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Peer reviewedEriksson, Katarina – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2002
Studied how Swedish schools try to promote students' reading through examination of school-run booktalk conversations held by students in grades 4 through 7. Observations of eight groups show the conflict between the stated aim of promoting reading for pleasure and both tasks presented to students and problems in synchronizing the reading of…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Intermediate Grades, Junior High School Students
Peer reviewedMolander, Bengt-Olov; Hallden, Ola; Pedersen, Svend – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2001
Demonstrated an experiment on the properties of air to 2 groups of Swedish fourth graders (total n=45), using familiar materials in one case and unfamiliar, "scientific," materials in the other. Written explanations by students show that the unfamiliar materials were a barrier to understanding and may have actually obstructed students'…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Elementary School Students, Experiments, Foreign Countries
