Essays about: "Swedish 9th grade students"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 15 essays containing the words Swedish 9th grade students.

  1. 6. Fear of Failure in Swedish 9th Grade Students and its effect on their decision to study STEM : A quantitative study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kemi och biomedicin (KOB)

    Author : Melanie Büchele de Montes; [2021]
    Keywords : Imposter phenomenon; STEM attrition; Gender; gymnasieval;

    Abstract : Sweden faces a recruitment problem in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). It has been suggested that imposter phenomenon, a feeling of fraudulence and inability to internalize success, may be the reason why many individuals, especially women, leave STEM fields. READ MORE

  2. 7. Foreign-born Peers And Educational Outcome : Evidence From Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Viktor Penna; [2021]
    Keywords : Education; peer-effects; foreign-born; immigration; grade;

    Abstract : Using data on 9th grade students in Sweden for the time period of 2015-2019, this paper estimates a fixed effects model to find out whether the share migrant students has any impact on the grade of foreign-born and native Swedish students. We find that increasing the share of migrant students by one percentage point has a small negative effect on foreign-born students, but find no conclusive evidence from the same effect on Swedish students. READ MORE

  3. 8. Students’ perception on role-play in EFL/ESL-classrooms in relation to their speaking ability

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

    Author : Lina Rosenkvist; Nathalie Bencic; [2020]
    Keywords : EFL ESL; role-play; confidence; classroom activity;

    Abstract : This research paper examines students’ perception of how role-play could affect their confidence in accordance with their speaking ability in EFL/ESL- classrooms. It has tried to respond to the research question “To what extent do Swedish EFL/ESL- students find role-play helpful for their confidence in their speaking ability?. READ MORE

  4. 9. Does playing video games have an effect on English vocabulary acquisition? : The correlation between English vocabulary acquisition and the playing of video games in ninth grade learners of English in Sweden

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Pontus Engqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Extramural English; out-of-school learning; second language acquisition; vocabulary acquisition; vocabulary tests; Swedish 9th grade students; videogames.; Extramural engelska; att lära sig utanför skolan; andraspråks inlärning; vokabulärs inlärning; vokabulär prov; Svenska nionde-klassare; dataspel.;

    Abstract : There have been many different studies done around the subject of Extramural English, where researchers Sundqvist and Sylvén (2012) have drawn the conclusion that there is a correlation between video games and learners of English improving upon their English vocabulary. This study focuses time spent on whether or not playing video games for an extended amount of time will help with a student’s English vocabulary. READ MORE

  5. 10. Public secondary school mergers as a desegregation method in Swedish municipalities : Investigating their impact on student’s academic performance and choice of school

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Hasselqvist Haglund; [2018]
    Keywords : Education economics; desegregation; merger; school organization; secondary school; public school; peer effects; socioeconomic background; student performance; integration; segregation; Difference in differences; matching; labour economics; education system; Nyköpingsmodellen;

    Abstract : In recent years several municipalities in Sweden have merged their public secondary schools. This has been considered a type of initiative that intends to reduce youth segregation and discrepancies in school quality. READ MORE