The current longitudinal study examined the development of morphological awareness (MA) in the writing of 59 (27 EL1, 32 ELL) participants in grade 3 and grade 5, using an experimental morphological error type scoring (METS) guide. The researcher -developed METS guide provided an in-depth analysis of inflectional and derivational morphological usage across five categories: omissions (MO), morphological spelling errors (Msp), morphological attempts (Mat), wrong word (WW) and wrong homophones (WH). Standardized literacy measures evaluated spelling, oral vocabulary and oral syntax. For all grade 3 to grade 5 participants the total morphological errors (TME) and morphological omissions (MO) decreased and the morphological attempts (Mat) increased. Increases in oral syntax and vocabulary correlated to increased writing performance and decreased total morphological errors (TME). Differences were observed in the correlation analysis across all morphological measures between language groups (EL1, ELL). Using a detailed morphological error analysis in children’s writing may provide an accurate measure of the development of morphological awareness and patterns of usage for morphological structures in the writing samples of diverse language groups. / Graduate

In order to compete in the 21st century, it is vital for policymakers and school leaders to create technology-based classrooms for teaching and learning. Teachers are of significant importance in implementing information and communication technology (ICT) in schools. The purpose of this study was to explore Grade 5 mathematics teachers’ experiences of using ICT in teaching and learning. Furthermore, this study explored how the available resources are used, as well as the challenges that teachers experience to implement ICT tools in their lessons. This study determined how teachers perceive the use of ICT in teaching and learning. Also, the researcher addressed the professional development, technical training, as well as support the teachers received at their respective schools. The primary research question for this study is: “How do Grade 5 mathematics teachers from well-resourced schools experience the use of ICT within their classrooms?” The qualitative approach was used, and a descriptive case study research design was selected to answer the research question. The technology acceptance model (TAM) was used as a basis to determine the themes of the study. The data collection strategies were questionnaires and semi-structured interviews to determine teachers’ experiences of using ICT in the mathematics classroom. Purposive and convenience sampling were used to select the participants for this study. The participants comprised six mathematics teachers from three well-resourced and independent schools located in Tshwane, South Africa. An overall conclusion is that this study reveals mixed feelings of both optimism and reluctance when using ICT in mathematics. The results prove differences in teachers’ perceived experiences of ICT in mathematics teaching and learning. The individual schools as well as the teachers received different levels of training, professional development and support from the institution, and also face external and internal barriers when integrating ICT into the classroom. However, despite these barriers, it is still clear that ICT is the future of learning. It is always important to understand that the responses of the participants represent their own perceptions. / Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2020. / Science, Mathematics and Technology Education / MEd / Unrestricted

