Blar i 4 - Academic Publications / Vitenskapelige publikasjoner på forfatter "Opheim, Vibeke"
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Beyond class size reduction: Towards more flexible ways of implementing a reduced pupil-teacher ratio.
Solheim, Oddny Judith; Opheim, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The effect of a reduced pupil–teacher ratio has mainly been investigated as that of reduced class size. Hence we know little about alternative methods of reducing the pupil–teacher ratio. Deploying additional teachers in ... -
‘It’s a jigsaw puzzle and a challenge’: critical perspectives on the enactment of an RCT on small-group tuition in mathematics in Norwegian lower-elementary schools
Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila; Opheim, Vibeke (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Today’s schools are faced with increasingly complex demands of juggling their core educational tasks alongside multi-dimensional policy bids for reform, development and change. In this paper, we conceptualize our own RCT ... -
Knowledge brokering initiatives in education – a systematic map of the Nordic countries
Wollscheid, Sabine; Opheim, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The international trend of evidence-based practice has led to the establishment of a new type of organisation, knowledge brokering initiatives, to strengthen the link between research-based knowledge and policy and practice. ... -
Participation in adult education and training in countries with high and low participation rates: demand and barriers
Hovdhaugen, Elisabeth; Opheim, Vibeke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This paper explores patterns in participation in adult education and training (AET) by comparing five countries with high participation rates (the Nordic countries and the Netherlands) with three countries with significantly ... -
Randomised controlled trials in Scandinavian educational research
Pontoppidan, Maiken; Keilow, Maria; Dietrichson, Jens; Solheim, Oddny Judith; Opheim, Vibeke; Gustafson, Stefan; Andersen, Simon Calmar (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background: The Scandinavian countries have a long history of implementing social interventions, but the interventions have not been examined using randomised controlled trials until relatively recently compared with ... -
Small-Group Instruction to Improve Student Performance in Mathematics in Early Grades: Results from a Randomized Field Experiment
Bonesrønning, Hans; Finseraas, Henning; Hardoy, Ines; Iversen, Jon Marius Vaag; Nyhus, Ole Henning; Opheim, Vibeke; Salvanes, Kari Vea; Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde; Schøne, Pål (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)We investigate whether small-group instruction improves student performance in mathematics in the early grades using a large-scale RCT covering 159 Norwegian schools over four years. The students − 7–9 years old - are ...