The aim of this study was to examine the students' perspectives on formative assessment, partly about how students perceived the assessment in general, partly about what students' opinions were on formative assessment, and partly about students' view of how assessment could be organized to stimulate learning process.  The study consisted of qualitative interviews with six students in grades one in an upper secondary school.The survey showed that students primarily perceived assessment with summative purpose: tests and scores.  Majority of the students experienced that there were too many tests occasions.  Those high-performing students were positive to tests.  However, those lower-performing students felt more negative and became more stressful with the exams.Results showed that they were lack of experience of formative assessment.  All the six students thought that they had not got any chance to involve in the assessments process.  They realized that they had not got adequate feedback about their learning-situations.  With regard to students' wishes about how assessment could be developed in order to improve their learning, it was mainly about more and concrete feedback on tests and assignments.Two models were developed in the final discussion, which showed the author's own perception of formative and summative assessments..

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur tidningen ?Nya Vi Föräldrar? framställer småbarnsföräldrar i utvalda reportage. Metoden för arbetet är kvalitativ innehållsanalys och visuell metod eftersom reportagen består av både text och bild. Analysen grundar sig på teorier från Anthony Giddens, Yvonne Hirdman och Erving Goffman. I analysarbetet har det vuxit fram olika teman som sedan har blivit mina specifika avsnitt.

Background: Every year 56 million people die around the world and it is estimated that 60% of these people are in need of palliative care. It has been shown that patients in the palliative care experienced their situation as uncertain. When life no longer was certain, the patients tried to live their life day by day and make the best of it. Problem: When patients were diagnosed with an incurable disease the future became unsure, because their life would come to an end. Therefore patients with a palliative diagnosis could be in need of experiencing feelings of security.

Arbetets syfte är att undersöka berättelseformer i datorspel baserade på tillämpningen av sceneri, avgränsat till spelarens uppfattning av tid och plats. Utifrån de svårigheter som förknippas med framställningen av naturligt förfall och framställningen av teknologiska möjligheter har två hypoteser formulerats; då att spelaren främst skapar sig en uppfattning om spelets tidsperiod utifrån upplevt artificiella objekt, samt att spelaren främst skapar sig en uppfattning om spelets verklighetsförankring utifrån spelets miljö. För undersökningens syfte har en virtuell miljö framställts i tre olika versioner, de två första avsedda att testa arbetets hypoteser avskilt, den senare avsedd att testa båda i samma miljö. Undersökningen har skett genom testspelning av dessa av totalt 30 testdeltagare. Undersökningens resultat styrker arbetets hypoteser, då den första i högre grad än den andra, men påvisar även svårigheter förknippade med sammanförandet av de metoder som tillämpats..

The Purpose of the study was to highlight the primary care managers' perception of the barriers and opportunities in the implementation of the national guidelines for harmful drinking and alcohol abuse in KalmarCounty. The data was collected by questionnaires which were directed to all primary care managers in the county. The response rate was low, 40%. The data collection was complemented at a later stage with a non-response analysis. To analyze the results implementation theory with following terms were used: wants to, understand and know.

Min hypotes är att layouten är det första vi lägger märke till när vi ser nya gestaltningsförslag och andra ritningar. Ändå saknas det utbildning i layout på Sveriges landskapsarkitektutbildningar. I kandidatarbetet testas olika enkla modeller för layout för att bedöma deras relevans vid produktion av exempelvis förslagsritningar inom landskapsarkitektur. När jag i det här arbetet skriver om layout syftar jag till samspelet mellan bild och text och jag har även valt att testa några olika färgvarianter för att se färgens påverkan på gestaltningsförslaget. Genom litteraturstudier har relevanta metoder för layout plockats fram; symmetrisk, asymmetrisk samt med och utan tillämpning av gyllene snittet.

The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to identify the relationship between color and semiotics and how a person?s opinon, regarding a game character?s different characteristics, can be affected by the use of various colors. Prior to this study people were asked, through an online survey, to write down words that they associated with different colors. The colors were then divided into four different groups depending on whether they had been associated with positive-strong words, positive-weak words, negative-strong words or negative-weak words. In order to further shed light on the effect of colors, the four palettes, consisting of the colors associated with the different words, were then used separately to give color to two characters: a man and a woman.

This is a thesis on D-level. In a previous course, at our program Computer Science, we came up with an idea of how to improve/complement training for new employees who are situated in a stressful workplace at companies who are in a constant need of rehiring. We developed this concept and came up with an idea for a simulator that could train staff as well as relieve stress and tension for new employees. The idea matured and became a Serious Game simulator based on a dual-wield Wii-controlled PC-based simulator with Bluetooth support.The purpose of this paper is to produce a design concept for a simulator as well as conducting research on the topics: mental and physical learning abilities, psychomotor abilities, visual perception, hand-eye coordination, confidence, simulators and Serious Games. The conducted research will be the foundation for the design concept which will be implemented in our co-workers', Henrik Djerf & Daniel Gomez-Ortega, prototype.