Bakgrund Av många anses frukosten vara den viktigaste måltiden under dagen. Med en energi- och näringsrik frukost får eleverna bättre förutsättningar till att öka koncentrationen och prestationen i skolan. Syfte Syftet med studien var att undersöka barn i årskurs 5 och deras frukostvanor, om det var skillnad mellan de som hade undervisning i hem- och konsumentkunskap (HKK) och de som inte haft HKK, om det var någon skillnad mellan flickor och pojkar, vilka livsmedel eleverna valde att äta till frukost och hur de kände när de åt respektive inte åt frukost. Metod Studien genomfördes i form av en pappersenkät med fem frågor på två olika skolor i Sverige under våren 2020. Urvalet var ett bekvämlighetsval. Enkätsvaren lades in i Google Sheets och Excel och analyserades med hjälp av Chi-två-test och analystabeller. Resultat I studien deltog 183 respondenter. Studien visade att 73% av eleverna åt frukost varje dag och att det var 1 % som aldrig åt frukost. Det var ingen skillnad i frukostfrekvens mellan flickor och pojkar. Det var fler som åt frukost varje dag av de som hade haft HKK jämfört med de som inte hade haft HKK. Vanligaste livsmedlet till frukost var mjukt bröd. Vanligaste känsloordet när respondenterna åt frukost var att de kände sig glad medan det vanligaste ordet när de inte åt frukost var att de kände sig hungrig. Slutsats Det var fler som åt frukost dagligen av elever som hade fått undervisning i HKK. HKK är ett viktigt ämne som behöver få mer undervisningstid och då framförallt med de yngre eleverna för att tidigt ge dem kunskap om en bra kosthållning, så att de utifrån det kan göra val som är välgrundade. / Background Breakfast is often considered to be the most important meal of the day. A nutritious energy boosting breakfast provides a better basis for students’ academic performance and concentration. Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the breakfast habits of 5th grade students: if there was any difference between students who had been taught home economics and those that had not, if there was any difference between boys and girls, what they ate, and how students felt if they ate breakfast or not. Method This study was based on a paper survey consisting of five questions which was distributed during spring of 2020 to two schools in different regions of Sweden. The survey was administered as a convenience sample. Survey results were entered in Google Sheets and Excel and analyzed with Chi-squared tests and coded to analysis tables. Results The total number of participants was 183 students. Results from the study showed that 73 % of students ate breakfast daily and that 1 % never ate breakfast. There was no difference between the proportion of boys and girls that ate breakfast. Students who had studied home economics ate breakfast more frequently than those that had not. The most common breakfast food was bread. The most common word used by respondents to describe how they felt when they ate breakfast was the word “happy”. The word most frequently used to describe how they felt when they did not eat breakfast was “hungry”. Conclusion Students who had studied home economics ate breakfast daily more frequently than students that had not. Home economics is a crucial subject in which more teaching is needed primarily for younger students, so that they can learn the importance of healthy eating habits early on and make well-grounded choices.

This paper discusses how students in grades 5 perceive the concept of bullying at school. The study aims to seek an understanding of how students define bullying. How they describe how bullying occurs? How to describe students who is who bully and are bullied? I used a qualitative method to interview eight students, four girls and four boys in a class in a school in the middle of Sweden. And I have complemented the method of making schoolyard observations during three breaks. In my research, I compared students ' interview responses with the authors' theories. I have concluded that the students 'perception of bullying correspond well with several of the authors' definition of bullying, and the causes of bullying. There is very little difference between boys ' and girls' perceptions of bullying. In the interview responses, it is clear that boys and girls can discover bullying in different ways, it can be seen by the way they express themselves. The boys describe bullying as physical, and for the girls it's more about verbal bullying and ostracism. / Denna uppsats behandlar hur elever i årskurs 5 uppfattar begreppet mobbning i skolan. Studien syftar till att söka förståelse för hur elever definierar mobbning. Hur beskriver de hur mobbning uppkommer? Hur beskriver eleverna vilka det är som mobbar och blir mobbade? Jag har som kvalitativ metod intervjuat 8 elever, 4 flickor och 4 pojkar i en klass i en skola i Mellansverige. Och har kompletterat metoden med att göra skolgårdsobservationer under tre raster. I min undersökning så har jag jämfört elevernas intervjusvar med författarnas teorier. Jag har kommit fram till att elevernas uppfattning om mobbning överensstämmer väl med flera av författarnas definition av mobbning samt orsakerna till mobbning. Det är väldigt små skillnader mellan pojkarnas och flickornas uppfattning om mobbning. I intervju svaren framgår det klart att pojkar och flickor kan upptäcka mobbning på olika sätt, det kan man se genom på det sättet de uttrycker sig på. Pojkarna beskriver mobbning som fysisk och för flickorna handlar det mer om verbal mobbning och utfrysning.

