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The main purpose of this study was twofold: to analyze from a historical perspective, theories of reading acquisition and their relationship to the representational structure of subjects, and secondly, to determine the degree of coherence of the statements to each theory of reading development. A first study has been designed to analyze which theories can be identified throughout the history about the acquisition of reading. The socio-historical analysis allowed us to identify the following theories: nativist, maturation, behavioral, constructivist,

The aim of this work was to assess the impact of innovative teaching methodology, learning centered, on learning strategies and academic achievement of three groups of students in Chemistry. They were 1st year Engineering students at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. A pre-experimental design with pretest and posttest measures, taken by the questionnaire CEVEAPEU, was used. The sample consisted of 74 students in three groups, whose teachers agreed on the methodology they used. The teaching methods included expository methodology, questions,

In recent years, some authors have been questioning evidences on positive effects of formative assessment in the classrooms practices and educational outcomes. They have remarked the need to do additional research on this topic. This work analyses the relationship between formative assessment in Secondary Education centres and the achievement attained. The sample has been constituted by 250 Andalusian centres, where 2,255 teachers have informed about their assessment practices. Results confirm a significant contribution to the achievement explanation

The aim of this study was to identify segments of university professors with different predispositions and use of the blended-learning methodology in their teaching routine. Predictor variables were taken from individual socio-demographic and professional characteristics; each one of the phases of adoption typified in the Theory of Diffusion of Innovation, proposed by E. Rogers, were taken as criterion variables. The study involved 486 teachers from different universities in the Autonomous Community of Castilla y León (Spain). Data treatment was

The aim of this investigation has been to study the linguistic performance in two levels, on one hand, in lexical-semantic and morphosyntactic components and on the other hand, the reading processes in a group of pupils with SLI and then, to compare them with other typically developing group. The final sample consisted of 35 children diagnosed with SLI and 21 children with typical language development, between 4,6 and 11,2 years old, attending 19 different schools on the island of Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The instruments used for the diagnosis

The article analyzes the contributions of Professor E. W. Eisner in the light of changes in the XXI century. Despite the large international impact of the proposed teacher Eisner, a lack of studies on their total work is evident. This article aims to give an overview, and ontological unit in order to unify the areas in which had its main impact and draw conclusions about his legacy. We design the profile of Professor Eisner, both personally and professionally, creating a paradigm for an accomplished university professor, justifying it on the slopes

The academic organization of university degrees, in the frame of the European Higher Education Area, has facilitated the constitution of teachers teams (Zabalza, 2009; Lopez, 2007). This is one of the key points in the processes of organization and improvement (Lester and Evans, 2009; Bacharach, Washut and Dahlberg, 2008) of higher education, but simultaneously, a hanging topic for the difficulty in obtaining a cultures change of university teachers, also demarcated in slightly agile and flexible structures. The paper is focused in a research caught

In this paper we present a review of published empirical studies over the last 20 years on consultation in the context of the Spanish education system, its principal results and methodological limitations. A predominance is noted of investigations whose objective is not so much to explain efficacy, but rather to describe and understand consultation activities from the perspective of those conducting them, based on surveys and self-reports of various types. A considerable part of the results of these studies coincide in that they show the perception

Adolescence is a complex period marked by profound changes in most areas of personal development. In the school context, some secondary students display disruptive behaviour and begin to experiment with drugs. Eagerness to prove themselves, family problems, academic failure and peer pressure are linked to substance use among young people. The general objective of this research is to evaluate legal and illegal drug use by students of compulsory secondary education and, at the same time, analyse the educational interventions developed by teachers