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Download full textTavarez DaCosta, Pedro; Castillo Contreras, Elena – Online Submission, 2020
This research work consisted in the implementation of a plan in which, by way of treatment, it was possible to improve the way EFL teachers teach grammar applying activities that involve the different intelligences that students possess to learn a determined subject in Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo, campus San Francisco de Macoris,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Language Teachers
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Direct linkJuan J. Merelo; Pedro A. Castillo; Antonio M Mora; Francisco Barranco; Noorhan Abbas; Alberto Guillén; Olia Tsivitanidou – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
Messaging platforms are applications, generally mediated by an app, desktop program or the web, mainly used for synchronous communication among users. As such, they have been widely adopted officially by higher education establishments, after little or no study of their impact and perception by the teachers. We think that the introduction of these…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Synchronous Communication, Technology Uses in Education, Artificial Intelligence
Alarcón, Juan Pedro Aznar; Castillo, Lisandro; Marín, Teresa Duplá – Athens Journal of Education, 2018
International institutions and national and regional governments are promoting a culture that includes the use of mediation in secondary schools. The literature review and the previous empirical research suggest that the introduction of mediation as an alternative method for conflict resolution helps improve school climate, thus improving the…
Descriptors: Secondary Education, Gender Differences, Instructional Effectiveness, Secondary Schools
Núñez Lira, Luis Alberto; Novoa Castillo, Pedro Félix; Majo Marrufo, Helga Ruth; Salvatierra Melgar, Ángel – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2019
Mind maps are usually employed by teachers from all the educational levels as powerful learning strategies. This use enables important pedagogic achievements, but they do not exceed their maximum level, due to the dogmatic use of Tony Buzan's mind map (1996). Situation that would be different if it were entirely internalized, understand and…
Descriptors: Cognitive Mapping, Academic Achievement, Intelligence, High School Students
Novoa Castillo, Pedro Félix; Cancino Verde, Rosalinn Francisca; Flores Sotelo, Willian Sebastian; Nieto Gamboa, José; Venturo Orbegoso, Carlos Oswaldo – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2018
This article deals with the effect of the Harmonic Mind Maps (HMM) in the comprehension of narrative texts of university students. To achieve this purpose, a quasi-experimental research was carried out within the quantitative approach. From a population of 1500 students belonging to the I Semester of university, a sample of 83 students was taken,…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, College Students, Foreign Countries, Achievement Tests
Pelet, Jean-Eric, Ed. – IGI Global, 2014
Once considered the traditional approach to education, brick and mortar institutions are no longer the norm due to e-learning technologies. Populations are turning into ubiquitous human beings, and educational practices are reflecting this change. "E-Learning 2.0 Technologies and Web Applications in Higher Education" compiles the latest…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Web 2.0 Technologies, Knowledge Management, Educational Innovation
Pozuelos, Joan P.; Paz-Alonso, Pedro M.; Castillo, Alejandro; Fuentes, Luis J.; Rueda, M. Rosario – Developmental Psychology, 2014
In the present study, we investigated developmental trajectories of alerting, orienting, and executive attention networks and their interactions over childhood. Two cross-sectional experiments were conducted with different samples of 6-to 12-year-old children using modified versions of the attention network task (ANT). In Experiment 1 (N = 106),…
Descriptors: Attention, Child Development, Cues, Children
Garcia-Penalvo, Francicso Jose – IGI Global, 2013
Our differences in language, cultures, and history around the world play a vital role in the way we learn. As technology-based education continues to be used worldwide, there is an ever growing interest in how multiculturalism comes into effect. Multiculturalism in Technology-Based Education: Case Studies on ICT-Supported Approaches explores the…
Descriptors: Indigenous Populations, Educational Technology, Cultural Pluralism, Teaching Methods
Rocío Barrios-Rodríguez; Inmaculada Salcedo-Bellido; José Juan Jiménez-Moleón; Macarena Lozano-Lorca; Noelia Galiano-Castillo; Enrique José Cobos; José Dámaso Vílchez Rienda; Rocío Olmedo-Requena; Carmen Amezcua-Prieto; Sandra Martín-Peláez; Carmen María González Domenech; Juan Pedro Arrebola Moreno; Raúl A. Rica; María Eugenia García-Rubiño; Pilar Requena – International Journal for Academic Development, 2023
In a peer-review of teaching (PRT) program, we aimed to i) use pre- and post-observation questionnaires to enhance self-reflection, and ii) perform a nominal group technique (NGT) to agree on improvements. The questionnaires showed that PRT helped discovering new weaknesses but not new strengths, and that preconceived negative feelings vanished…
Descriptors: Peer Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, College Faculty, Reflection
Aguilera-Venegas, Gabriel; Galán-García, José L.; Galán-García, María Á.; Lobillo-Mora, Gema; Martínez-del-Castillo, Javier; Merino-Córdoba, Salvador; Padilla-Domínguez, Yolanda; Rodríguez-Cielos, Pedro; Rodríguez-Cielos, Ricardo – International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 2017
Programming with Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) has become an important tool as a support in Computer lectures in Mathematics subjects aimed at Engineering degrees. In this paper, the authors present their teaching experience within the concept "Line Integration" with the help of two specific CAS: DERIVE and MAXIMA. When introducing the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Programming, Computer Software
Sato, Brian K.; Lee, Amanda K.; Alam, Usman; Dang, Jennifer V.; Dacanay, Samantha J.; Morgado, Pedro; Pirino, Giorgia; Brunner, Jo Ellen; Castillo, Leanne A.; Chan, Valerie W.; Sandholtz, Judith H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Despite the ubiquity of prerequisites in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula, there has been minimal effort to assess their value in a data-driven manner. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, we examined the impact of prerequisites in the context of a microbiology lecture and lab course pairing.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Prerequisites, Required Courses, Microbiology
Rios-Bustamante, Antonio; Castillo, Pedro – 1986
This monograph provides a scholarly and comprehensive record of the history of Mexican Los Angeles, founded as a Spanish pueblo in 1781. Two centuries of history are covered from both a social and cultural perspective and are highlighted with more than 150 illustrations, photographs, and maps. Chapters focus on the city's Native American…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Background, Cultural Exchange, Cultural Interrelationships
Coventry, Kenny R.; Valdes, Berenice; Castillo, Alejandro; Guijarro-Fuentes, Pedro – Cognition, 2008
Spatial demonstratives ("this/that") play a crucial role when indicating object locations using language. However, the relationship between the use of these proximal and distal linguistic descriptors and the near (peri-personal) versus far (extra-personal) perceptual space distinction is a source of controversy [Kemmerer, D. (1999). "Near" and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Spatial Ability, Language Processing, English
Castillo, Pedro, Ed.; Camarillo, Albert, Ed. – 1973
In the latter half of the nineteenth century five Chicano "bandidos" became prominant in Southwestern history. These "social bandits" were viewed by the dominant Anglo culture as outlaws and criminals; their people saw them as heroes and fighters for justice. Anglos had invaded Northern Mexico, disrupted the existing society,…
Descriptors: Biographies, Change Agents, Cultural Background, Folk Culture
Zady, Madelon F.; Portes, Pedro R.; Castillo, Kent Del – 1997
This paper reports on a study that consists of the analysis of the discourse of mother-child dyads (N=32) as they interacted during the performance of three science activities that increased in difficulty. Partial dialogues of three high achieving dyads during the solution of the task are presented and examined for evidence of semiotic uptake. The…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Discourse Analysis, Elementary Education, Parent Child Relationship
