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- Eklund, Monica, 1956-, et al.
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Reading Among Students in Sweden : Recent Research and Present Trends in an International Perspective
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- A number of studies have been organised in Sweden, internationally on students ́ reading skills. IEA has organised the Six Subject Survey Study in 1970, the Reading Literacy Study in 1991 and PIRLS in 2001. The OECD has organised the PISA studies in 2000 and 2003.There have also been a number of studies undertaken only in Sweden. The Swedish National Agency for Education has published evaluation reports, covering the years 1992, 1995 and 2003, in which reading skills have been included. Karin Taube has been the project leader for a number of studies in different Swedish municipalities. These projects include testing of reading skills of all students in grade 3 in Stockholm 1993 –1999 and in grade 8 in Stockholm 1997 –2000.All these data some published and some not yet published, provide an opportunity to analyse questions related to students ́ reading. The data covers several years from 1970 to 2006 and concerns students in grades 2, 3, 4, 8 and 9. Some of the studies on reading allow comparisons over time. The studies organised within the framework of IEA make it possible to compare students’ reading skills in 1970, 1991 and 2001. The national assessments published by the Swedish National Agency for Education compare reading skills in 1989 (?), 1992, 1995 and 2003. The studies organised in Stockholm allows comparisons over the years 1993 to 1999 in grade 3 and 1997 to 2000 in grade 8. Also the PISA study may contribute, but only with two assessments in 2000 and 2003.Is it possible to speak about general trends based on the information available from the different studies? What may be the directions of these trends? Have reading skills among children and young people improved or do they read worse now than they used to do? How may changes in reading skills relate to changes in education policy and general changes in society during these years?
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- Fredriksson, Ulf, 1954-, et al.
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Reading and education for students of immigrant origin in some Swedish municipalities
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Ingår i: US-China Education Review. - Libertyville, IL : David Publishing. - 1548-6613 .- 1930-1529. ; 6:11, s. 17-33
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Researchers from Mid Sweden University and Kalmar University organised surveys on reading skills in Swedish municipalities. This paper will focus on the surveys made in four municipalities between 2002 and 2007. All students in grade 8 in these four municipalities participated in the surveys-in total 16, 287 students. These surveys included a reading test for the students and information about the students collected from the teachers, including participation in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in their mother tongues. Students of immigrant origin in Sweden are offered the possibility to participate in instruction in Swedish as a second language and in instruction in the student's mother tongue. No obvious trends over time in the participation in Swedish as a second language and mother tongue instruction were found in the four municipalities on the tests we gave, in spite of national trends. There was no difference in results on the reading tests in Swedish between those students who participated in mother tongue instruction and those who did not, but there was a difference in test results between those who participated in Swedish as a second language and those who did not. Those who did not participate (in Swedish as a second language instruction) did, on average, score higher on the test. When different language groups are compared, it can be noted that a majority in all groups of immigrant students neither participate in Swedish as a second language nor in mother tongue instruction. However, there are important differences between boys and girls and between language groups. Girls seemed to be more willing than boys to participate in voluntary mother tongue instruction, while boys more often than girls had to participate in compulsory lessons in Swedish as a second language.
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- Fredriksson, Ulf, 1954-, et al.
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Reading and students’ well-being
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mid Sweden University and Kalmar University have organised studies on reading skills among students in grade 8 in Ekerö, Härnösand, Kristianstad, Nacka, Sollentuna and Tyresö. These studies have included a reading test and a questionnaire where the students have been asked to give information about themselves, their schooling and their motivation. Some of the questions have dealt with the students feeling of well-being in relation to their schools, the school work and their class mates. This data is analysed from the perspective of how students’ well-being and reading test results relate to each other. The data is also further analysed from a perspective of gender, students’ mother tongue and ethnical background.
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- Taube, Karin, 1945-, et al.
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Läsundersökningsprojekt i samarbete med kommuner
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Konferensbidrag (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Sedan 1993 har Karin Taube i samarbete med ett antal kommuner genomfört en rad läsundersökningsprojekt. Sådana undersökningar har bl.a. genomförts i Stockholms kommun, i kommunerna Täby, Sollentuna, Upplands Väsby, Tyresö samt Ekerö. Under hösten 2004 har en överenskommelse gjorts att genomföra en liknande undersökning under 2005 i skolår 8 i Härnösands kommun.Läsning är en central färdighet av betydelse för elevernas fortsatta skolgång och för deras möjligheter att lyckas på arbetsmarknaden. Utifrån detta perspektiv har flera kommuner bedömt det som mycket viktigt att utvärdera och noggrant följa upp hur elevernas läsfärdigheter i kommunen utvecklas. De läsundersökningar som genomförts har gett de deltagande kommunerna en möjlighet att följa hur elevernas läsfärdighet ser ut i kommunen samtidigt som resultaten har kunnat jämföras med andra kommuner. Genom att de lästest som har använts i de olika undersökningarna bygger på det internationellt utprövade testet som användes i den stora internationella undersökningen IEA Reading Literacy 1991 har också en jämförelse kunnat göras med ett nationellt urval av elever som deltog i denna undersökning.Insamlade data har också kunnat användas för vidare analyser. Utifrån de insamlade data har ett antal specialstudier genomförts kring läsning bland elever med invandrarbakgrund, åldersblandade klasser och användning av olika läsinlärningsmetoder. Planer finns på fler studier som bygger på insamlade data. På detta sätt har undersökningarna fyllt det dubbla syftet att både ge kommunerna kunskap om läsfärdigheter bland kommunens elever och att ge forskarna en möjlighet till fördjupade analyser kring läsning och därmed relaterade frågor.
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