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Worked Example Mid-Semester Intervention in College Algebra: English
No full textThe enrollment in lower-level mathematics courses has been on the increase in the last decade. It has been estimated that the DFW rate may rise to the level of 50% in courses that can be classified as college algebra. Numerous interventions have been utilized for college algebra and other mathematics classes to help students, including supplemental instruction, peer-led team learning, group learning, flipped classrooms, and integrating technology. In this study, we offered a half-semester course that implemented worked example worksheets, which were used in a previous full-semester intervention, to help students with the college algebra material. Results showed that the thirty students who participated in the worked example pass/fail mid-semester class significantly outperformed the college algebra students who did not participate in the intervention on total points in the course, quizzes, and tests 3 and 4. In addition, participants earned a significantly higher course GPA, attended significantly more regular class lectures, and earned a higher final exam score. Finally, we analysed the qualitative data to develop five themes about the worked examples and intervention. We conclude that the mid-semester intervention is a good just-in-time mechanism to implement after the semester has started to help students succeed in the class
El Feminismo en las Series de Ficción de Amazon Prime
Get PDFTelevision series are interesting objects of study to observe the representation that is performed on different social subjects. In this sense, it is interesting to know how serial narratives represent a movement traditionally denigrated by mass media: feminism. Under this premise, this article analyzes three fiction series announced as feminists on the consumer on demand platform Amazon Prime. The study universe has been composed of the series broadcast on the platform during the first quarter of 2020, a total of three series: Good Girls Revolt, Little Fires Everywhere and Dietland. A methodology has been developed for the study that includes concepts of audiovisual narrative and feminism. The results have shown the prevalence of liberal feminist values, with an emphasis on individual fulfillment and sexual liberation.Las series de televisión constituyen interesantes objetos de estudio para observar la representación que se realiza sobre los diferentes sujetos sociales. En esta línea, es de interés conocer cómo las narrativas seriales representan a un movimiento tradicionalmente denostado por los mass media: el feminismo. Bajo esta premisa, este artículo analiza tres series de ficción anunciadas como feministas en la plataforma de consumo bajo demanda Amazon Prime. El universo de estudio se ha compuesto de las series emitidas en la plataforma durante el primer trimestre de 2020, siendo un total de tres series: Good Girls Revolt, Little Fires Everywhere y Dietland. Para el estudio se ha desarrollado una metodología que recoge conceptos de la narrativa audiovisual y del feminismo. Los resultados han evidenciado la preminencia de los valores feministas liberales, con un énfasis en la realización individual y la liberación sexual
Masculinidades tradicionales en las universidades chilenas. Manifestaciones y afirmaciones en contextos y espacios académicos
Get PDFUniversities as traditional institutions imply that they are highly masculinized in terms of formal and informal organizational dynamics. This work is part of a qualitative and national research on gender violence and masculinities in traditional and private universities in Chile. For this, 24 discussion groups were held: 8 mixed groups, 8 groups of men and 8 groups of women, taking as field of observation 8 institutions of higher education, located in the four cities with the highest university enrollment in the country (Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepcion and Temuco). Using the guidelines of the Grounded Theory for the analysis of the information, the results show the presence of the hegemonic model of masculinity as a transversal element in higher education institutions, in addition to models of masculinity that have been called masculinities in transition in the which elements of transformation are observed, but nevertheless persist with traditional elements of masculinity. This type of masculinity tries to distance itself from the hegemonic model of masculinity in terms of violence mainly, which would account for a process of change in young students. However, patterns of hegemonic and traditional models continue to be reproduced, particularly with regard to the gender relations of young Chilean students.Las universidades como instituciones tradicionales implican que son altamente masculinizadas en lo que se refiere a las dinámicas organizacionales formales e informales. Este trabajo forma parte de una investigación de carácter cualitativo y de alcance nacional sobre violencia de género y masculinidades universidades tradicionales y privadas de Chile. Para esto se realizaron 24 grupos de discusión: 8 grupos mixtos, 8 grupos de hombres y 8 grupos de mujeres, tomando como campo de observación 8 instituciones de educación superior, localizadas en las cuatro ciudades con mayor matrícula universitaria del país (Santiago, Valparaíso, Concepción y Temuco). Empleando para el análisis de la información las orientaciones de la Teoría Fundamentada, los resultados evidencian la presencia del modelo hegemónico de masculinidad como elemento trasversal en las instituciones de educación superior, en complemento con modelos de masculinidad que se le ha denominado masculinidades en transición en las cuales se observa elementos de transformación, pero que sin embargo persisten con elementos tradicionales de masculinidad. Este tipo de masculinidades intentan distanciarse del modelo hegemónico de masculinidad en cuanto a la violencia principalmente, lo cual daría cuenta de un proceso de cambio en los jóvenes estudiantes. Sin embargo, continúan reproduciéndose patrones de modelos hegemónicos y tradicionales, particularmente en lo que se refiere a las relaciones de género de jóvenes estudiantes chilenos
Communication between parents and their university offspring and sources of personal and social support
