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- Löfgren, Kent, et al.
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Jämförelser mellan studerande i olika antagningsgrupper som har registrerats på ekonomprogram
- 2004
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This study was about students and their study achievements. Data from available records for students admitted to the study programme of business administration was used. The students (N19393) were born in the period 1972–1984, living in Sweden and registered on the study programme sometime between 1993 and 2000. The students were divided into three groups on the basis of the grounds on which the students had been admitted. The first group had been admitted on the basis of their credits from uppersecondary school, the second on the basis of their SweSAT-scores and the third group on the basis of their SweSAT-scores with additional credit for work experience. Study achievement was defined as the number of credits the students managed to attain each semester. The purpose of the study was to see if there were any differences in academic achievement between the three groups. Attention was also given to social background and sex. The results showed that approximately 50% of the students were women. The proportion of students from Social Group 1 was highest among those who had been admitted on the basis of their SweSAT-scores. The most common upper-secondary school programme, for the students who had completed upper-secondary school 1997 or later, was the Programme for Social Science (Samhällsvetenskaplig utbildning). About one fifth of the students who had completed upper secondary school 1997-1999 had taken supplementary secondary-education-level courses after they had left upper-secondary school. The study showed that the female students attained more course points per semester than the male students. There were also differences, in terms of the number of credits attained per term, between the students from the three groups and between students with different social backgrounds. However, these differences were not as extensive as the differences between male and female study achievements.
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- Löfgren, Kent, et al.
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Jämförelser mellan studerande i olika antagningsgrupper som har registrerats på socionomprogrammet
- 2004
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Students and their study achievements are in focus in this report. Attention is given to the three and a half year long Programme for Social Work. The students (N2956) where divided into three groups, according to the grounds on which they had been admitted to the programme. The first group had been admitted on the basis of their credits from upper-secondary school, the second on the basis of their SweSAT-scores and the third group on the basis of their SweSAT-scores with additional credit for work experience. The purpose of the study was to see if there were any differences in academic achievement between the three groups. Academic achievement was defined as the number of credits achieved at university. Attention was also given to social backgrounds and male/female variance. The results showed that approximately 85% of the students were women. The proportion of students from Social Group 1 was highest among those who had been admitted on the basis of their credits from upper-secondary school. The most common uppersecondary school programme was the Programme for Social Science (Samhällsvetenskaplig utbildning). About one fourth of the students who had completed upper-secondary school 1997-1999 had taken supplementary secondary education level courses after they had left upper-secondary school. The study showed that the female students attained more course points perterm compared to the male students. There were also differences, in terms of the number of credits attained per term, between the students from the three groups and between students with different socio-economic backgrounds. However, these differences were not as extensive as the differences between male and female study achievements.
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- Löfgren, Kent
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Mått på studieprestation inom högskolan
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This study is about the registration of study achievement (courses, credit points, degrees etc). It analyses the computer based student documentation systems for Swedish colleges and the statutory instruments (Swedish laws and ordinances) that governs these documentations. The National Agency for Higher Education is the central agency responsible for the official statistics about students’ achievements (www.hsv.se). The practical responsibility for coordinating and collecting the data rests with the Statistics Sweden (www.scb.se), a government authority for official statistics. The study shows that the colleges (i.e. at the local level) record study grades (e.g. Fail, Pass or Pass with distinction) but this information is not collected by the Statistics Sweden (on the national level). Attention is also given to the use different types of measurements of study achievement in Swedish research. The study ends with a discussion about future research. One future task is to investigate new ways to use available statistics students’ achievements. A second task is to develop and use new types of measurements of study achievement. Finally, a third task is to increase the accessibility of the official statistics on students’ achievements.
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- Löfgren, Kent, 1966-
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Studenters fritids- och motionsvanor i Umeå och Madison : Ett bidrag till förståelsen av Pierre Bourdieus vetenskapliga metodologi
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This study analyses differences between student groups at Umeå University, Sweden, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA. It analyses student study situations, students’ experience of the university environment, students’ exercise and sports activities, and connections between study and leisure-time activities. The study owes much to Bourdieu’s Homo Academicus (English edition 1988), and his theories of cultural reproduction, social structures and habitus, and focuses on students from the subject areas teacher education, natural sciences, humanities and sports. Attention is also given to family backgrounds and female/male variance. The data were collected in 1994-1995, with the aid of 782 questionnaires and 64 interviews. The results show differences between students at the two universities in terms of study time, parents’ education and leisure activities and part-time jobs. Students in the studied groups, differ in many respects. The groups have distinct characteristics in terms of, for example, age and sex ratios. The students’ family backgrounds are also divergent, depending on which discipline the student belongs to. These variations between disciplines are found at both universities. Physical activities (action sports) are popular activities, at both universities. Women and men exercise in different ways, although they might have a similar social situation. The scientific methodology of Bourdieu is also discussed in the study. In sum, the results indicate that there are sub-fields within the university. Individuals with different conditions and habitus, to use Bourdieu’s terminology, inhabit these sub-fields.
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- Löfgren, Kent, 1966-
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Utbyteskompletteringar bland dem som avslutade gymnasiet 1997-2001 : differenser mellan avgångsbetyg från gymnasiet och betyg som har kompletterats efter den ordinarie gymnasieskolan
- 2004
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Reports (other academic/artistic)abstract
- This study is about school grades and college applications. It focuses on the effects of supplementary adult upper-secondary education. From a Swedish perspective, it is important to study the effects of such education due to the important role that grades have in the Swedish college-selection process. The persons in the study graduated from upper secondary school sometime 1997–2001 (N361466). Background variables used in this study are: Age, social group, country of birth, the parents’ country of birth and the parents’ highest level of study. The results indicate that about 50 percent of the persons have studied either the Natural Science Programme or the Social Science Programme in the upper-secondary school. High achievers, in terms of high grades from the last year in upper-secondary school, are those persons born in the country, belonging to social-group 1 and with parents that have a high educational level. The study also shows that the upper-secondary schools have become more generous over time. The grades for the graduating students are getting higher and higher each year. About 30 percent have studied in adult upper-secondary school. About one third of those have boosted their grades. About 40 percent have applied to college. Among the college-applicants, there are more women then men. The college-applicants are also characterised by having parents with a high educational level. About 40 percent of the college applicants have studied in adult upper-secondary school, and that group is characterised by having parents with a low educational level.
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