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Erikson, Malgorzata; Erikson, Martin G.; Punzi, Elisabeth – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2018
Conventionally, quantitative surveys are used for student evaluations in higher education, but the validity of this practice has been questioned. In the present study, we investigated a qualitative method for evaluating a bachelor's programme. Forty-one first-year students and twenty-eight third-year students on a bachelor's programme in Public…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Bachelors Degrees, Undergraduate Students, Public Administration Education
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Gerrevall, Per – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2018
Induction programmes including assessments of suitability were introduced in Sweden 2011 and were in use for three years. The purpose of this study is to examine the conditions for and the consequences of giving the induction programme a gatekeeper function to the teaching profession. The empirical basis consists of a web-based survey, which…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teacher Induction, Online Surveys, Teaching (Occupation)
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Flygare, Erik; Gill, Peter Edward; Johansson, Bjorn – American Journal of Evaluation, 2013
Sweden has a low prevalence of bullying and Swedish schools are legally obliged to have anti-bullying policies. Many commercial programs are available. A mixed methods, quasi-experimental, concurrent evaluation of 8 programs, chosen from a pool of 21 widely used anti-bullying programs, was planned. Preliminary data, based on 835 stakeholder…
Descriptors: Intervention, Questionnaires, Bullying, Foreign Countries
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Bohman, Benjamin; Nyberg, Gisela; Sundblom, Elinor; Schäfer Elinder, Liselotte – Health Education & Behavior, 2014
Introduction: Measures of parental self-efficacy (PSE) for healthy dietary or physical activity (PA) behaviors in children have been used in several studies; however, further psychometric validation of PSE for these behaviors is needed. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a new PSE instrument. Methods:…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Test Reliability, Obesity, Prevention
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Josefson, Kristina; Pobiega, Jenny; Strahlman, Christian – Quality in Higher Education, 2011
Sweden has a high level of student influence. At Lund University, students are not viewed as counterparts but partners in the university's activities. Lund University has carried out Student Satisfaction Surveys (barometers) since the 1990s and an overview has shown that an evaluation culture has grown during the past decade. It is, however, time…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Participation, Feedback (Response), Student Attitudes
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Jonsson, Anders; Lundahl, Christian; Holmgren, Anders – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2015
This study reports on a large-scale implementation of Assessment for Learning (AfL) in a Swedish municipality. The implementation was founded on two principles: (1) teaching should be informed by educational research; (2) to be successful teachers' professional development needs to be based in everyday classroom practice. From these principles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Implementation, Educational Research, Instructional Innovation
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Hallgren, Mats A.; Sjolund, Torbjorn; Kallmen, Hakan; Andreasson, Sven – Health Education, 2011
Purpose: PRIME for Life is an alcohol risk reduction program that has been used and refined in the USA for over 20 years. A Swedish version of the program has recently been adapted for use among Swedish high-school students (age 18-19). The objective of the study is to evaluate the effects of the program on youth alcohol consumption (including…
Descriptors: Drinking, Risk, Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
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Malm, Joakim; Bryngfors, Leif E.; Mörner, Lise-Lotte – Australasian Journal of Peer Learning, 2010
The study presents an evaluation of the SI program in five engineering programs within the Faculty of Engineering (LTH) based on data from questionnaires to SI participants and SI-Leaders, credits taken by the students during the first year, and average grade data from high school for the first year students. The results show that participation in…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Engineering Education, Problem Solving, Foreign Countries
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Svensson, Magnus; Klefsjo, Bengt – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe a self-assessment project, the steps taken and the tools used, and above all, focus on the evaluation made after the decision to discontinue, learning and acquiring knowledge about self-assessment as a methodology in educational organizations. Design/methodology/approach: In order to investigate…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Principals, Foreign Countries, Evaluation Methods