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Mercedes Montenegro-Peña; Pedro Montejo Carrasco; M. Emiliana De Andrés Montes; Antonio García Marín; Borja Montejo Rubio; David Prada Crespo – Educational Gerontology, 2025
The results of Cognitive Intervention (CI) programs vary considerably; thus, it is helpful to assess the characteristics that enhance the effectiveness of these programs. Our objectives were to analyze the effectiveness of a multicomponent CI program called UMAM on cognitive performance, subjective memory, daily forgetfulness, and mood of…
Descriptors: Memory, Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Older Adults
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Paz Suárez-Coalla; Carmen Hevia-Tuero; Cristina Martínez-García; Olivia Afonso – Journal of Research in Reading, 2024
Background: Spelling acquisition requires the assimilation of the regularities of the writing system, but these regularities may differ between the native and a foreign language. English spelling acquisition is a challenge for Spanish-speaking children due to differences in the orthographic systems. The aim of this study was to examine to what…
Descriptors: Spelling, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Cognitive Processes
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Isolda Margarita Castillo-Martínez; Davis Velarde-Camaqui; María Soledad Ramírez-Montoya; Jorge Sanabria-Z – Journal of Social Studies Education Research, 2024
Reasoning for complexity is a fundamental competency in these complex times for solutions to social problems and decision-making. The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the validity and reliability of the eComplexity instrument by presenting its psychometric properties. The instrument consists of a Likert-type scale questionnaire designed to…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Test Validity, Test Reliability, Difficulty Level
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Pedro Vázquez-Marín – International Journal of Education & the Arts, 2024
Despite the ongoing debate in academic circles regarding the impact of the arts on individual and collective well-being, there is a paucity of empirical research in this area. Nevertheless, recent studies have begun to establish a significant correlation between arts engagement and a range of positive outcomes. The objective of this study is to…
Descriptors: Art Education, Well Being, Grade 6, Learner Engagement
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Llinares, Salvador; Clemente, Francisco – Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal, 2014
The goal of this study is to identify the characteristics of pre-service primary teachers' configural reasoning, understood as the relationships between concepts and figures set to solve geometrical proof problems. Ninety-seven primary teachers were asked to solve two geometrical proof problems in which a geometrical figure was provided. The…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary School Mathematics, Validity
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Lopez, Pau; Gallifa, Josep – Higher Education in Europe, 2008
This paper presents the main functions that university plays in society and describes the seminar methodology created at Ramon Llull University. Specifically the article focuses on and explains how seminars help to promote complex knowledge in students. An empirical study with students participating in seminars is designed to assess the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Seminars, Cognitive Processes, Teaching Methods
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Johannesson, Ingolfur Asgeir – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2006
This article reviews didactical and psychologically based research on teachers' work and teacher thinking, narrative educational inquiry and studies of change in teachers' work and places them in the context of sociological theory about expert work and symbolic capital. The work of Abbott on the structure of expert work and knowledge, and Bourdieu…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, Educational Research, Knowledge Level, Inquiry
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers