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Language Revista electrónica de investigación y evaluación educativa, 2014, vol. 20, no 2
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- Compromiso Estudiantil en el Contexto Universitario Colombiano y Desempeño Académico(2014) Pineda Báez, Clelia; Bermúdez, José Javier; Rubiano Bello, Ángela; Pava García, Natalia; Suárez García, Rodrigo; Cruz Becerra, FabiánA pesar de la ampliación de la cobertura en la educación superior latinoamericana, persisten graves problemas de deserción que llevan a cuestionar el papel de las experiencias educativas en el fomento del compromiso académico de los estudiantes. Esta investigación se realizó en Colombia y buscó determinar la relación que existe entre el compromiso estudiantil y el desempeño académico de un grupo de universitarios colombianos. El estudio transversal y correlacional empleó la versión en español de la encuesta National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) que mide el nivel de participación de los estudiantes en cinco dimensiones: reto académico, aprendizaje activo y colaborativo, interacción con docentes y personal administrativo, experiencias educativas enriquecedoras y apoyo institucional. Los hallazgos de 1906 estudiantes de 7 universidades señalan que existen correlaciones estadísticamente significativas, aunque débiles, entre los índices del compromiso estudiantil y el promedio académico, y conducen a reflexionar sobre aspectos claves para el fortalecimiento de las experiencias educativas que se ofrecen al universitario.
- RELIEVE: twenty years immersed in the chronology of open access of the sciences(2014) Melero, RemediosCoinciding with the first 20 years of RELIEVE, this article presents a comparative analysis of the historical milestones of the journal and the worldwide Open Access movement, in order to better frame its evolution. We review some of the principal contributions made in the field of scientific communication during these two decades: the appearance and development of electronic journals, the development of the Open Access movement, the appearance of repositories, the development of platforms to manage articles, new databases, etc.
- Psychometric analysis of a perception scale on the usefulness of Moodle in the University(2014) Olmos Migueláñez, Susana; Martínez Abad, Fernando; Torrecilla Sánchez, Eva María; Mena Marcos, JuanjoBecause of the acquired relevance of learning management systems in higher education, and the spread of the use of the Moodle platform in many academic institutions, a scale of perceived usefulness of theMoodle in this context is designed, and the psychometric validity of the scale has been tested. The aim is to provide a reliable and valid instrument to measure the students’ perception about the usefulness ofMoodle. The study obtained a sample of 754 subjects from the population of university students in fields of Educational Sciences. The results show that the scale evaluates the utility of the platform adequately in five dimensions: content, activities, assessment, interaction and learning. Finally, a discussion is developed about the usefulness of the scale to evaluate the usefulness of Moodle and to implement processes to improve its use in higher education institutions.
- Mexican journals of educational research towards mainstream dissemination of science(2014) Cabrera Flores, Mayer; Luna, Edna; Vidauri, GabrielaThe purpose of this study is to analyze the Electronic Journal of Educational Research (REDIE) on its path towards the common manner of scientific dissemination. This research presents the evolution of Mexican policy with regards to the journals, the situation of the Educational Research Mexican journals, and its profundity relating to REDIE. In its evolution, there were three moments that stood out the most: the standardization of quality criteria, the digitalization and open access of the scientific journals, those that came together with REDIE like REDALYC and LATINDEX , and the individual initiatives of those journals that motivated the development of the scientific dissemination in Mexico. The investigation concludes with the realization of the necessity of achieving agreement on the efforts of various principal actors: governmental bodies, institutions, and academic communities.