Denna studie skall skapa djupare förståelse för hur den estetiska miljön i en livsmedelsbutik uppfattas av kunder. Vi ämnar undersöka vikten av faktorer såsom färg, ljus, ordning och komplexitet för att nå kunskap om hur de påverkar konsumenten samt hur de kan kombineras för att ge konsumenter ett positivt helhetsintryck av butiksmiljön. Det vi kom fram till var att om färger varieras med klara skillnader och begränsningar i antalet nyanser, samt våglängder i huvudsak från den varma delen av ljusets spektrum så finns det enligt respondenterna i denna undersökning goda chanser att skapa en lockande miljö. Vidare bör varorna vara bra upplysta, gärna med punktbelysning, och ljuset bör vara vitt eller av varmare karaktär. Vad det gäller ordning och komplexitet så finns inga klara preferenser hos respondenterna.

Syftet med denna uppsats har varit att försöka kartlägga vad Mercedes-Benz argumenterar för genom sin tidning Mercedes-Benz Magazine och till vilken publik de då vänder sig till. Frågeställningarna har varit: 1.Vilken tes eller teser driver Mercedes-Benz Magazine? 2.Vad kan Mercedes-Benz retoriska val innebära då det gäller identifikation och åtskillnad? För att kunna besvara frågorna har de topiker och premisser Mercedes-Benz Magazine nyttjar i sin argumentation studerats. De teoretiska utgångspunkterna har varit ethos och identifikation.  Studien föreslog att de övergripande teserna i Mercedes-Benz Magazine var: 1). Merceeds-Benz bygger exklusiva, eleganta och snygga bilar.

Background: To wait on an emergency department is a reflected and well-documented problem. Thou it´s mainly due to a patient perspective should also nurses' perspectives be significant to obtain a faceted perception of the phenomenon.Aim: The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses perceive the phenomenon of anticipation of a somatic emergency department.Method: The analysis was performed using a phenomenological approach. The study was conducted in a medium-sized hospital in southern Sweden, during the latter part of 2005, and had a qualitative approach based on a lifeworld perspective. Data collection consisted of written stories from twelve nurses.Results: The results indicated that the waiting was the scene of the expectations. These expectations led to dilemmas, powerlessness and frustration, the more the phenomenon was allowed to stand.

The purpose of this paper is to present a possible understanding of why the company Tekola is segregated according to sex. In accordance to this purpose, an understanding of how the segregation affects the employees in relation to power, values and possibilities is discussed. The theoretical understanding is that the organization of men and women within Tekola is done in close connection to creation of the meaning of gender in Tekola. This, in turn, affects and is affected by the recruitment to and within the company. Through the study of statistics from a survey, five interviews with employees and former employees and Tekolas? equality plan, we are able to see the possible existence of a glass ceiling, and a culture of homosociality, which affects the possibilities of women to enter the company and also to gain full entrance to power-positions in a negative way.

The purpose of this thesis has been to explore the topic of business simulation from a theoretical foundation in social constructivism and theories concerning leadership as the management of meaning. The most important findings are that business simulation can be used for strategical leadership by management to create a common vision in the organisation members, which affects their perception of the business and the decisions and actions they make, which in turn can lead to a more efficient organisation that becomes better at meeting set goals. This can be viewed in different ways from different theoretical viewpoints: as inducing targeted changes in mental models to create changes in decision making and actions; as a secondary socialization process where the vision of management is externalized as a business simulation that is in turn internalized by the organisation members that participate in the business simulation, or as a way to frame and define the reality of the organisational members which creates a shared reference point against which a feeling of organisation and direction can emerge. In the future, business simulations may become increasingly used by organizations to create a common vision or to communicate a new decision to the organization members..

Den här studien är genomförd som en etnografisk undersökning av två visuella händelser i en förskolas ateljé under gemensamt bildskapande. Målet med undersökningen är att söka svar på vilka diskurser som finns i rörelse i ateljén samt vilka subjektspositioner dessa diskurser erbjuder de deltagande barnen. Barnens handlande och motivval har undersökts utifrån ett genusperspektiv och analysen av det empiriska materialet har genomförts med verktyg lånade från diskurspsykologin och med hjälp av socialkonstruktionistisk teoribildning.Som forskare väljer jag att i analysen av materialet byta subjektsposition, och talar om mig själv som den vuxna. Detta medför att också forskarens subjektspositioner delvis blir synliga. I resultatet visar det sig bland annat att det finns tre samtidigt pågående diskurser i ateljén och att dessa erbjuder såväl låsta som öppna subjektspositioner för barnen.

The aim of this paper is to study if implementation of a school library management system called FreeLib has created favourable conditions for the school librarians to cooperate with other professions and become a more forward working place. I have studied relevant literature about school libraries, organisation, digital libraries and documents that regulate school and library activities today as well in the past. In order to fulfil my purpose I have done a qualitative survey with six school librarians from Swedish primary schools with pupils at the age of 6 -16 years old. To identify strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities I found in the material I used a method called SWOT analysis. According to this study the use of the digital FreeLib system has developed a better teamwork between school librarians at different schools.