Njål Foldnes

Professor

Njål Foldnes

Kontakt

E-post: njal.foldnes@uis.no

Organisasjonsenhet

Fakultet for utdanningsvitenskap og humaniora

Nasjonalt senter for leseopplæring og leseforsking

Kort om meg

I am interested in multivariate methods used in social science research, mainly structural equation modeling, factor analysis and developing simulation methods for multivariate correlated data. 

My research involves proposing new methods for assessing model fit in SEM, critique of existing simulation methodologies and development of new ones. 

covsim package

Also, I have been working together with S Grønneberg on delineating the limits of ordinal SEM and proposing new estimators for ordinal data. 

Also, I lead a machine learning project aimed at early detection of struggling readers based on gameplay data from a literacy app for school starters. 

Gameplay machine learning project

 

Publikasjoner

Vitenskapelige publikasjoner

Jacqueline Michelle Peterson; Njål Foldnes; Maria Therese Jensen (2024) Relations between linguistic diversity, classroom social climate, and reading comprehension in Norwegian elementary classrooms. I: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research. ISSN 0031-3831. DOI: 10.1080/00313831.2024.2330937

Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Steffen Grønneberg; Jenny Thomson (2024) School entry detection of struggling readers using gameplay data and machine learning. I: Frontiers in Education. Online ISSN 2504-284X. Volum 9. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1487694

Aline Alves-Wold; Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes (2024) Assessing writing and spelling interest and self-beliefs: Does the type of pictorial support affect first and third graders’ responses?. I: Assessing Writing: An International Journal. ISSN 1075-2935. Volum 60. DOI: 10.1016/j.asw.2024.100833

Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Arild Michel Bakken; Kjersti Lundetræ (2024) Development and deployment of an adaptive national elementary reading screening test. I: Frontiers in Education. Online ISSN 2504-284X. Volum 9. DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1331777

Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes; Bente Rigmor Walgermo; Kari Kolbjørnsen Bjerke; Inga Kjerstin Birkedal; Per Henning Uppstad; Kjersti Lundetræ (2024) Closing the Gap: A Conceptual Replication of an Early Reading Intervention. I: Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness. ISSN 1934-5747. DOI: 10.1080/19345747.2024.2333734

Hildegunn Støle; Anne Mangen; Njål Foldnes (2024) Leseprøve på papir og digitalt : Hva viser PIRLS 2021?. I: Åse Kari H. Wagner; Hildegunn Støle, Tid for lesing! Norske tiåringers leseforståelse i PIRLS 2021. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215053240. s.203-223. DOI: 10.18261/9788215053257-24-11

Aleksandra Sevic; Njål Foldnes; Kolbjørn Kallesten Brønnick (2024) Measuring digital stress in Norway: translation and validation of the Digital Stressors Scale. I: Frontiers in Psychology. Online ISSN 1664-1078. Volum 15. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1297194

Åse Kari H. Wagner; Hildegunn Støle; Toril Frafjord Hoem; Njål Foldnes (2024) Tekstene i PIRLS 2021 : Hvor godt liker elevene tekstene, og hvordan presterer de på oppgavene?. I: Åse Kari H. Wagner; Hildegunn Støle, Tid for lesing! Norske tiåringers leseforståelse i PIRLS 2021. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215053240. s.180-202. DOI: 10.18261/9788215053257-24-10

Njål Foldnes; Jonas Moss; Steffen Grønneberg (2024) Improved Goodness of Fit Procedures for Structural Equation Models. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. s.1-13. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2024.2372028

Arild Michel Bakken; Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec; Bente Rigmor Walgermo; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad (2023) Adaptvurder: Study Protocol for an Upcoming Adaptive Reading Test. I: Nordic Journal of Literacy Research. Online ISSN 2464-1596. Volum 9. s.59-72. DOI: 10.23865/njlr.v9.2906

Oddny Judith Solheim; Julie Arntzen; Njål Foldnes (2023) Norwegian classroom teachers’ and specialized “resource” teachers’ dyslexia knowledge. I: Reading and writing. ISSN 0922-4777. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-023-10486-4

Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Erin McTigue (2022) Shared responsibility between teachers predicts student achievement: A mixed methods study in Norwegian co-taught literacy classes. I: Journal of educational change. ISSN 1389-2843. DOI: 10.1007/s10833-022-09472-4

