• "From terrible teen to terrific trainee": Norwegian cases of innovative workplace-school collaboration to educate young people to become skilled workers in modern manufacturing industry 

  Øyum, Lisbeth; Olsen, Dorothy Sutherland; Thøring, Linn (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Contemporary debates over "the factory of the future" show that industries will need vocational workers that are empowered and skilled to act as decision-makers and controllers, holding technical and social skills of a ...

• Jack-of-all-subjects? The association between individual grade variance and educational attainment 

  Sandsør, Astrid Marie Jorde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)

  This paper uses detailed register information on students in lower secondary school in Norway to study the importance of the second moment of individual grade distribution: grade variance. Students receive discrete-value ...

• Lojalitet i spill. Eierskap i implementering av et matematikkdidaktisk tiltak i Oslo-skolen 

  Reegård, Kaja; Rogstad, Jon Christian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)

  Temaet for artikkelen er betydningen av lojalitet overfor implementeringen av et matematikkdidaktisk tiltak i ungdomsskoler og videregående skoler i Oslo. Matematikklærere kurses i didaktiske verktøy og gir elever som ...

• Examining national citation impact by comparing developments in a fixed and a dynamic journal set 

  Schneider, Jesper W.; van Leeuwen, Thed; Visser, Martijn; Aagaard, Kaare (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  In order to examine potential effects of methodological choices influencing developments in relative citation scores for countries, a fixed journal set comprising of 3232 journals continuously indexed in the Web of Science ...

• Explaining the variations of definitions in gifted education 

  Hammer Smedsrud, Jørgen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Whether we need to agree on a definition of giftedness and whether a general definition is even necessary for the field to move forward has been debated across several paradigms. This article explores variation in definitions ...

• Effect of firms' age on their use of highly skilled workers 

  Børing, Pål (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  We aim to contribute to the literature on entrepreneurship by examining the relationship between firms’ age and their use of highly skilled workers, measured by employees with higher education. A panel data set of Norwegian ...

• A closer look at the relationship between innovation and employment growth at the firm level 

  Herstad, Sverre Johan; Sandven, Tore Vang (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  This paper considers in detail how different types of innovation (products, processes, patents, combinations) are related to different employment growth characteristics (exit or survival, with employment upscaling or ...

• The effect of linguistic comprehension instruction on generalized language and reading comprehension skills: A systematic review 

  Rogde, Kristin; Hagen, Åste Mjelve; Melby-Lervåg, Monica; Lervåg, Arne (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The linguistic comprehension programs included in this review display a small positive immediate effect on generalized outcomes of linguistic comprehension. The effect of the programs on generalized measures of reading ...

• ECE teachers' views on play-based learning: a systematic review 

  Bubikova-Moan, Jarmila; Hjetland, Hanne Næss; Wollscheid, Sabine (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  In recent years, play-based learning (PBL) has attracted attention, debate and controversy across different national contexts. There is no definitional consensus which may have undesirable consequences for enacting its ...

• 'One size fits all'? Ensretting av nasjonale tiltak for å hindre frafall i videregående opplæring i Norge. Tilfellet Ny GIV Overgangsprosjektet 

  Helgøy, Ingrid; Homme, Anne; Holen, Solveig; Lødding, Berit (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Tiltak for elever som sliter og står i fare for å falle ut av videregående skole, har i stor grad vært oppfattet som et lokalt anliggende. En helt ny form for sentralstyrt satsing mot frafall ble lansert av Kunnskapsdepartementet ...

• The cognitive benefits of learning computer programming: A meta-analysis of transfer effects 

  Scherer, Ronny; Siddiq, Fazilat; Sánchez Viveros, Bárbara (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Does computer programming teach students how to think? Learning to program computers has gained considerable popularity, and educational systems around the world are encouraging students in schools and even children in ...

• Master's degree graduates in Norway: field of study and labour market outcomes 

  Næss, Terje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  The main purpose of this article is to analyse to what degree master’s degree education in Norway enhances employability through enhancing or signalling generic competence, or through enhancing specialised competence. Using ...

• Assessing contradictions: Methodological challenges when mapping symbolic boundaries 

  Sølvberg, Lisa M.; Jarness, Vegard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  In this article, we address the methodological question of making sense of contradictions in sociological analysis. Focusing on the scholarly debate about generating and interpreting data on symbolic boundaries – the ways ...

• Forks in the road to e-mobility: An evaluation of instrument interaction in national policy mixes in Northwest Europe 

  Dijk, Marc; Iversen, Eric James; Klitkou, Antje; Kemp, René; Bolwig, Simon; Borup, Mads; Møllgaard, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  This paper evaluates how policy shaped the emergence of electric mobility in three countries, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark, between 2010 and 2015. Whereas previous studies have looked at the effects of separate ...

• Professional educational programmes under pressure. Organizational challenges related to strengthening research 

  Tellmann, Silje Maria; Røsdal, Trude; Frølich, Nicoline (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)

  Higher education institutions embed a large variety of organizational practices regarding how to organize, plan, and implement managerial decisions and processes. This variation is amongst others related to the multiple ...

• Normal versus extraordinary societal impact: how to understand, evaluate, and improve research activities in their relations to society? 

  Sivertsen, Gunnar; Meijer, Ingeborg (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Societal impact of research does not occur primarily as unexpected extraordinary incidents of particularly useful breakthroughs in science. It is more often a result of normal everyday interactions between organizations ...

• Bringing home the bacon: the relationship between firm characteristics and participation in EU Horizon 2020 projects 

  Børing, Pål; Fevolden, Arne Martin; Mark, Michael Spjelkavik; Piro, Fredrik Niclas (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Why some countries are more successful than others at securing European research and innovation grants is a question that has recently received significant attention in the research and policy communities. This article ...

• Lokal yrkesfagskultur og ulikhet i fortellinger om ungdoms utdanningsvalg – et stedssensitivt blikk på Oslo og Rogaland 

  Hegna, Kristinn; Reegård, Kaja (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The literature on vocational educational aspirations typically lacks a conception of space, place and local employment opportunities. This article compares two locations in Norway, that is, the capital Oslo, characterised ...

• Stedlige perspektiver på skoleliv og yrkesfag 

  Reegård, Kaja; Rogstad, Jon Christian; Hegna, Kristinn (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  The articles featured in this special issue aim to investigate the importance of places and social space for the understanding of young people's educational choices, vocational aspirations, and educational results in Norway. ...

• Spørsmål om tid og sted: Mulighetsrom og kvalifiseringsbaner blant ungdom utenfor videregående opplæring i Finnmark 

  Lødding, Berit; Paulgaard, Gry (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)

  Based on individual interviews with young people in Finnmark who have quit or taken a break from upper secondary education, this article addresses the relationship between attachment to place and perception of time. Finnmark ...

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