Get PDFCommunication allows the interrelationship of family members and has an influence on the personal and social adjustment of offspring. This research paper analyzes the types of family communication that exist between parents and their offspring and the sources of personal and social support available to university students. The link between the gender and the search for parent-offspring support variables are studied against the types of family communication. A quantitative analysis has been performed based on a descriptive, correlational and comparative design, and taking 906 students from a European university as the sample. The results indicate it was found that, overall, university students had a positive relationship with their parents. It was further discovered that daughters develop more negative behaviors and hurtful attitudes toward their mother than sons. University students tend to value and turn to different sources of support depending on the issue they wish to solve, with differences being noted based on gender. We conclude that university students have an open and satisfactory friendly relationship with both their parents, and value the family support they receive positively when they have personal and social problems. The variables analyzed are discriminative and predictive elements of how the relationship between parents and their offspring works.La comunicación permite la interrelación entre los miembros de la familia e influye en el ajuste personal y social de los hijos/as. Esta investigación examina el tipo de comunicación familiar entre padres/madres e hijos/as y las fuentes de apoyo personal y social que tienen los universitarios. Se estudian las relaciones entre las variables género y búsqueda de apoyo padres/madres e hijos/as con los tipos de comunicación familiar. Realizamos una investigación cuantitativa, con diseño descriptivo, correlacional y comparativo, en 906 estudiantes de una universidad europea. Los resultados indican que chicos y chicas universitarios mantienen una buena comunicación con sus padres y madres. Las chicas, desarrollan conductas más negativas y actitudes hirientes con su madre a diferencia de los chicos. Los universitarios valoran y tienen diferentes fuentes de apoyo según el problema que quieran resolver, encontrándose diferencia según el género. Concluimos que los universitarios mantienen una comunicación familiar abierta y satisfactoria con ambos progenitores, valorando el apoyo familiar de manera positiva ante un problema personal y social. Las variables analizadas son elementos discriminantes y predictoras del funcionamiento de las relaciones padres/madres e hijos/as
Masculinidades Hegemónicas Encubiertas y otras Androcracias
No full textThe objective of this essay is to document how hegemonic masculinity is socially reproduced through almost imperceptible processes of androcracy, and concomitantly, to demonstrate how androcracy strategically influences the professional development of Mexico's social capital, since meritocracy from androcracy is a simulation game of female promotion. All these androcratic processes exclude men and women of the high academic profile from high and mid-high positions, thus originating alterations in daily politics. To document this androcratic process, the text is divided into three sections: the first part presents the state of the art of masculinity; in the next section, using qualitative techniques and participant observation methods, three examples of androcracy are described, in different geographical and socio-political scales: the international example analyzes the case of the NXIVM sect, the national example analyzes the case of the National System of Researchers of Mexico, and the local example analyzes the case of the Universidad Veracruzana. The most relevant results, which indicate that psychological control continues to be an androcratic mechanism used to try to manipulate women with a high academic profile.El objetivo del ensayo es documentar cómo se reproduce socialmente la masculinidad hegemónica a través de procesos casi imperceptibles de androcracia, de forma concomitante se intenta demostrar cómo la androcracia influye estratégicamente en el desarrollo profesional del capital social de México, puesto que la meta de la androcracia, dentro del juego de la meritocracia, es la simulación de la promoción femenina. Todos estos procesos androcráticos excluyen de los puestos altos y medio altos a hombres y mujeres de alto perfil académico, originando con ello alteraciones en la política cotidiana. Para documentar dicho proceso androcrático, el texto se divide en tres secciones: en la primera se expone el estado del arte de la masculinidad; luego, mediante técnicas cualitativas y de observación participante se describen tres ejemplos de androcracia, a distintas escalas geográficas, el ejemplo de escala internacional analiza el caso de la secta NXIVM, el ejemplo nacional analiza el caso del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores de México y el ejemplo local analiza el caso de la Universidad Veracruzana. Los resultados más relevantes, los cuales indican que el control psicológico sigue siendo un mecanismo androcrático que se emplea para intentar manipular a mujeres perfil académico
Misconceptions of Upper-Secondary School Students on Doing Behavioral Sciences Research
Get PDFWith its long tradition, research on misconceptions helps to understand how concepts are learned and how learning in the disciplines can be supported. Up to now, research on misconceptions has focused on natural sciences, while research on misconceptions in behavioral sciences is scarce, not to say absent. In this study an attempt was made to reveal upper secondary school students’ misconceptions on doing research in behavioral sciences. The starting point for the study were research proposals of upper secondary school students. As part of a larger study, students were asked to write a research proposal in maximum two pages. A two-steps approach was adopted in the analysis of these research proposals. First, using a codebook containing both deductive and inductive codes, two-pagers were analyzed in order to identify ‘errors’. In a second step, an interpretative analysis aimed at inferring potential misconceptions underlying these errors. The study can be considered as a starting point for research on misconceptions in behavioral sciences which is currently missing in the field
¿Importa el género en las organizaciones de la sociedad civil tunecina tras la "primavera árabe"? La división del trabajo y las responsabilidades entre los jóvenes activistas