Steffen Grønneberg; Njål Foldnes (2022) Factor analyzing ordinal items requires substantive knowledge of response marginals. I: Psychological methods. ISSN 1082-989X. DOI: 10.1037/met0000495

Steffen Grønneberg; Njål Foldnes; Katerina Marcoulides (2022) covsim: An R Package for Simulating Non-Normal Data for Structural Equation Models Using Copulas. I: Journal of Statistical Software. Online ISSN 1548-7660. Volum 102. s.1-45. DOI: 10.18637/jss.v102.i03

Hilde Lowell Gunnerud; Njål Foldnes; Monica Melby-Lervåg (2022) Levels of skills and predictive patterns of reading comprehension in bilingual children with an early age of acquisition. I: Reading and writing. ISSN 0922-4777. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-022-10286-2

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2021) The sensitivity of structural equation modeling with ordinal data to underlying non-normality and observed distributional forms. I: Psychological methods. ISSN 1082-989X. Volum 27. s.541-567. DOI: 10.1037/met0000385

Mary Genevieve Billington; Njål Foldnes (2021) Exploring the association between occupational complexity and numeracy. I: Large-scale Assessments in Education. Online ISSN 2196-0739. Volum 9. DOI: 10.1186/s40536-021-00112-6

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2021) Non-normal Data Simulation using Piecewise Linear Transforms. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. Volum 29. s.1-12. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2021.1949323

Steffen Grønneberg; Jonas Moss; Njål Foldnes (2020) Partial identification of latent correlations with binary data. I: Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. Volum 85. s.1028-1051. DOI: 10.1007/s11336-020-09737-y

Jennifer Marie Thomson; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Morten Bergsten Njå; Oddny Judith Solheim; Kjersti Lundetræ (2020) Can children's instructional gameplay activity be used as a predictive indicator of reading skills?. I: Learning and Instruction. ISSN 0959-4752. Volum 68. DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2020.101348

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2019) Pernicious Polychorics: The Impact and Detection of Underlying Non-normality. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1673168

Erin McTigue; Oddny Judith Solheim; Bente R. Walgermo; Jan Frijters; Njål Foldnes (2019) How can we determine students' motivation for reading before formal instruction? Results from a self-beliefs and interest scale validation study. I: Early Childhood Research Quarterly. ISSN 0885-2006. Volum 48. s.122-133. DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.12.013

Njål Foldnes; Ulf H. Olsson (2019) The choice of normal-theory weight matrix when computing robust standard errors in confirmatory factor analysis. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. s.1-15. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1600408

Steffen Grønneberg; Njål Foldnes (2019) A problem with discretizing Vale-Maurelli in simulation studies. I: Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. Volum 84. s.554-561. DOI: 10.1007/s11336-019-09663-8

Katerina Marcoulides; Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2019) Assessing Model Fit in Structural Equation Modeling Using Appropriate Test Statistics. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. s.1-11. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1647785

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2019) On Identification and Non-normal Simulation in Ordinal Covariance and Item Response Models. I: Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. Volum 84. s.1000-1017. DOI: 10.1007/s11336-019-09688-z

Njål Foldnes; George A. Marcoulides; Ulf H. Olsson (2019) Examining the Performance of the Modified ADF Goodness-of-fit Test Statistic in Structural Equation Models. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. Volum 26. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2019.1586545

Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Oddny Judith Solheim (2018) Developmental Dynamics of Early Reading Skill, Literacy Interest and Reader's Self-Concept Within the First Year of Formal Schooling. I: Reading and writing. ISSN 0922-4777. Volum 31. s.1379-1399. DOI: 10.1007/s11145-018-9843-8

Steffen Grønneberg; Njål Foldnes (2018) Testing Model Fit by Bootstrap Selection. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2018.1503543

Anna Therese Steen-Utheim; Njål Foldnes (2017) A qualitative investigation of student engagement in a flipped classroom. I: Teaching in Higher Education. ISSN 1356-2517. Volum 23. s.307-324. DOI: 10.1080/13562517.2017.1379481

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2017) Approximating Test Statistics Using Eigenvalue Block Averaging. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. Volum 25. s.101-114. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2017.1373021

Steffen Grønneberg; Njål Foldnes (2017) Covariance Model Simulation Using Regular Vines. I: Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. Volum 82. s.1035-1051. DOI: 10.1007/s11336-017-9569-6

