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Bizama, Marcela; Chávez-Castillo, Yasna – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2023
Introduction: There is a variety of literature regarding reading development in its acquisitional stages, and also regarding reading disabilities that appear in early childhood. However, from the cognitive point of view, there has been less study of reading comprehension in secondary students. The principal aim of this study was to analyze the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary School Students, Reading Comprehension, Cognitive Processes
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Rodríguez, Fernanda; de Blume, Antonio Gutiérrez; Soto, Christian – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2022
Introduction: Reading comprehension is an essential skill to achieve autonomy and independence within our literate society. Unfortunately, several studies show that students with intellectual disabilities tend to achieve low reading levels. In normotypical students, the influence of reading motivation and metacomprehension habilities on reading…
Descriptors: Reading Motivation, Reading Comprehension, Students with Disabilities, Metacognition
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Ossa Cornejo, Carlos; Palma Luengo, Maritza; Díaz Mujica, Alejandro; Páez Rovira, Darío – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2022
Introduction: Critical thinking is a highly-valued skill in higher education, even though there are few studies that demonstrate its effectiveness on scientific skills of pedagogy students. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of a critical thinking program (PENCRIT-RC) on inquiry and probabilistic reasoning skills in pedagogy…
Descriptors: Science Process Skills, Critical Thinking, Foreign Countries, Thinking Skills
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Clarà, Marc; Vallés, Alba; Coiduras, Jordi; Silva, Patrícia; Justiniano, Bernardita; López, Tatiana; Padula, Bárbara; Barril, Juan Pablo; Cavalcante, Sílvia; Chávez, Jorge; Donoso, Diana; Marchán, Priscila; Silvestre Ramos, Fabiano; Uribe, Claudia Patricia – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2022
Introduction: This paper contributes to the research on teacher burnout by distinguishing between two aspects of work demands that are usually merged in the "workload" construct: the quantity of the demands (quantitative demands) and the cognitive effort they require (cognitive demands). Such a distinction may offer insight into how…
Descriptors: Teacher Burnout, Faculty Workload, Teacher Responsibility, Preschool Teachers
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Valenzuela, Jorge; Miranda-Ossandón, Jorge; González, Alvaro; González, Marcelo; Cáceres, Pablo; Muñoz, Carla – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2021
Introduction: Given the need to focus efforts so that students who most require it can be part of the academic support provided by university institutions, a study was conducted to identify the variables that best predicts voluntary participation in these services. Method: A total of 803 male and female university students from four Chilean…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Participation, Academic Support Services, College Students
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Fajardo, Christian Soto; de Blume, Antonio P. Gutierrez; Castro, Marco Antonio Contreras; Bernal, Macarena Carrasco – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: Reading comprehension is an important skill in the fast pace global society in which we now live. However, reading comprehension is a rather complex process that involves the dynamic interaction of cognitive and metacognitive skills. Method: In the present study, we investigated whether a newly-developed text inconsistency detection…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Reading Comprehension, Reliability
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Bizama Muñoz, Marcela; Saldaño Silva, Darling; Rodríguez Rodríguez, Cristina – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: Existing studies of the variables that can impact reading comprehension at intermediate levels of Primary Education are not entirely conclusive. The present study analyzes the contribution to reading comprehension made by domain-general skills, such as fluid intelligence (Gf) and working memory (WM), and domain-specific skills, such…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Children
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Lobos, Karla; Bustos, Claudio; Díaz, Alejandro – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
Introduction: Current research based on observational design studies characterized the teaching practices that stimulate the development of academic self-concept, but there is a need for experimental and quasi-experimental studies to validate those findings. The present research evaluate the impact of a teacher training program based on academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Program Effectiveness, Attendance
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Saracostti, Mahia; Lara, Laura; Miranda-Zapata, Edgardo – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2019
This technical report describes a web-based platform for assessing school engagement in its three dimensions (emotional, behavioural and cognitive) and the contextual variables which influence engagement (family, teachers and peers). Students answer two questionnaires through the platform. Results are shown online through individual reports on…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Context Effect, Computer Assisted Testing, Questionnaires