This article presents the design, implementation and appraisal of an educational intervention developed to explore how education, practice and feedback of cognitive elements, regarding writing summaries, have an effect on the technical writing competence of freshman engineering students. The educational intervention was designed based on the methodology of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) and it consisted of three phases: teaching, practice and feedback. In total, 177 students participated, distributed into three groups: 54 Electronic Engineering students (year 2014), 57 Electrical Engineering students (year 2015) and 66 Electronic Engineering students (year 2015). The intervention effects were studied by quantitative and qualitative evidence. Quantitative evidence was collected through an evaluation rubric of the summaries written by the students; this rubric analyzes ten criteria of the writing competence. Qualitative evidence was collected through open-ended questions about the students' learning experience throughout the intervention. Results show that the three participating groups improved their technical writing competence due to their participation in this educational intervention. Sentence construction (g-Hedges = 0,62) and text sequences (g-Hedges = 0,59) criterion presented the highest effect rates. The other writing criteria, evaluated through the rubric, presented a positive gain with statistical significance, but only in some groups of students.Key words: Information literacy skills of engineering students, information documentation, engineering technical writing, writing across the curriculum, engineering education. RESUMENEste artículo presenta el diseño, implementación y evaluación de una intervención educativa para explorar cómo la instrucción, práctica y retroalimentación de elementos cognitivos para la escritura de resúmenes impactan la competencia de escritura técnica de una población de estudiantes de primer año de ingeniería. El diseño de la intervención educativa se basó en la metodología de escritura a través del currículo (WAC, en inglés) y se compone de tres fases: instrucción, práctica y retroalimentación. En total participaron 177 estudiantes, distribuidos en tres grupos: 54 estudiantes de Ingeniería Electrónica (año 2014), 57 estudiantes de Ingeniería Eléctrica (año 2015) y 66 estudiantes de Ingeniería Electrónica (año 2015). Los efectos de la intervención se exploraron con evidencias cuantitativas y cualitativas. Las evidencias cuantitativas se recolectaron con una rúbrica de evaluación de los resúmenes elaborados por los estudiantes; dicha rúbrica analiza diez indicadores de desempeño para la competencia de escritura. Las evidencias cualitativas se recopilaron con preguntas de respuesta abierta que interrogaban a los estudiantes sobre la experiencia de aprendizaje vivenciada en la intervención. Los resultados indican que los tres grupos de estudiantes participantes mejoraron su competencia de escritura técnica. Los mayores tamaños de efecto de la intervención los presen...
The detailed study of the turbulence and the fluid flow in sport is an open and exciting field of research, in particular in swimming and aquatic sports there is a wealth of new techniques that may aid performance. In swimming, thanks to measurement techniques like Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), Particle Tracking (PT) or pattern analysis, now it is possible to measure the flow environment and not just the human movement. Numerical Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is also a useful tool. We present several techniques stressing the importance of 3D effects and the dynamics of enhanced propulsion by hands and feet while the reduction in resistance need to be considered in an integrated way. Examples of Sculling, Hand wakes, Underwater Undulatory Swimming (UUS) and Vortex Filament Analysis (VFA) are all interesting to improve swimming techniques.
ResumenEl objetivo de la investigación ha sido generar un sistema de evaluación de capacidades de innovación aplicable a pequeñas y medianas empresas (PYMES), de tal manera que se pueda conocer a fondo las capacidades de innovación en una organización permitiendo identificar falencias y requerimientos fundamentales para su éxito. La literatura converge hacia una doble dimensión al estudiar la innovación: como sistema y como proceso; donde las consideraciones contextuales son fundamentales. Para generar el sistema se investigaron enfoques, modelos, herramientas y pautas metodológicas de innovación. Se analizaron las características de procesos desde el punto de vista los países en desarrollo (PED), se compararon funciones de gestión de innovación y se establecieron interrelaciones entre funciones y variables del sistema. Como resultado se determinaron cinco capacidades endógenas requeridas para innovar y sus correspondientes categorías de análisis, así como dos nuevos elementos diferenciadores de procesos de innovación en PED: los focos de procesos de aprendizaje (FPA) y los focos de innovaciones incrementales (FII). Los resultados han sido aplicados en cuatro casos de PYMES en Panamá, concluyendo que la evaluación de capacidades permite situar a las organizaciones en diferentes niveles, compararlas e identificar falencias y posibles hojas de ruta para impulsar procesos de innovación. SIDIA MORENO ROJAS & AGUEDA GARCÍA CARRILLO 110 INNOVATION CAPACITY ASSESSMENT SYSTEM IN SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES:CASE OF PANAMA AbstractThe aim of this research was to generate an evaluation system of innovation capabilities for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), in order to know innovation capabilities in an organization to identify gaps and fundamental requirements for success. Literature converges in two dimensions to consider innovation: as a system and as a process; where contextual considerations are critical. In order to build the system approaches, models, tools and methodological innovation patterns were investigated. Process characteristics were analyzed for developing countries (DCs), innovation management functions were compared and relationships between functions and system variables were established. As result, five endogenous capabilities required to innovate were determined with their corresponding analysis categories as wells as, two new differentiation elements of innovation processes in PED: learning processes Outbreaks (FPA because of its acronym in Spanish) and incremental innovation outbreaks (FII because of its acronym in Spanish). Results have been applied in four cases of SMEs in Panama, concluding that capability assessment allows organizations to pace on different levels, compare and identify possible gaps and roadmaps to drive innovation processes.
An individual’s social style is determined by behavioral patterns in the interactions with their peers. Some studies suggest that social style may influence the way in which an individual’s performance is evaluated. We studied the effects that speakers’ and evaluators’ social styles have on the marks given for end-of-term presentations in a project engineering master’s course. The participants completed a self-evaluation exercise that classified their social styles into one of four categories: Driver, expressive, analytical, or amiable. Students individually rated the content and appearance of their classmates’ presentations. A statistical analysis of these scores revealed that the speaker’s social style had a significant effect on the marks received for content and appearance. The evaluator’s social style also demonstrated a statistically significant effect on the marks given for appearance, though not for content. Students with expressive social style received the highest scores, while the analytical style received the lowest scores. These results reiterate the necessity to train students as evaluators in order to reduce bias when evaluating their classmates and co-workers during their academic and professional careers
El estudio presenta un análisis de la evolución de las dinámicas sociales reflejadas en el espacio público correspondiente a las zonas de conservación patrimonial de Latinoamérica y El Caribe. Inicialmente se describe las actividades necesarias y complementarias que se desarrollan en el espacio público y su funcionalidad, realizando una investigación descriptiva con fuentes secundarias de información, identificando todas las zonas de conservación patrimonial de Latinoamérica y el Caribe, eligiendo cuatro centros históricos por su configuración urbana, por su comportamiento a través de la historia, por su similitud temporal después de la colonia en América y por representar un área de extensión entre 200 y 650 hectáreas, analizando los diferentes planes de desarrollo de estas zonas, se identifica que las metodologías adoptadas corresponden a las tradicionales como lo son la Metodología del Marco Lógico. Logrando como resultado un escaso material de apoyo para los profesionales que generan ciudad, siendo necesario la implementación y utilización de las tecnologías emergentes, para desarrollar una trazabilidad a todos y cada uno de los elementos que componen el espacio público y así tener a disposición la información adecuada y en tiempo real para la toma de decisiones, logrando una verdadera sostenibilidad.
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