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2017) The asymptotic covariance matrix and its use in simulation studies. I: Structural Equation Modeling. ISSN 1070-5511. Volum 24. s.881-896. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2017.1341320

Njål Foldnes (2017) The impact of class attendance on student learning in a flipped classroom. I: Nordic Journal of Digital Literacy. Online ISSN 1891-943X. Volum 12. s.8-18. DOI: 10.18261/issn.1891-943x-2017-01-02-02

Olaug Strand; Åse Kari H. Wagner; Njål Foldnes (2017) Flerspråklige elevers leseresultater. I: Egil Gabrielsen, Klar framgang! Leseferdighet på 4. og 5. trinn i et femtenårsperspektiv. Universitetsforlaget. ISBN 9788215030241. s.75-95. DOI: 10.18261/9788215030258-2017-5

Njål Foldnes; Ulf H. Olsson (2016) A simple simulation technique for non-normal data with pre-specified skewness, kurtosis and covariance matrix. I: Multivariate Behavioral Research. ISSN 0027-3171. Volum 51. s.207-219. DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2015.1133274

Njål Foldnes (2016) The flipped classroom and cooperative learning: Evidence from a randomised experiment. I: Active Learning in Higher Education. ISSN 1469-7874. Volum 17. s.39-49. DOI: 10.1177/1469787415616726

Njål Foldnes; Ulf Olsson (2015) Correcting too much or too little? The performance of three chi-square corrections. I: Multivariate Behavioral Research. ISSN 0027-3171. Volum 50. s.533-543. DOI: 10.1080/00273171.2015.1036964

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg (2014) How general is the Vale-Maurelli simulation approach?. I: Psychometrika. ISSN 0033-3123. Volum 80. s.1066-1083. DOI: 10.1007/s11336-014-9414-0

Njål Foldnes; Knut Arne Hagtvet (2014) The Choice of Product Indicators in Latent Variable Interaction Models: Post Hoc Analyses. I: Psychological methods. ISSN 1082-989X. Volum 19. s.444-457. DOI: 10.1037/a0035728

Njål Foldnes; Ulf H. Olsson; Tron Foss (2012) The effect of kurtosis on the power of two test statistics in covariance structure analysis. I: British Journal of Mathematical & Statistical Psychology. ISSN 0007-1102. Volum 65. s.1-18. DOI: 10.1111/j.2044-8317.2010.02010.x

Njål Foldnes; Tron Foss; Ulf H. Olsson (2012) Residuals and the Residual-Based Statistic for Testing Goodness of Fit of Structural Equation Models. I: Journal of educational and behavioral statistics. ISSN 1076-9986. Volum 37. s.367-386. DOI: 10.3102/1076998611411920

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2006) LP based heuristics for the multiple knapsack problem with assignment restrictions. I: Annals of Operations Research. ISSN 0254-5330. Volum 146. s.91-104.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes; Luis Gouveia (2004) A note on hop-constrained walk polytopes. I: Operations Research Letters. ISSN 0167-6377. Volum 32. s.345-349.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2003) Complete description of a class of knapsack polytopes. I: Operations Research Letters. ISSN 0167-6377. Volum 31. s.335-340.

Bøker og kapitler

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg; Gudmund Horn Hermansen; Einar Christopher Wellen (2024) Statistikk og dataanalyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202780043.

Njål Foldnes; Steffen Grønneberg; Gudmund Horn Hermansen (2018) Statistikk og Dataanalyse. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISBN 9788202512682.

Formidling

Njål Foldnes (2025) Model fit evaluation from eigenvalues. Norwegian Psychometrics Gathering; 2025-12-01 - 2025-12-02.

Hilde Lowell Gunnerud; Njål Foldnes; Lilla Magyari; Oddny Judith Solheim (2024) Struggling reader or not? The answer depends on the reading test. Skriv! Les! 2024; 2024-05-07 - 2024-05-08.

Hilde Lowell Gunnerud; Njål Foldnes; Lilla Magyari; Oddny Judith Solheim (2024) Struggling reader or not? The answer depends on the reading test. SSSR 2024; 2024-07-10 - 2024-07-17.

Per Henning Uppstad; Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes (2024) School entry detection of reading difficulties using machine learning on gameplay process data. FLIP+ 7th Annual event 2024; 2024-06-19 - 2024-06-21.

