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“We learn it [mathematics] at school so one thinks that one will use it …”: Learners’ beliefs about relevance and importance of learning mathematics.

Sachdeva, Shipra; Eggen, Per-Odd (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)

Denne artikkelen viser at når skoleledere og lærere samhandler i et regionalt utviklingsprosjekt som forutsetter bruk av eksterne kunnskapsressurser som kartleggingsdata og kompetansepakker, forholder de seg til ...

‘We put on the music and then the children dance’ - Swedish preschool teachers’ dance educational experiences

Pastorek Gripson, Märtha; Lindqvist, Anna; Østern, Tone Pernille (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

This article investigates and discusses Swedish preschool teachers’ work with and understanding of teaching dance. Preschool teachers should teach aesthetic expressions such as dance, according to the curriculum. This study ...

"We put teamwork back on the agenda again and again". The role of support systems in autonomous teamwork

Rolfsen, Monica (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the literature on teamwork by focusing on the influence support systems, like industrial relations, have on teamwork. Teamwork is conceptualized through three ...

“We shall not ‘bash’ the unions. Neither shall we bow to them.” – The decline of British trade union memberships under Thatcher 1979-1990.

Nymo, Lise Kristin. (Bachelor thesis, 2020)

Fra Thatcher kom til makten i 1979 til hennes fall i 1990 skjedde det et drastisk fall i antallet fagforeningsmedlemmer i Storbritannia. Denne oppgaven ønsker å besvare problemstillingen: Hvorfor falt fagforeningsmedlemskapene ...

"We shape our environments, then our environments shape us" - En studie om eierstyring og selskapsledelse i teknologiselskap i Trondheimsregionen - og om selskapenes praksis på dette området kan påvirke veksten i selskapene

Rønning, Siri Merethe (Master thesis, 2020)

Denne oppgaven utforsker hvordan eierstyring og selskapsledelse praktiseres i teknologiselskapene i Trondheimsregionen, og om praksis i selskapene kan påvirke selskapenes forutsetninger for vekst. Oppgaven er basert på et ...

“We Tie Up the Loose Ends”: Homecare Nursing in a Changing Health Care Landscape

Melby, Line; Obstfelder, Aud; Hellesø, Ragnhild (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)

During the last decades, the work of homecare nurses has been affected by several changes, including an aging population, the decentralization of health care, nursing recruitment crises and the scarcity of public resources. ...

“We use English but not like all the time like.” – Discourse marker like in UAE English

Lorenz, Eliane (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is characterized by extensive language contact. Although Arabic is the official language, practically all communication in general as well as in higher education, in particular, takes place ...

We're better than being a star on somebody else's flag - Discourse analysis of Nigel Farage's rhetoric during the Brexit referendum campaign

Myklebust, Elise (Master thesis, 2019)

The outcome of the Brexit referendum sent shockwaves through Britain and through Europe. Despite the presence of long-standing and widespread Euroscepticism in Britain, few predicted that the majority of British people ...

«We're gonna need bigger guns» - En analytisk tilnærming til lyd i dataspill

Stokkeland, Sølvi (Master thesis, 2015)

Gjennomgang og drøfting av utvalgte teorier om lyd i dataspill, etterfulgt av en analyse av deler av dataspillet Mass Effect.

We're not in it for the money - lay people's moral intuitions on commercial use of 'their' biobank

Steinsbekk, Kristin Solum; Ursin, Lars Øystein; Skolbekken, John-Arne; Solberg, Berge (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)

Great hope has been placed on biobank research as a strategy to improve diagnostics, therapeutics and prevention. It seems to be a common opinion that these goals cannot be reached without the participation of commercial ...

A weak-scatterer potential flow theory-based model for the hydroelastic analysis of offshore wind turbine substructures

Leroy, Vincent; Bachynski-Polic, Erin Elizabeth; Babarit, Aurélien; Ferrant, Pierre; Gilloteaux, Jean-Christophe (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

This paper examines the hydroelastic response of a monopile structure, supporting an offshore wind turbine. A new numerical simulation tool is presented, coupling a nonlinear potential flow solver to a structural model ...

Weakening of the cognition and height association from 1957 to 2018: Findings from four British birth cohort studies

Bann, David; Wright, Liam; Davies, Neil Martin; Moulton, Vanessa (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)

Background: Taller individuals have been repeatedly found to have higher scores on cognitive assessments. Recent studies have suggested that this association can be explained by genetic factors, yet this does not preclude ...

Weakly nonlinear broadband and multi-directional surface waves on an arbitrary depth: A framework, Stokes drift, and particle trajectories

Li, Yan; Li, Xin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Surface gravity waves in coastal waters are broadband and multi-directional, whose quadratic properties are of considerable engineering and scientific interest. Based on a Stokes expansion and an envelope-type framework, ...