Studien behandlar sex elevers erfarenheter av matematiska textuppgifter där frågans placering varierar. Det undersöks eftersom tidigare forskning inte har undersökt frågans placering utifrån elevernas perspektiv. Tidigare forskning har enbart undersökt elevers lösningar av textuppgifter där frågeplaceringen varierat. Syftet med studien var att undersöka hur sex elever i årskurs 5 erfar matematiska textuppgifter med två olika placeringar av frågan, i slutet och i början av uppgifterna. Undersökningen hade fenomenologi som vetenskaplig teori. I studien intervjuades sex elever medan de löste sex textuppgifter med varierad placering av frågan. Under intervjuerna svarade eleverna på frågor som bland annat berörde textuppgifternas svårighetsgrad och frågans placering. Resultatet av studien visar att elevernas tillvägagångssätt för att lösa uppgifterna inte skilde sig i förhållande till frågans placering. De textuppgifter som eleverna ansåg var svårast hade frågan i början. När frågan var i början ansåg flertalet elever att de, när de läste uppgiften, fokuserade på vad som skulle räknas ut. Trots det föredrog eleverna textuppgifter med frågan i slutet eftersom de var vana vid det. Slutsatsen som kan dras av studien är att eleverna föredrog att frågan var i slutet av skriftliga textuppgifter. / This study discusses six students' experiences of mathematical word problems with different locations of the questions. This was investigated because previous research has not investigated the students' perspectives of question placement. Previous research has only investigated students' solutions of word problems with different locations of the questions. The aim of this study was to investigate how six students, between 11 and 12 years old, in 5th grade experienced mathematical word problems with different locations of the question. The question was either located in the end or in the beginning of the word problem. The study had phenomenology as a scientific theory. This study was done by interviewing each one of the six students while they solved six written mathematical word problems with different location of the question. During the interviews, the students answered questions about for example the difficulty of the word problems and question placement. The result of the study showed that the students' methods to solve the word problems did not differ in relation to where the question was located. The most difficult word problems according to the students had the question in the beginning. The difficulty of the word problems was also affected by which type of problem it was; change problem, combine problem or compare problem. When the question was located in the beginning of the word problem most students perceived that they focused on the calculation of the problem. However, the students preferred word problems with the question in the end because they were used to that. The conclusion is that students preferred the question in the end of written word problems.

This thesis discusses on results of experiments carried outwith austenitic, duplex and super duplex stainless steels andTi-6Al-4V. In these it has been seen that the heat cycle duringwelding or weld simulation has a great effect on the propertiesof thematerials. The properties are related to the resultedgrain size after processing, as well as, to the chemicalcomposition of the material. The thesis discusses on the grainsize resulted after hot processing and how the properties areinfluenced by it. Also, it has been seen how large grain sizeinfluences the fracture toughness of the duplex stainlesssteel. The CTOD values become so low that an alternativeproduction method should be used instead of casting. The thesisdescribes the behavior of grain size in the hot processing ofTi-6Al-4V and impact toughness resulted by various weldingprocesses. The thesis shows correlation between grain growthbehavior of metallurgically different materials, i.e. duplexstainless steel, Ti-6Al-4V and quenced and tempered low alloysteel. Keywords:Stainless steel, Duplex Stainless Steel,Titanium Grade 5, Ti-6Al-4V microstructure, mechanicalproperties, welding, welding simulation / <p>QCR 20161026</p>

<p>This thesis discusses on results of experiments carried outwith austenitic, duplex and super duplex stainless steels andTi-6Al-4V. In these it has been seen that the heat cycle duringwelding or weld simulation has a great effect on the propertiesof thematerials. The properties are related to the resultedgrain size after processing, as well as, to the chemicalcomposition of the material. The thesis discusses on the grainsize resulted after hot processing and how the properties areinfluenced by it. Also, it has been seen how large grain sizeinfluences the fracture toughness of the duplex stainlesssteel. The CTOD values become so low that an alternativeproduction method should be used instead of casting. The thesisdescribes the behavior of grain size in the hot processing ofTi-6Al-4V and impact toughness resulted by various weldingprocesses. The thesis shows correlation between grain growthbehavior of metallurgically different materials, i.e. duplexstainless steel, Ti-6Al-4V and quenced and tempered low alloysteel.</p><p><b>Keywords:</b>Stainless steel, Duplex Stainless Steel,Titanium Grade 5, Ti-6Al-4V microstructure, mechanicalproperties, welding, welding simulation</p>