Per Henning Uppstad; Bente Rigmor Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Arild Michel Bakken (2024) Equitable Digital Vocabulary Assessment: What Item Formats do We Need to Build a Fair Vocabulary Test?. AEA-Europe 2024; 2024-11-06 - 2024-11-09.

Aline Alves-Wold; Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes (2024) Assessing writing motivation: The influence of pictorial supports on young students' responses. Sig-Writing conference; 2024-06-26 - 2024-06-28.

Bente R. Walgermo; Per Henning Uppstad; Njål Foldnes (2024) Kvalitetsrapport av gjennnomført kartleggingsprøve 2023, 3 klasse. Kvalitetsrapport av gjennnomført kartleggingsprøve 2023, 3 klasse; 2024-06-11.

Njål Foldnes; Tobias Gulden Dahl (2024) Det er alvorlige feil og mangler i forskningen på sosiale medier.

Njål Foldnes; Tobias Gulden Dahl (2024) Har vi et kappløp mot bunnen?.

Hildegunn Støle; Anne Mangen; Njål Foldnes (2024) Leseprøve på papir og digitalt. PIRLS 2021. PIRLS-konferanse; 2024-04-12.

Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Erin McTigue (2023) Shared responsibility between team teachers predicts student achievement - A Norwegian study. EARLI 2023 Education as a hope in uncertain times; 2023-08-22 - 2023-08-26.

Hildegunn Støle; Anne Mangen; Njål Foldnes (2023) PIRLS 2021: En utforsking av modalitetseffekt på flere nivå. Lesesenterets onsdagspresentasjon; 2023-11-22.

Njål Foldnes; Maria Therese Jensen; Jacqueline Michelle Peterson (2023) Relations between Cultural and Linguistic Diversity, Classroom Climate and Reading Comprehension in Norwegian Elementary Classrooms.. Foredrag; 2023-04-13.

Bente R. Walgermo; Guri A. Nortvedt; Per Henning Uppstad; Henrik Haram; Karianne Berg Bratting; Njål Foldnes (2023) The Adaptive Models of ​ New National Screening Tests ​ in Reading and Numeracy ​ for Grade 1 and 3 in Norway ​​ ​- possibilities and limitations​​. Annual Meeting of the Association for Educational Assessment – Europe (AEA-Europe); 2023-11-01 - 2023-11-04.

Bente R. Walgermo; Per Henning Uppstad; Njål Foldnes (2023) RECIPROCAL INVESTIGATIONS OF INTEREST, SELF-EFFICACY AND SKILL WITHIN A READING TEST SITUATION. Society for Scientific studies of reading - annual conference /SSSR) ; 2023-07-19 - 2023-07-22.

Julie Arntzen; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes (2023) Are late-emerging reading problems truly late - or gradually emerging?. EARLI 2023; 2023-08-22 - 2023-08-27.

Tobias Gulden Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2023) Full forvirring om barn og sosiale medier.

Bente Rigmor Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad (2022) Motivational Dynamics of interest, self-concept and skill within a reading test situation. NERA Conference Reykjavík 2022; 2022-06-01 - 2022-06-03.

Arild Michel Bakken; Bente Rigmor Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad (2022) Adaptvurder: A formative adaptive reading test for third grade in norway. IACAT 22 Frankfurt 8th Conference: Enhancing testing and assessment in the digital age with computerized adaptive testing; 2022-09-20 - 2022-09-22.

Aslaug Fodstad Gourvennec; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Erin McTigue (2022) Shared responsibility between teachers predicts student achievement in co-taught literacy classes. 13th ARLE Conference; 2022-06-15 - 2022-06-17.

Julie Arntzen; Njål Foldnes; Oddny Judith Solheim (2022) Hvordan utvikler lesing og motivasjon for lesing seg for elever som strever med henholdsvis avkoding og/eller språkforståelse på første trinn?. SkrivLes! Nordisk Forskerkonferanse om lesing, skriving og literacy; 2022-05-10 - 2022-05-11.

Njål Foldnes (2022) Learning to Read in a Digital Age: Children’s Contemporary Reading Experiences: Early detection of struggling readers using machine learning on data from a serious literacy app. Twenty-Ninth Annual SSSR Conference; 2022-07-01 - 2022-07-05.

