Evaluaci??n de las medidas de atenci??n a la diversidad de la educaci??n primaria en Galicia : impacto escolar. 'Evaluation of the measures of attention to the diversity in the primary education in Galicia : school impact'

Resumen tomado de la publicaci??n. Con el apoyo econ??mico del departamento MIDE de la UNED

Evaluación externa de la Reforma del primer ciclo de Enseñanzas Medias. II generación. Pretest y primer posttest.

Evaluar los resultados de alumnos que han recibido los nuevos planes de estudios durante un año y compararlos con alumnos que han recibido programas tradicionales. Muestreo: a) Centros. Selección no aleatoria de los experimentales. Control externo: 1. Muestreo aleatorio estratificado con afijación proporcional, 2. Apareamiento y selección aleatoria. b) Alumnos. Muestreo aleatorio estratificado, 60 alumnos de cada Centro, en los exp. (30 exp. y 30 control interno). Composición final: exp. 3379, control interno 2480 y control externo 8240 alumnos. VI: tipo de Enseñanza: Reforma (exp.) o tradicional (control interno y externo). V. Intervinientes: socimétricas y descriptivas, familiares, contextuales y de muestreo. VD: rendimiento objetivo. VAR. de control y dependientes: calificaciones, aptitudes, actitudes cívico-sociales, actitudes ante el estudio, expectativas académicas y profesionales y actitudes ante el profesor. Cuestionario CIDE. Cuestionario de estudio. Prueba TEA 3. Test DAT-MR. Prueba de rotación de figuras macizas. Prueba de Cálculo. Aplicaciones Matemáticas. Ortografía. Comprensión lectora. Pruebas específicas para la Reforma. Pretest: Chi cuadrado. ANOVA. Efecto de las variables en la VD.: Regresión múltiple. Posttest: ANOVA. ANCOVA. Coeficiente ETA al cuadrado. Evolución diferencial de los grupos: ANOVA. ANCOVA.. A) Pretest. Se observa que las aptitudes y el rendimiento se predicen de forma suficiente con las variables utilizadas. Las actitudes y motivaciones se explican en un 10 aprox. Las pruebas diseñadas explican mejor el rendimiento en Matemáticas que en Lengua. No hay diferencias entre grupos. B) Posttest. Aumenta la varianza explicada, en especial en relación al rendimiento y más en BUP. Se observa una relación entre rendimiento y aptitudes, las que a su vez están determinadas por el sexo y las actitudes hacia el estudio. Los logros del grupo experimental son similares a los del control pero conseguidos con menos horas lectivas y originando tasas de abandono menores. La mejora del grupo experimental es más clara en FP. C) Análisis longitudinal. Las diferencias encontradas son pequeñas y se centran en las expectativas de los alumnos de FP, los de control tienen incrementos mayores en algunos aspectos del rendimiento. Se constata de nuevo una tasa de abandono menor en el grupo experimental. El rendimiento es similar pero con menos horas lectivas en el grupo experimental de BUP y superior en el de FP con iguales horas. En estos grupos las tasas de abandono y repetición son inferiores. No hay diferencias notables en las demás VD. Exceptuando las expectativas: la Reforma las aumenta en FP. Las diferencias culturales BUP-FP se mantienen.

Controlling social desirability may attenuate faking effects : A study with aggression measures

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The effects of ageing on self-reported aggression measures are partly explained by response bias

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Cognitive decline before the age of 50 can be detected with sensitive cognitive measures

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View-dependent information theory quality measures for pixel sampling and scene discretization in flatland

In this paper, we present view-dependent information theory quality measures for pixel sampling and scene discretization in flatland. The measures are based on a definition for the mutual information of a line, and have a purely geometrical basis. Several algorithms exploiting them are presented and compare well with an existing one based on depth differences

Informational Aesthetics Measures

The Birkhoff aesthetic measure of an object is the ratio between order and complexity. Informational aesthetics describes the interpretation of this measure from an information-theoretic perspective. From these ideas, the authors define a set of ratios based on information theory and Kolmogorov complexity that can help to quantify the aesthetic experience

A comparative analysis by means of quantum molecular similarity measures of density distributions derived from conventional ab initio and density functional methods

A procedure based on quantum molecular similarity measures (QMSM) has been used to compare electron densities obtained from conventional ab initio and density functional methodologies at their respective optimized geometries. This method has been applied to a series of small molecules which have experimentally known properties and molecular bonds of diverse degrees of ionicity and covalency. Results show that in most cases the electron densities obtained from density functional methodologies are of a similar quality than post-Hartree-Fock generalized densities. For molecules where Hartree-Fock methodology yields erroneous results, the density functional methodology is shown to yield usually more accurate densities than those provided by the second order Møller-Plesset perturbation theory

PhD Students’ Research Group Social Capital in Two Countries: A Clustering Approach with Duocentred Network Measures

The article examines the structure of the collaboration networks of research groups where Slovenian and Spanish PhD students are pursuing their doctorate. The units of analysis are student-supervisor dyads. We use duocentred networks, a novel network structure appropriate for networks which are centred around a dyad. A cluster analysis reveals three typical clusters of research groups. Those which are large and belong to several institutions are labelled under a bridging social capital label. Those which are small, centred in a single institution but have high cohesion are labelled as bonding social capital. Those which are small and with low cohesion are called weak social capital groups. Academic performance of both PhD students and supervisors are highest in bridging groups and lowest in weak groups. Other variables are also found to differ according to the type of research group. At the end, some recommendations regarding academic and research policy are drawn

Practical applications of quantum molecular similarity measures (QMSM): programs and examples

Es descriu l'aproximació de Capes Atòmiques dins de la teoria de la Semblança Molecular Quàntica. Partint només de dades teòriques, s'ha trobat una relació entre estructura molecular i activitat biològica per a diversos conjunts de molècules. Es descriuen els aspectes teòrics de la Semblança Molecular Quàntica i alguns exemples d'aplicació

Relationship among otoacoustic emission suppression and auditory processing measures in adults

The purpose of this Capstone Project is to help determine whether performing otoacoustic emissions with contralateral noise may be used in the diagnosis of Auditory Processing Disorder.

Subjective versus objective measures of daily listening environments

This study examined hearing impaired listeners’ subjective perceptions of listening environments through a listening questionnaire and compared these results to objective measures mimicked by the questionnaire in the datalogging device SAM (Sound Activity Meter). Results indicate audiologists should not rely on patient reports of “typical” listening environments for hearing aid selection as significant discrepancies were present between several of the subjective and objective measures.

Subjective and objective measures of adult bimodal users' listening

Inconsistencies exist between traditional objective measures such as speech recognition and localization, and subjective reports of bimodal benefit. The purpose of this study was to expand the set of objective measures of bimodal benefit to include non-traditional listening tests, and to examine possible correlations between objective measures of auditory perception and subjective satisfaction reports.