Convivir en la escuela : una propuesta para su aprendizaje por competencias.

Monográfico con el título: 'Mejorar la escuela: perspectivas didácticas y organizativas'. Resumen basado en el de la publicación

La transición entre la Escuela de Educación Infantil y la de Educación Primaria : perspectivas de niños, familias y profesorado.

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Valoración de las TIC por los estudiantes universitarios y su relación con los enfoques de aprendizaje

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Competencias para el aprendizaje ??tico en estudiantes universitarios de enfermer??a y pedagog??a

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La evaluaci??n del alumnado universitario en el Espacio Europeo de Educaci??n Superior

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Inteligência Social em Alunos do Ensino Básico e Secundário : Diferenças em função do ano escolar e do momento de avaliação

Esta investigação tem como objetivo principal caracterizar e descrever a inteligência social em alunos do ensino básico e secundário, e analisar diferenças em função do momento de avaliação (tempo 1 e tempo 2) e do ano de escolaridade (8º, 10º e 11º anos). A amostra foi constituída por 1095 alunos, 552 (50.4%) raparigas e 543 (49.6%) rapazes, com idades entre os 11 e os 23 anos (M=14.78; DP=1.86). Estes alunos encontram-se a frequentar o 8º (49.5%), 10º (26.9%) e 11º anos de escolaridade (23.6%), em escolas do Norte, Centro e Sul de Portugal. A inteligência social foi avaliada através da Prova Cognitiva de Inteligência Social (PCIS, Candeias, 2007), constituída por 3 situações-estímulo, de cariz interpessoal, que ilustram situações reais da vida quotidiana dos jovens. Os resultados foram calculados através de estatísticas descritivas, bem como, de estatísticas inferenciais, através da, aplicação do t-teste para amostra emparelhadas e para amostras independentes e da análise de variância (ANOVA), considerando todos os índices da PCIS. Os resultados obtidos indicam a existência de diferenças estatisticamente significativas quando se comparam os resultados de cada ano escolar, no T1 e no T2, com o respetivo ponto médio da escala. Verifica-se ainda, a nível intragrupal, diferenças estatisticamente significativas entre T1 e T2 na Resolução de Problemas e na Autoconfiança em todos os anos de escolaridade, no sentido de uma melhoria. Também a nível intergrupal se registam diferenças estatisticamente significativas, quer considerando o T1, quer considerando o T2, com melhores resultados globais para o 8º ano de escolaridade. Retiram-se conclusões e implicações para a investigação e intervenção na inteligência social em jovens, em particular considerando a sua pertinência para a aquisição de competências de carreira.

Communication breakdowns and repair strategies in oral communication and total communication children with cochlear implants

This study assesses communication breakdowns in children with cochlear implants from oral and total communications backgrounds. More communication breakdowns occurred between the total communication child and the conversational partner than the oral communication child and the conversational partner. Both total and oral communication children used non-specific repair strategies.

La ficción del crédito

Ecuador vive una expansión de su deuda externa más rápida que el incremento de la producción y capacidad real de pago del país. Las deudas privadas se transforman en públicas, la quiebra de las finanzas públicas se expresa en la venta de empresas estatales con precios amenazados con riesgos de valoración. Es urgente reestructurar la institucionalidad económica del país, su organización financiera, para hacer de las relaciones crediticias un factor real de desarrollo.

Spatial variability of flow statistics within regular building arrays

Turbulence statistics obtained by direct numerical simulations are analysed to investigate spatial heterogeneity within regular arrays of building-like cubical obstacles. Two different array layouts are studied, staggered and square, both at a packing density of λp=0.25 . The flow statistics analysed are mean streamwise velocity ( u− ), shear stress ( u′w′−−−− ), turbulent kinetic energy (k) and dispersive stress fraction ( u˜w˜ ). The spatial flow patterns and spatial distribution of these statistics in the two arrays are found to be very different. Local regions of high spatial variability are identified. The overall spatial variances of the statistics are shown to be generally very significant in comparison with their spatial averages within the arrays. Above the arrays the spatial variances as well as dispersive stresses decay rapidly to zero. The heterogeneity is explored further by separately considering six different flow regimes identified within the arrays, described here as: channelling region, constricted region, intersection region, building wake region, canyon region and front-recirculation region. It is found that the flow in the first three regions is relatively homogeneous, but that spatial variances in the latter three regions are large, especially in the building wake and canyon regions. The implication is that, in general, the flow immediately behind (and, to a lesser extent, in front of) a building is much more heterogeneous than elsewhere, even in the relatively dense arrays considered here. Most of the dispersive stress is concentrated in these regions. Considering the experimental difficulties of obtaining enough point measurements to form a representative spatial average, the error incurred by degrading the sampling resolution is investigated. It is found that a good estimate for both area and line averages can be obtained using a relatively small number of strategically located sampling points.