- Scientific Journals as Platforms to Publish Research of Excellence in Education - Strategies to Attract Researchers(2014) Fonseca Mora, M. Carmen; Aguaded Gómez, José IgnacioThis article helps to reflect on the most relevant characteristics of research journals of excellence, on those quality editorial management traits that facilitate the work of disseminating the findings of researchers in education so that they can contribute, along with all international researchers, to the central knowledge of science
- Longitudinal analysis of Spanish doctoral theses in education (1841-2012)(2014) Fernández Bautista, Andrés; Torralbo Rodríguez, Manuel; Fernández Cano, AntonioThis article analyzes the research output of doctoral theses in the field of Education defended in Spain from 1841-2012. It offers a quantified global and diachronic view of such series. As a landmark to note is the fact that until 1954, obtaining a doctoral degree was centralized at the Complutense University of Madrid. They are used as search engines bibliographic databases: TESEO and institutional repositories, and basic bibliography of the area to carry out the collection of the sample. The contrasting hypothesis is to verify whether the time series partially follows the pattern of growth of the science of Derek J. de Solla Price. The central finding is that the Spanish production of doctoral theses in education is adjusted to a quasi-logistic model with a worrying falling trend in the last twelve years.
- Caracterización del curriculum evaluado en matemática en sexto año básico. Un estudio descriptivo en Valparaíso, Chile(2014) Contreras, GloriaEste artículo pretende dar cuenta de los principales resultados de la investigación denominada Caracterización del curriculum evaluado en sexto año básico en matemática: orientaciones para la formación inicial y continua de profesores y profesoras, cuyo objetivo principal fue describir y analizar lo que se evalúa y cómo se evalúa en matemática en dicho nivel en la región de Valparaíso, Chile. Se analizaron 103 pruebas escritas de matemática conducentes a calificación, pertenecientes a 27 establecimientos educacionales. A dichas pruebas, y a sus respectivas 2516 preguntas, se les aplicó un conjunto de códigos referido tanto a aspectos formales como de contenidos y habilidades matemáticas. Se concluye que mayoritariamente se demanda del estudiante una respuesta cerrada, única, en que se evalúa la memorización y resolución de ejercicios de forma mecánica, y que el nivel de cobertura del curriculum prescrito por el Ministerio de Educación es bajo, encontrándose muchos contenidos y habilidades matemáticas de niveles inferiores al sexto básico.
- Impact of the Knowledge Society in the University and in Scientific Communication(2014) Duart Montoliu, Josep Maria; Mengual Andrés, SantiagoOver the last two decades, as a result of the introduction and intensive use of technologies for information and general knowledge, especially from the internet, the university is living in a process of complete transformation that affects it´s academic and organizational structures as well as the conception of educational methodology. The ICTs have demonstrated a need to establish coherent institutional strategies in their use and application, along with the possibility to expand the sphere of institutional action, in regards to general access to higher education. All of this shows an existing change from a model of education based on the transmission of knowledge, that was rather limited and under restricted access, to another that should fundamentally facilitates the competence to learn from people that live in the world in constant change, with open access to information and general knowledge. In addition, all of this implies a transformation in the dynamics of communication and diffusion of scientific knowledge that is now converted into something open and accessible which is subject to an analysis of knowledge social networks
- Scientific journals on Education in Spain: evolution and prospects for the future(2014) Ruiz Corbella, Marta; Galán, Arturo; Diestro, AlfonsoThe Spanish scientific journals on education have experience an exponential growth in recent decades. The reasons are closely related to the supranational policies of university quality assessment, with specific emphasis on research output with "impact". This way, in just twenty years, Spanish journals have become, in detriment of books, in the main channel of communication of the also increasing educational research. In an extremely competitive global context, dominated by Anglo-Saxon culture, the Spanish journals have made a significant improvement in the quality of editorial management processes, in accordance with international quality indicators. However, access to the most recognized indexing, such as Web of Science or Scopus, and especially competing in impact factor (number of citations), is a mission almost impossible for our journals. This article focuses, on the one hand, on the evolution of the Spanish educational journals, the analysis of its growth and its international presence. On the other hand, quality indicators and the indexing that categorize journals, both nationally and globally, as well as its problems and limitations, are discussed. It is a descriptive study that analyzes indicators and classifications of various selective data bases consulted through documentary and digital sources. Finally, it presents a prediction of the short term evolution of impact metrics (altrimetrics) and how they should be addressed. It also discusses the importance of establishing government policies on the assessment of research that are transparent and in accordance with the area where there is a need to combine our scientific production in Spanish and international journals.
