Essays about: "upper elementary education"

Showing result 6 - 8 of 8 essays containing the words upper elementary education.

1. 6. Online and Offline Gaming as Support for English Education in Swedish Upper Elementary Schools with Focus on Reading Comprehension Online and Offline Gaming as Support for English Education in Swedish Upper Elementary Schools with Focus on Reading Comprehension : A literature review about online and offline gaming as a resource for developing English reading comprehension in Swedish schools in year 4-6

   University essay from

   Author : Ida Sandin; [2015]
   Keywords : Computer- and videogames; reading comprehension in English; online gaming; integrating gaming in school;

   Abstract : The aim of this degree thesis is to see what research says about the use of computer and video games to support upper elementary pupils’ development in English reading comprehension in Swedish schools. Other goals are to see how online and offline gaming can be integrated in the Swedish schools and what attitudes teachers have towards gaming. READ MORE

3. 7. Learning by Reading : A literature study on the use of authentic texts in the EFL upper elementary classroom

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Pedagogiskt arbete

   Author : Debra Wikström; [2015]
   Keywords : authentic texts; simplified texts; English as a foreign language; English language learners; upper elementary education;

   Abstract : The English language is widely used throughout the world and has become a core subject in many countries, especially for students in the upper elementary classroom. While textbooks have been the preferred EFL teaching method for a long time, this belief has seemingly changed within the last few years. READ MORE

4. 8. The impact of competition on costs within Sweden's educational sector - the effects of market forces on public expenditures

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Ragnar Fahlin Strömberg; [2012]
   Keywords : educational competition; public costs; scale effects; independent schools;

   Abstract : When the Swedish educational voucher system was introduced in the beginning of the 1990s, an important rationale was the alleged ability of competition from independent schools to trim costs within the educational sector. In this thesis we study both the elementary and upper-secondary levels of education and employ an econometric approach with panel data regressions to estimate i) the effects of increased competition from independent schools upon the total cost for the municipality per student recorded as living there and ii) the effects from decreased student enrollment on costs within public schools. READ MORE