No full textThis article explores the gender dimension of young people participation in Tunisian civil society organizations (CSOs) that emerged largely after the 2011 "revolution". The main aims are, first, to provide information on the Tunisian context; second, to characterize this new activism marked by a large participation of young women; and, third, to identify whether there are elements typical of a gender division of positions, responsibilities and activism work. The Tunisian case is very interesting because political transitions are crucial moments for women's rights and associations. Based on two surveys, we put forward the hypothesis that inequality between men and women in the allocation of responsibilities will increase or decrease depending on the degree of gender inequality in the possession of skills and resources (educational, linguistic, socio-economic) and previous experiences of associative socialization. After outlining the national context, we find that the profiles, resources and socialization of activists are relatively homogeneous. However, while women and men gain access to positions of responsibility with some equality via elections to the executive bodies of CSOs, male leadership prevails in ad hoc activities that grant greater individual public recognition and leadership.Este artículo explora la dimensión de género de la participación de la juventud en las organizaciones de la sociedad civil (OSC) en Túnez que surgieron principalmente tras la "revolución" de 2011. Los principales objetivos son, primero, proporcionar información sobre el contexto tunecino; segundo, caracterizar este nuevo activismo marcado por una extensa participación de mujeres jóvenes; y, tercero, identificar si existen elementos típicos de una división de género en los cargos, las responsabilidades y la labor del activismo. El caso tunecino es muy interesante porque las transiciones políticas son momentos cruciales para los derechos de las mujeres y el asociacionismo. Basándonos en dos encuestas, planteamos la hipótesis de que la desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres en el reparto de responsabilidades aumentará o disminuirá en función del grado de desigualdad de género en la posesión de competencias y recursos (educativos, lingüísticos, socioeconómicos) y de las experiencias previas de socialización asociativa. Tras esbozar el contexto nacional, encontramos que los perfiles, los recursos y la socialización de los activistas son relativamente homogéneos. Sin embargo, aun cuando las mujeres y los hombres accedan a puestos de responsabilidad con cierta igualdad a través de las elecciones a los órganos ejecutivos de las OSC, el liderazgo masculino prevalece en actividades ad hoc que otorgan mayor reconocimiento público y liderazgo individua
Moving from a segregated to a coeducational context: Exploring Iranian female medical students' ownership and investment in language learning
Get PDFThe present study examined Iranian female medical students' transition from a segregated school system to a coeducational university context to uncover how they invested in their learning in the new context. The participants of this qualitative study were 23 female medical students, taking a general English language course in a mixed class of 54 students. This was their first experience of being in a coeducational environment. During the term the researchers/instructors observed the class, and also the students were interviewed to examine their understanding and feelings about this experience and its influence on their learning. The data were analyzed through thematic analysis. Taking Norton's (2015) investment model as a point of departure, the findings showed that female students invested in language learning by focusing on the capital, identity, and ideology that they were dealing with in the coeducational class. The findings showed that despite the common belief in the Iranian society that female learners are shy in coeducational settings, the participants invested in learning and owned their identity as medical students. They considered the class as a miniature setting to learn how to cooperate effectively with the male students to be ready for the mixed environment of their future profession
Amotivation: A Key Predictor of College GPA, College Match, and First-Year Retention
Get PDFTwo studies examined the relationships between motivational orientation, college student success, and first-year retention. In Study 1, 523 college students completed measures of motivational orientation and student success. Results indicated that intrinsic and extrinsic motivation were positively related to college GPA, student-university match and adjustment to college. In contrast, amotivation was negatively related to these dependent variables. Study 2 examined a mediational model in which motivational orientation, most consistently amotivation, predicted lower college student GPA and poorer college match. These, in turn predicted a decrease in first-to-second-year retention among 385 first-year college students. These results suggest that colleges may wish to address amotivation among students as a way to enhance student success and retention.
El impacto social desde los movimientos bottom-up: el caso de la Escuela de Personas Adultas La Verneda-Sant Martí
Get PDFThere is a remarkable number of papers on community participation and on the debate about its promotion from the institutional power (top-down) or from the citizens themselves (bottom-up). However, there is a gap in the scientific literature on the key elements that achieve social impact with community participation promoted from below (bottom-up). This article presents a case study of the Adult School La Verneda-Sant Martí, which has been in existence for 44 years. Based on the communicative methodology, 5 in-depth interviews have been conducted with people who have participated in the school project. The main finding is that dialogic leadership has been a key element for the social impact of this school.Existen abundantes investigaciones sobre la participación comunitaria y acerca del debate sobre su promoción desde el poder institucional (top-down) o desde la propia ciudadanía (bottom-up). Sin embargo, hay un vacío en la literatura científica sobre los elementos claves que logran impacto social de la participación comunitaria promovida desde abajo (bottom-up). Este artículo presenta un estudio de caso de la Escuela de Personas Adultas la Verneda-Sant Martí, que lleva 44 años de existencia. Basándose en la metodología comunicativa, se han realizado entrevistas en profundidad a personas que han participado en el proyecto de la escuela. El principal hallazgo es que el liderazgo dialógico ha sido un elemento clave para el impacto social de esta escuela