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Housing first, connection second: the impact of professional helping relationships on the trajectories of housing stability for people facing severe and multiple disadvantage
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background: Despite the accumulating evidence on the role of professional helping relationships for highly disadvantaged populations, methodological shortcomings have made it difficult to establish a robust relationshipsoutcomes ... -
Housing the Urban Poor: Planning, Business and Politics: A Case Study of Duaripara Slum, Dhaka city, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2006)This study is conducted on Duripara slum of Dhaka city which is one of the fastest growing megalopolis and primate cities not only among the developing but also among the developed countries. The high rate of urbanization ... -
Hov do the same job demands and resources predict work engagement and workaholism? - A SEM analysis investigating the relation between job characteristics and heavy work investment
(Master thesis, 2017)Work engagement and workaholism are considered as, respectively, positive and negative heavy work investment constructs, and predict opposite outcomes for job performance and well-being. Thus, work engagement should be ... -
How a teacher professional development program influences students’ algebra performance? Reflections from a web-based platform
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The main purpose of this study was to assess seventh-graders’ algebra performance when their teachers received professional development support regarding hypothetical learning trajectories through a web-based platform. ... -
How anonymity and norms influence costly support for environmental causes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Social norms are a key driver of pro-environmental action, but their influence may vary by context. An important contextual factor is behavior observability. We employ a laboratory quasi-experiment studying donations to ... -
How are minor mental health problems perceived by Traditional Chinese Medicine?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)The purpose of this study was to reach a better understanding of how minor mental health problems (MMP) are perceived in China by professionals practicing Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) and by well-educated people ... -
How can I trust science when it is all political? Investigating the effects of the increasing integration of science and politics of citizens’ trust in scientists
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:324, Doctoral thesis, 2023)English summary Even though we rarely think about it, science is everywhere in our lives. Our phones contain advanced computer science. When we get sick and must go to the hospital, the treatment and medicine that we get ... -
How Can Inequalities in Mortality Be Reduced? A Quantitative Analysis of 6 Risk Factors in 21 European Populations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)Background: Socioeconomic inequalities in mortality are one of the greatest challenges for health policy in all European countries, but the potential for reducing these inequalities is unclear. We therefore quantified ... -
How Can Social Expectations and Related Stress among Adolescents and Young Adults Be Better Coped with through Practicing Yoga?
(Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2023)In this chapter, I discuss how practicing yoga was experienced by adolescents and young adults and how such experiences seem to contribute to better coping with stress. As a contextualization, I will describe the current ... -
How Can Tablets in the Primary ESL Classroom Facilitate Young Learners’ Literacy Skills and Language Comprehension?
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)The article reviews literature empirical studies from 2011 to 2020 that explore the effects of how tablets and digital apps designed for learning and teaching language are utilized in primary schools. Numerous applications ... -
How can the social worker through inter-cultural competence understand and communicate better with practicing first-generation Muslim refugees
(Bachelor thesis, 2023)Praktiserende muslimer møter hindringer og ulike former for diskriminering og ekskludering fra det norske samfunnet. Denne oppgaven utforsker hvordan sosialarbeideren reduserer følelsen av fremmedgjøring og legger til rette ... -
"How can the use of autentic literature promote the develoment of reading literacy in English among eigth-graders in Norway?"
(Master thesis, 2013)This thesis is based on a research conducted in a Norwegian school class of eighth-graders. The topic question is: how can the use of authentic literature promote the development of reading ... -
How can transforming representation of mathematical entities help us employ more cognitive resources?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This article discusses the cognitive process of transforming one representation of mathematical entities into another representation. This process, which has been called mathematical metaphor, allows us to understand and ... -
How Can Trivers (1974) Parent-Offspring Conflict Theory Perhaps Both Predict and Explain the Evolutionary Logic for a Hypothetical Weak Position for Children Both Within Families and Within Societies Throughout Human History?
(Master thesis, 2020)Trivers (1974) forelder-avkom konflikt teori (FAK) postulerer at inklusiv fitness konflikter kan manifesteres imellom foreldre og barn, og at foreldrene oftest vinner disse konfliktene. Historiske eksempler på mulige ... -
How can we meet the needs of boys and girls in social pedagogical work?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)The article discusses the pedagogical and social aspect in social pedagogy, including its focus and target. We look at the different needs of girls and boys, and point out how they have to be met in different ways. We ... -
How can we sustainably provide services in rural areas in the global south? A critical assessment of Lead farmers and Barefoot doctors' model for provisional extension services. Examples from Malawi.
(Master thesis, 2022)The lead farmers initiative in Malawi is an agricultural extension service based on a bottom-up approach that seeks to assist farmers on their own merits. The farmer-to-farmer approach has a big role in improving the ... -
How Capital Impacts the Development of Wind Power in Cape Cod, in the Eastern United States and Frøya, Norway
(Master thesis, 2021)Abstract In this thesis the connection between various forms of capital and the development of wind energy was investigated. The thesis focused on two very similar areas who had two different outcomes due to capital. The ... -
How communication practices have changed in Business-to-Business during COVID-19: A case study of Eltorque AS.
(Master thesis, 2021)Den raske spredningen av COVID-19 har forårsaket betydelige utfordringer for business-to-business (B2B). Dette er spesielt relevant for markedsføring og salg, noe som muliggjør kommunikasjon mellom agenter. For å utforske ... -
How did Beto O`Rourke increase the voter turnout in the 2018 Senate Election in Texas?
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)Lav valgdeltakelse er et problem for demokratiet fordi valgresultatene ikke reflekterer innbyggernes preferanser. Texas har vært en et-parti stat siden 1994 hvor Demokratene som regel har tapt og Republikanerne har vært ... -
How do EFL teachers at the upper secondary level perceive and assess student interaction? A qualitative case-study that investigates teachers’ practises, and their assessment rubrics.
(Master thesis, 2022)Sammendrag Denne studien undersøker hvordan lærere som underviser i engelsk som fremmedspråk på videregående skole i Norge oppfatter og vurderer de sammensatte ferdighetene elever må ta i bruk i muntlige samtaler. Denne ...