Gustaf Bernhard Uno Skar
Gustaf Bernhard Uno Skar
Professor i norskdidaktikk
Nasjonalt senter for skriveopplæring og skriveforsking Fakultet for samfunns- og utdanningsvitenskapBakgrunn og aktiviteter
Ongoing Research Projects
- Utforskande och fördjupande textsamtal. Effekter av en intervention för att utveckla kvaliteten på lärarledda samtal om komplexa skönlitterära texter, 2022–2024, Consultant.
- Starting Age and Extramural English: Learning English in and outside of school in Norway and Flanders (the "STAGE project"), 2022–2026, Head of Work Package
- Development of New Language Arts Exam, 2020–2023, Project Manager
- Functional Writing in Primary School (the "FUS-project”), 2018–2023, Principal Investigator
Degrees
- 2013: Ph.D., Stockholm University, Sweden
- 2008: M.Ed., Uppsala University, Sweden
- 2006: M.A., Uppsala University, Sweden
Recent Publications
Full list on CRISTIN. Also see CV.
Skar, G. B., Kvistad, A. H., Johansen, M. B., Rijlaarsdam, G., Aasen, A. J. (2022). Identifying Texts in the Warning Zone: Empirical Foundation of a Screening Instrument to Adapt Early Writing Instruction. Writing & Pedagogy, 13(1), 267–311. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.22095
Skar, G. B., Aasen, A. J., Kvistad, A. H., & Johansen, M. B. (2022). Audience awareness in elementary school students’ texts: Variations within and between grades 1–3. Writing and Pedagogy, 13(1), 155–179. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.21541
Bremholm, J., Kabel, K., Liberg, C., & Skar, G. B. (2022). A review of Scandinavian Writing Research between 2010 and 2020. Writing and Pedagogy, 13(1), 7–49. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.21637
Skar, G. B. & Myhill, D. (2022, preprint). Exploring of Multiple Perspectives on Early Writing Development. Chapter in Skriveutvikling og skrivevansker.
Skar, G. B. & Huebner, A. (2022). Predicting First Grade Students’ Writing Proficiency. Assessment in Education, 29(2), 219–237 https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594X.2022.2057424
Skar, G. B., Kabel, K., Liberg, C., & Bremholm, J. (2022). Introduction to the Special Issue on writing research in Scandinavia. Writing & Pedagogy, 13(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.1558/wap.22133
Skar, G. B., Graham, S., & Rijlaarsdam, G. (2022). Formative writing assessment for change – introduction to the special issue. Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 29(2), 121–126. https://doi.org/10.1080/0969594X.2022.2089488
Hsiang, T. P., Graham, S., Wang, Z., Wang, C., & Skar, G. B. (2022). Teaching Chinese Characters to Students in Grades 1 to 3 through Emergency Remote Instruction during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Reading and Writing, 35(8), 1975–2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-022-10288-0
Skar, G. B., Lei, P., Graham, S., Aasen, A. J., Johansen, M. B., & Kvistad, A. H. (2022). Handwriting Fluency and the Quality of Primary Grade Students’ Writing. Reading and Writing: An interdisciplinary journal, 35(2), 509–538. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-021-10185-y
Skar, G. B., Graham, S., & Huebner, A. (2021, online first). Learning Loss during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Emergency Remote Instruction First Grade Students’ Writing: A Natural Experiment. Journal of Educational Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/edu0000701