Annual textural banding in Holocene estuarine silts, Severn Estuary Levels (SW Britain): patterns, cause and implications

A high-resolution textural study has been made of laminated and banded estuarine silts exposed intertidally at representative localities and horizons in the Holocene deposits of the Severn Estuary Levels. The laminae, on a submillimetre to millimetre scale, are sharp-based, graded couplets formed of a lower silty part overlain by a finer-textured clayey element. The centimetre- to decimetre-scale banding is formed of laminae in alternating, gradually intergrading sets of relatively coarse and relative fine-grained examples. At outcrop in the field, the banding is recognizable because the coarse sets prove to be recessive to varying degrees under the influence of weathering and current action. Independent evidence at two localities points toward an annual origin for the banding; at a third it arose during part of what appears to have been a relatively short period. Quantified physical arguments suggest that the textural banding is a response of suspended fine sediment to marked seasonal changes in sea temperature and windiness. The banded silts occur in four distinct stratigraphical contexts and record high deposition rates (order 0.01-0.1 m/yr). Because physical factors determine their textures, the silts potentially afford insights in all contexts into aspects of changing Holocene climatic conditions. In one context, the thickness of the bands points to high (order 0.01-0.1 m/yr) but comparatively short-lived (order 10s-100s yrs) rates of relative water-level rise. In the others, however, the banding has no implications for sea-level behaviour, and simply records gross environmental disequilibrium, for example, the recovery of mudflats/marshes after an erosional episode. Similarly, because on account of their rapid accumulation the banded silts preserve animal and human tracks and trackways especially well, they provide an archive of animal and human behaviour in the area during the Holocene.

Vibrational intensities VII: ethane and ethane-d6

Absolute intensity measurements have been made on the fundamental vibrations of C2H6 and C2D6, using the extrapolation method of Wilson and Wells and using nitrogen at pressures up to 50 atmospheres to broaden the bands. The absorption coefficient was integrated against the logarithm of the frequency. Normal coordinates were calculated from the potential function of Hansen and Dennison, and were used to interpret the results in terms of quantities (∂p/∂Si) giving the change of dipole moment with respect to the symmetry coordinates Si. Consistency of data between the isotopes was used both to eliminate ambiguities in the interpretation, and as a criterion in separating overlapping pairs of absorption bands. The results have been interpreted in terms of bond effective moments.

Effect of replacing calcium salts of palm oil distillate with extruded linseeds on milk fatty acid composition in Jersey and Holstein cows

Clinical and biomedical studies have provided evidence for the critical role of n-3 fatty acids on the reduction of chronic disease risk in humans, including cardiovascular disease. In the current experiment, the potential to enhance milk n-3 content in two breeds with inherent genetic differences in mammary lipogenesis and de novo fatty acid synthesis was examined using extruded linseeds. Six lactating cows (three Holstein and three Jersey) were used in a two-treatment switchback design with 3 × 21-day experimental periods to evaluate the effect of iso-energetic replacement of calcium salts of palm oil distillate (CPO) in the diet (34 g/kg dry matter (DM)) with 100 g/kg DM extruded linseeds (LIN). For both breeds, replacing CPO with LIN had no effect (P > 0.05) on DM intake or milk yield, but reduced (P < 0.05) milk fat and protein yield (on average, from 760 to 706 and 573 to 552 g/day, respectively). Relative to CPO, the LIN treatment reduced (P < 0.01) total saturated fatty acid content and enhanced (P < 0.001) 18:3n-3 in milk, whereas breed by diet interactions were significant for milk fat 16:0, total trans fatty acid and conjugated linoleic acid concentrations. Increases in 18:3n-3 intake derived from LIN in the diet were transferred into milk with a mean marginal transfer efficiency of 1.8%. Proportionate changes in milk fatty acid composition were greater in the Jersey, highlighting the importance of diet–genotype interactions on mammary lipogenesis. More extensive studies are required to determine the role of genotype on milk fat composition responses to oilseeds in the diet.

Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life, Annual Checklist

The Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life is planned to become a comprehensive catalogue of all known species of organisms on Earth by the year 2011. Rapid progress has been made recently and this, the sixth edition of the Annual Checklist, contains 884,552 species, approximately half of all known organisms. The present Catalogue is compiled with sectors provided by 37 taxonomic databases from around the world. Many of these contain taxonomic data and opinions from extensive networks of specialists, so that the complete work contains contributions from an estimated 2-3,000 specialists from throughout the taxonomic profession. The work of the Species 2000 and ITIS teams is to peer review databases, select appropriate sectors and to integrate the sectors into a single coherent catalogue with a single hierarchical classification. It is planned in future to introduce alternative taxonomic treatments and alternative hierarchies, but an important feature is that for those users who wish to use it, a single preferred catalogue, based on peer reviews, will continue to be provided.