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Institutional, pedagogical, psychosocial and socio-demographic factors related to academic performance at the University of Costa Rica: a multilevel …
2007
A multilevel analysis was conducted to predict final grades in courses from different majors for a sample, stratified by academic areas, of 848 students at the University of Costa Rica. A group of factors from institutional, socio-demographic, psychosocial and pedagogical aspects were employed as independent variables. The best predictor was the Admission Average, which combines grades from high school and an aptitude test score. Some non-cognitive variables were also explicative; the most important being the score on a scale of emotional intelligence. The methodology employed by the professor showed explicative power as well.
Analysis of the relation between the learning styles, the performance in maths and the election of optional subjects in Secondary School
2005
El presente artículo resume una investigación cuasi-experimental realizada en Educación Secundaria, con dos objetivos bien diferenciados: establecer la posible relación entre las predominancias de los estilos de aprendizaje del alumno (desde la perspectiva de Honey-Alonso) y el rendimiento en Matemáticas; analizar, de manera crítica, si el proceso orientador en la elección del espacio de optatividad en la E.S.O. se basa en una información objetiva y apropiada para el alumno. Se concluye que, en la muestra estudiada, existen relaciones significativas entre el rendimiento medio-alto en Matemáticas con una mayor predominancia en las áreas estilísticas teórica y reflexiva. Se confirma también q…