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Worlds apart or coproduction? Investigating the relationship between knowledge users and producers
(Evaluation;Volume: 26, issue: 4, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-19)Based on interviews and survey data, this article examines the role of civil servants in the process of external evaluations. Traditionally the political–administrative system and the research sector have been seen as ... -
Worlds Between the Lines: analyses of diversity in social science textbooks of major international curricula
(Master thesis, 2023)This thesis is about the social science textbooks used at the international schools. The main goal of the research is to analyze country selection for the Case Study section in textbooks. To achieve this goal ten different ... -
Worst pain intensity and opioid intake during the early postoperative period were not associated with moderate-severe pain 12 months after total knee arthroplasty - a longitudinal study
(Scandinavian Journal of Pain;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Objectives: There are several known predictors of pain after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). However, it is unclear whether acute postoperative pain intensity and postoperative opioid intake are associated with pain 12 ... -
Would you use them? A qualitative study on teachers' assessments of open educational resources in higher education
(The Internet and higher education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The quality of open educational resources (OER) has been a continuous topic of interest over the past two de cades, because it is intertwined with the adoption of these resources. In previous research the quality of OER ... -
‘Wow! is that a birch leaf? In the picture it looked totally different’: a pragmatist perspective on deep learning in Norwegian ‘uteskole’
(Education 3-13: International Journal of Primary, Elementary and Early Years Education;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07-22)This study investigates pupils’ experiences with learning outside the classroom and discusses how these experiences might contribute to ‘deep learning’ according to a pragmatist theoretical framework and a situated perspective ... -
«Wow, vi bruker matte hele tiden!» - En studie av elevers oppfatninger om matematikk i yrkesliv og eget liv
(Master thesis, 2018)«Hvorfor må vi lære dette?» er et typisk elevspørsmål i skolen. Dette interesserer meg. Formålet med denne studien ble derfor å undersøke matematikkens bruk og relevans utenfor skolen. Det gjenspeiles i prosjektets ... -
Writing and pseudo-writing from Internet-based sources: Implications for learning and assessment
(Literacy;49(2), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)In recent years, plagiarism has been on the increase across the Western world. This article identifies Internet access as a contributory cause of this trend and addresses the implications of readily available Internet ... -
Writing and Risk: Magic, Occult, Exorcisms
(Journal of Academic Writing;Vol. 8 No 2 Winter 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)What does it mean to take a risk when I write? Can I? Should I? The idea of risk has preoccupied a number of scholars recently, including those interested in discourse, writing and education (e.g. McWilliam 2009 and Thesen ... -
Writing Competences in Norwegian Vocational Education and Training: - How Students and Apprentices Express their Professional Competences
(Vocations and Learning;Volume 14, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-24)This article analyzes the writing competences of Norwegian students and apprentices in three professions: Healthcare, industrial mechanics and electricians. The research forms part of a large-scale assessment project in ... -
Writing practices on tablets with speech synthesis in grade 1 and 2
(International Journal of Educational Research;volume 107, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-02-17)The use of one-to-one tablets in literacy education is significant and increasing. This study investigates what 36 grade 1 and 2 students do when they write on tablets with speech synthesis pronouncing what the students ... -
Written online situational feedback via mobile phone to support self-management of chronic widespread pain: a usability study of a Web-based intervention
(BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders;12 (51), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011-02-25)Background This pretrial study aimed to develop and test the usability of a four-week Internet intervention delivered by a Web-enabled mobile phone to support self-management of chronic widespread pain. Methods The ... -
Xenophobia, and Xenophobia’s Effect on Livelihood Opportunities: A Study Concerning South Sudanese Refugees in Kampala, Uganda.
(Master thesis, 2017)The overall objective of this study is to explore xenophobia, and how xenophobia affects South Sudanese refuges’ livelihood opportunities, in Kampala, Uganda. Uganda have over the last four years received over one million ... -
XMask Clustering: Leveraging eXplainable AI and Clustering for Medical Knowledge Discovery
(Master thesis, 2023)Deep Learning, a subset of machine learning, has shown great ability in supervised medical image classification tasks. Although there are significant advantages, DL models have low interpretability and are considered ... -
'Ya Habibi ya Muhammad': Sami Yusuf og framveksten av en global muslimsk ungdomskultur
(Kirke og Kultur;119(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Populærmusikk i islam er ikke et nytt fenomen, men i løpet av de siste 10 til 15 åra har denne musikkstilen nådd ut til millioner av unge muslimer, og bidratt til utviklingen av en egen global muslimsk ungdomskultur. ... -
Yes, I Am a Thief Of Thoughts: Tradisjonsbæreren Bob Dylan
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2011)I sine Memoarer forteller Bob Dylan om sitt møte med John Hammond, den legendariske talentspeideren og produsenten for plateselskapet CBS. Det var Hammond som i oktober 1961 sørget for at Dylan fikk platekontrakt, slik at ... -
Yield as an essential measure of equivalence class formation, other measures, and new determinants
(The Psychological Record;70, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03-31)“Yield,” the percentage of participants in a group who form a set of equivalence classes, has been used very broadly to identify the effect of different training protocols on class formation and expansion, identify variables ... -
The yield curve as a leading indicator: accuracy and timing of a parsimonious forecasting model
(Forecasting;volume 3, issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05-28)Previous studies have shown that the treasury yield curve, T, forecasts upcoming recessions when it obtains a negative value. In this paper, we try to improve the yield curve model while keeping its parsimony. First, we ... -
Yngreomsorgen i møte med eldreomsorgen – hvordan påvirkes pleie- og omsorgstilbudet til de aller eldste?
(Fontene forskning: et tidsskrift fra Fellesorganisasjonen;6(1), Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Et av de mest slående utviklingstrekk innen pleie- og omsorgssektoren de siste 20 årene har vært en omfattende endring i alderssammensetningen blant brukerne av hjemmetjenester. Relativt sett økte antallet brukere under ... -
De yngste barnas språk og kommunikasjon i barnehagen : en kritisk studie av 1- 2 åringers spor og posisjoner i barnehagens ulike gruppekontekster, ut fra et voksen-barn perspektiv
(Master thesis, 2010)Løfte fra politikerne om full barnehagedekning i løpet av 2007, gjorde at veksten av små barn i barnehagen økte. De yngste barna fra 1-2 år gikk fra å være en minoritet i barnehagen til å bli en majoritet. Dette gav nye ... -
Yoga an auxiliary tool in students’ lives: creating and re-creating balance in mindful bodies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Universities around the world are facing an epidemic of mental distress among their students. The problem is truly a public health issue, affecting many and with serious consequences. The global burden of disease-agenda ...