paper investigates the relationship between the revised Adult Dyslexia Check List (ADCL), and the performance on a standardized battery of reading and spelling tests in adults, when used in an incarcerated population in Norway. The paper reports two sub studies. Study 1 examined the psychometric attributes of the ADCL by analysing the…
Descriptors: Writing Difficulties, Spelling, Standardized Tests, Factor Structure
Manger, Terje; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Diseth, Age; Hetland, Hilde; Asbjornsen, Arve – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2010
The aim of the present study was to examine inmates' educational motives. The participants were 467 inmates who attended education in Norwegian prisons. Three motive categories were identified: "To prepare for life upon release" (Factor 1), "social reasons and reasons unique to the prison context" (Factor 2), and "to…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Learning Motivation, Institutionalized Persons, Foreign Countries
Asbjornsen, Arve E.; Jones, Lise O.; Munkvold, Linda H.; Obrzut, John E.; Manger, Terje – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2010
Objective: The present study was designed to test some assumptions about screening procedures for ADHD in adults. Method: Twenty-eight incarcerated male adults completed a self report scale of attention deficits as a part of an examination of attention and reading skills. Further assessment of attention included a battery of tests that assessed…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Regression (Statistics), Foreign Countries, Objective Tests
Hetland, Hilde; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Manger, Terje; Diseth, Age; Asbjornsen, Arve – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
The aim of the present study was to explore the educational background of the total population of inmates in Norwegian prisons. The sample consisted of all 3 289 inmates over 18 years of age in Norwegian prisons. The response rate was 71.1 percent. Ninety four percent of the participants were men and mean age was 35 years. A questionnaire…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Educational Background
Diseth, Age; Eikeland, Ole-Johan; Manger, Terje; Hetland, Hilde – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2008
Course experience, motivational beliefs, and self-regulated learning strategies may be considered to be important indicators of education quality. Inmates taking education in prison may also experience particular problems related to the learning environment and to their own learning difficulties. The present study investigated the level of these…
Descriptors: Learning Problems, Correctional Institutions, Learning Strategies, Correctional Education
