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Fields of activity significance scientific college students [Campos de significación de la actividad científica en estudiantes universitarios]
No full textThis study has as purpose to show the beliefs, attitudes, knowledge and stereotypes of university students about scientific research. In order to reach it, the author carried out an exercise based on associative questions, individual and group interviews and a multiple choice questionnaire that was proposed to 273 students enrolled at two university centers at Guadalajara University (Universidad de Guadalajara). The information was then analyzed by means of the mixed content technique (open answers) and the statistic program SPSS (multiple choice questionnaire). The results show that most of the interview students have erroneous conceptions about the scientific duty and a very imprecise picture about the scientist and the domain and space in which he/she works. Since those social representations have been built throughout the student's academic life by several media (formal and informal), the author considers that it is essential to analyze them in order to increase the interest about scientific activity amongst the students
Fields of activity significance scientific college students [Campos de significación de la actividad científica en estudiantes universitarios]
No full textThis study has as purpose to show the beliefs, attitudes, knowledge and stereotypes of university students about scientific research. In order to reach it, the author carried out an exercise based on associative questions, individual and group interviews and a multiple choice questionnaire that was proposed to 273 students enrolled at two university centers at Guadalajara University (Universidad de Guadalajara). The information was then analyzed by means of the mixed content technique (open answers) and the statistic program SPSS (multiple choice questionnaire). The results show that most of the interview students have erroneous conceptions about the scientific duty and a very imprecise picture about the scientist and the domain and space in which he/she works. Since those social representations have been built throughout the student's academic life by several media (formal and informal), the author considers that it is essential to analyze them in order to increase the interest about scientific activity amongst the students
Educational Institutions in the Social Representation of Science in Undergraduate Students [Las instituciones educativas en la representaci�n social de la ciencia en estudiantes de pregrado]
No full textEducational institutions are one of the main determining mediators in the social perception of science, important factor if one takes into account that students spend a great part of their lives in the schools. Research performed with undergraduate students of the University of Guadalajara shows that most of them refer to school (at the different educational levels) as the main source which have contributed to build their social representations of science that refers almost exclusively to so called "hard sciences". With in school, the image of the teacher is an important referent regarding the students likes or dislikesabout science. The information was gathered by interviews and some other exercises that included open and closed answers
Educational Institutions in the Social Representation of Science in Undergraduate Students [Las instituciones educativas en la representación social de la ciencia en estudiantes de pregrado]
No full textEducational institutions are one of the main determining mediators in the social perception of science, important factor if one takes into account that students spend a great part of their lives in the schools. Research performed with undergraduate students of the University of Guadalajara shows that most of them refer to school (at the different educational levels) as the main source which have contributed to build their social representations of science that refers almost exclusively to so called "hard sciences". With in school, the image of the teacher is an important referent regarding the students likes or dislikesabout science. The information was gathered by interviews and some other exercises that included open and closed answers
Portrait of author Jackson A. Graves, [s.d.]
No full textPhotographic portrait of author Jackson A. Graves, [s.d.]. Graves is shown from his upper torso to his head and is looking to the right. He is wearing a light-colored suit, a light shirt, and a dark tie with a square pattern. He has light-colored hair that is neatly combed and parted at left, a thick light mustache, and light eyebrows. There are large bags beneath his eyes and his ears are very big
Scientific media consumption among higher education students [Consumo mediático de información científica entre estudiantes de educación superior]
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to pinpoint to what communication media do undergraduate students recourse when they search for scientific information. Through an open/close questionnaire the 234 students show they prefer Internet in the first place and television in second place; most of them have confidence in Internet as a source that provides scientific information
Scientific media consumption among higher education students [Consumo mediático de información científica entre estudiantes de educación superior]
No full textThe purpose of this paper is to pinpoint to what communication media do undergraduate students recourse when they search for scientific information. Through an open/close questionnaire the 234 students show they prefer Internet in the first place and television in second place; most of them have confidence in Internet as a source that provides scientific information
Simulation and Control of a Pneumatic Muscle Actuator for a Rehabilitation Robot
No full textThe perfomance of a pneumatic muscle actuator, invented by Jim Hennequin and used in a prototype wheelchair-mounted robot ann designed by the first author is reported. Experimental measurements were made of the output torque versus rotary motion and internal pressure. The torque available for a muscle of size 60 mm width by 90 mm length ranges from 1 to 15 Nm. The rotary stiffness of this muscle is 0.081 Nm/deg. A simulation model of the dynamic behaviour of the muscle attached to the robot arm using one-dimensional flow theory was written in ACSL (Advanced Continuous Simulation Language). The resultant simulation gives good agreement to within ± 5% of the experimental values. Control using proportional and a PID controller is shown to be effective
Painted portrait of Father Geronimo Boscana, O.F.M., author of Chinigchinich, [s.d.]
No full textPhotograph of a painted portrait of Father Geronimo Boscana, O.F.M., author of "Chinigchinich", [s.d.]. The friar is at center, is shown from his upper torso to his head and is looking slightly to the right. He is wearing a light-colored hooded robe with the hood pulled halfway up his head. He has some thin white hair but is mostly bald. Chinigchinich was an account of California Indian life, focused on the Indians near San Juan Capistrano
Portrait of James Laughlin, author of "This Is My Blood," [s.d.]
No full textPhotographic portrait of James Laughlin, author of "This Is My Blood," [s.d.]. A elderly man with smiling eyes turns his face toward the camera. He has a slight smile on his face, and a large nose, bushy eyebrows and slicked-back graying hair. He wears a light-colored suit, striped tie, and undergarment.; The book was to be published March 3, 1989 in a limited edition by The Yolla Bolly Press
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