Julie Arntzen; Oddny Judith Solheim; Njål Foldnes (2022) Utvikling av leseforståelse og motivasjon for elever som strever med avkoding eller språkforståelse på første trinn. SkrivLes ; 2022-05-10 - 2022-05-11.

Njål Foldnes (2021) The flipped classroom in a large class of first-year business students: Performance and perceptions. Cramérsällskapet. svens statistisk forening; 2021-10-26.

Diana Saplacan; Njål Foldnes; Erlend Aune; Ida Dahl; Jakob Michael Voigt; Morten Goodwin (2021) AI & pedagogics.

Njål Foldnes; Kaja Vogt (2021) Gaming i norsken.

Njål Foldnes; Paal Svendsen (2021) Elever skal game for å avdekke lese- og skrivevansker.

Njål Foldnes; Njål Foldnes (2020) Forskere vil bruke maskinlæring for å avdekke skrivevansker.

Njål Foldnes (2020) NRK rogaland om GAMEPLAY.

Jenny Thomson; Njål Foldnes; Kjersti Lundetræ; Oddny Judith Solheim; Morten Bergsten Njå; Per Henning Uppstad (2019) Can childrens instructional gameplay Activity be used as a diagnostic indicator of Reading difficulties?. Skriv!Les! Nordisk forskerkonferanse om lesing og skriving; 2019-05-07 - 2019-05-09.

Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Per Henning Uppstad; Oddny Judith Solheim (2018) First Grade Reading Skill and Motivation Dynamics. Sig EARLI 2018 – Learning and development in early childhood; 2018-08-29 - 2018-08-31.

Åse Kari H. Wagner; Njål Foldnes; Kjersti Lundetræ; Oddny Judith Solheim; Per Henning Uppstad (2017) På sporet - effekt av tidlig innsats for andrespråkselever med risiko for å utvikle lese- og skrivevansker. SkrivLes! 2017 Nordisk forskerkonferanse om lesing og skriving; 2017-05-09 - 2017-05-11.

Olaug Strand; Åse Kari H. Wagner; Njål Foldnes (2017) Flerspråklige elevers leseresultater i PIRLS 2016. PIRLS konferanse; 2017-12-06.

Erin McTigue; Oddny Judith Solheim; Bente R. Walgermo; Njål Foldnes; Jan c Frijters (2017) Measuring multiple dimensions of early literacy motivation through self-report at school entry. 17th Biennial EARLI Conference for research on learning and instruction; 2017-08-28 - 2017-09-02.

Per Henning Uppstad; Njål Foldnes; Kjersti Lundetræ; Oddny Judith Solheim; Åse Kari H. Wagner (2016) Effect of early intervention for minority children at-risk for reading difficulties. National Network series on Perspectives on Developmental Deficits; 2016-04-15.

Njål Foldnes; Knut Arne Hagtvet (2014) The Choice of Product indicators in latent variable interaction models. Two-Day Research SEminar; 2014-05-05 - 2014-05-06.

Njål Foldnes (2010) The effect of kurtosis on the power of two test statistics. SEM working group annual meeting; 2010-02-25 - 2010-02-26.

Njål Foldnes (2008) Testing Structural Equation Models: The effect of Kurtosis. 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology; 2008-09-01 - 2008-09-05.

Geir Dahl; Truls Flatberg; Njål Foldnes; Luis Gouveia (2006) The Jump Formulation for the Hop-Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem. The 8th INFORMS Telecommunications Conference; 2006-03-30 - 2006-04-02.

Njål Foldnes; Knut Martin Mørken; Arnt Inge Vistnes (2005) En ny verden: Datamaskinen, beregninger og realfagsundervisning. I: Uniped - Tidsskrift for universitets- og høgskolepedagogikk. ISSN 1500-4538. Volum 28. s.36-43.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2003) On hop-constrained walk polytopes. 18th International Symposium on Mathematical Programming; 2003-08-18 - 2003-08-22.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2003) A randomized algorithm for the multiple knapsack problem with assignment restrictions. Int. network optimization conf.; 2003-10-27 - 2003-10-29.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2002) Polyhedral Properties of certain 0/1 Knapsack Polytopes. IFORS 2002; 2002-07-09.

Geir Dahl; Njål Foldnes (2002) Complexity of certain multiple knapsack problems. Nordic Mathematical Prog. Society Conference; 2002-09-20.

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