ERIC Number: EJ1101455
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016
Pages: 16
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An "Appropriate" Test Taker: The Everyday Classroom during the National Testing Period in School Year Three in Sweden
Silfver, Eva; Sjöberg, Gunnar; Bagger, Anette
Ethnography and Education, v11 n3 p237-252 2016
This article draws on data from a bigger project where we explore what is taking place in the daily life of classrooms during the national testing period in mathematics for 9-10-year-old children in Sweden. Data were produced by observations, video-recordings and interviews with children. The article shows on a micro level how assessment trends, on a macro level, affect children. It further focuses how children through different repertoires of time position themselves as "appropriate" test takers.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Testing, Mathematics Tests, Mathematics Education, Elementary School Students, Student Attitudes, Video Technology, Interviews, Standardized Tests, Ethnography, Competition, Classroom Environment, Anxiety
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Sweden
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