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Elever med dyslexi har i svensk skola rätt till extra anpassningar, vilka ska svara upp mot elevernas behov gällande stöd för läsning och skrivning. I den här studien har vi utifrån en fenomenografisk forskningsansats undersökt hur elever i åk 5 - 6 med dyslexi beskriver sina extra anpassningar gällande läsning och skrivning med avseende på delaktighet och motivation. Åtta elever i tre mellansvenska skolor intervjuades enskilt. Den kvalitativa analysen av elevsvaren resulterade i ett utfall av sammanlagt tolv beskrivningskategorier, var och en bestående av varierade uppfattningar. Av dessa beskrivningskategorier utgör åtta kategorier elevers beskrivningar av sina extra anpassningar och vad som motiverat till läsning och skrivning eller inte utifrån dessa. Resultatet visar på lärarens betydelse för elevernas motivation utifrån de extra anpassningar som ges genom förmågan att anpassa utifrån elevens behov, vilka kan variera utifrån situation och skolämne. Resultatet visade även på betydelsen av teknik som stöd för läsning och skrivning samt att arbetet med en kamrat är den extra anpassning som eleverna beskriver påverkar arbetet med läsning och skrivning mest. Utfallet av elevernas beskrivningar gällande upplevelsen av delaktighet i valet av, genomförandet samt utvärderingar av sina extra anpassningar resulterade i fyra beskrivningskategorier. Resultatet visade på att eleverna i olika omfattning är delaktiga i utformandet av sina extra anpassningar. Vidare visade resultatet att upplevelsen av delaktighet till stor del påverkas av relationen mellan lärare och elev samt acceptans och erkännande från både lärare och skolkamrater. / Pupils with dyslexia have the right to special adjustments in Swedish schools, depending on the pupil´s needs regarding support for reading and writing. In this study we have, on the basis of a phenomenographic research approach, identified how pupils in grade 5–6 with dyslexia describe their adaptations for reading and writing with regard to participation and motivation. Data was collected through individual interviews with eight students in three Swedish schools. The observations were then examined using a qualitative method of analysis, which resulted in a total of twelve description categories, each containing varied perceptions. Of these description categories, eight categories represent students' descriptions of their extra adaptations and what motivates and discourages reading and writing. The results show the importance of working together with a classmate, which is the extra adaptation that the students describe as affecting their reading and writing the most. Furthermore, the students describe the importance of the teacher for motivating reading and writing, based on the teacher's ability to adapt to the student's needs, which can vary depending on the situation and discipline. The use of assistive technology as support for reading and writing was, according to the students, another important motivating factor. The outcome of the pupils descriptions regarding the level of participation in the choice, implementation and evaluations of their extra adaptations resulted in four description categories. The results showed that the pupils are involved in the design of their extra adaptations to varying degrees. Furthermore, the result showed that the level of participation is largely influenced by the relationship between teacher and student as well as acceptance and recognition from both teachers and schoolmates.

Project-based learning (PBL) is centred on a challenging, yet meaningful, driving question and culminates in a product that students create or do to showcase their learning to a public audience. Other essential elements of a true PBL experience include: sustained inquiry, authentic tasks, opportunities for students to make decisions about their culminating product, reflection, critique, and revision (Hallermann, Larmer, & Mergendoller, 2011). A well-designed PBL combines curriculum and instructional activities to cultivate 21st century skills in students to prepare them for future success in the workforce. Two teams of Year five teachers designed a week-long PBL unit for students organised around the characteristics of the planets, which integrated science, mathematics, and English. The teachers implemented the PBL with six classes of Year five students, documenting their thoughts on planning and implementation to reflect upon the experience.