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The Effects of Transfer in Teaching Vocabulary to School Children: An Analysis of the Dependencies between Lists of Trained and Non-Trained Words
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Frost, Jørgen; Ottem, Ernst; Hagtvet, Bente E.; Snow, Catherine E. – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2016
In the present study, 81 Norwegian students were taught the meaning of words by the Word Generation (WG) method and 51 Norwegian students were taught by an approach inspired by the Thinking Schools (TS) concept. Two sets of words were used: a set of words to be trained and a set of non-trained control words. The two teaching methods yielded no…
Descriptors: Transfer of Training, Norwegian, Vocabulary Development, Scores
Explaining Health and Social Care Students' Experiences of Meaningfulness in Vocational Education: The Importance of Life Goals, Learning Support, Perceived Competence, and Autonomous Motivation
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Støen Utvaer, Britt Karin – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2014
The experience of meaning in a learning situation is a stated goal of Knowledge Promotion Reform in Norway. This study, guided by self-determination theory, examines how pursuing intrinsic and extrinsic life goals relates to the experience of meaning in vocational education. The study also examines how learning support, perceived competence, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Goal Orientation, Self Determination