This article notes the low rate of highly talented or gifted students formally identified in Spain compared to international benchmarks. These students are not properly identified, so a lack of specific educational responses for these highly talented students is also expected. Trying to counteract this trend, this article presents an enrichment program imparted to a group of students with high intellectual abilities during the academic year 2017/18 over three weekly sessions during school hours, where emerging technologies were an important key in how it was delivered. The experimental design included an experimental group of high ability students and two control groups, one consisting of students with high abilities who did not receive specific educational responses and another consisting of a group of regular schoolchildren in terms of abilities. The results showed that the implementation of specific educational responses improved children’s levels of adaptation and in some cases, their school performance. These data are discussed in an attempt to recommend enrichment programs integrated into the classroom as an appropriate educational response to gifted or high ability students. Attention to diversity of all students in the classroom is possible, for example by resorting to ICT, increasing the educational inclusion of students with high intellectual capacity. Este trabajo apunta la reducida tasa de alumnado con características de superdotación o altas capacidades identificados formalmente en España tomando los referenciales internacionales. Este alumnado no es debidamente identificado, entonces también se anticipa la falta de respuestas educativas específicas para estos escolares con altas capacidades. Intentando contrariar esta tendencia, este artículo presenta un programa de enriquecimiento aplicado a un grupo de alumnos y alumnas con altas capacidades intelectuales durante el curso académico de 2017/18 a lo largo de tres sesiones semanales en horario escolar y donde las tecnologías emergentes tienen una importancia clave en el desarrollo del mismo. En el plano experimental, se tomó un grupo experimental de escolares con altas capacidades y dos grupos de control, uno conformado por alumnado con altas capacidades que no reciben respuestas educativas específicas y otro constituido por un grupo de escolares regulares en términos de capacidades. Los resultados muestran que la implementación de respuestas educativas específicas mejora los niveles de adaptación infantil y, en algunos casos, su rendimiento escolar. Se discuten estos datos en una tentativa de recomendación de programas de enriquecimiento integrados en las clases como respuesta educativa apropiada a los escolares con superdotación o altas capacidades. La atención a la diversidad de todo el alumnado en las aulas es posible, por ejemplo, recurriendo a las TIC, favoreciendo la inclusión educativa del alumnado con altas capacidades.
Differences between the sexes in education is something of particular interest in much research. This study sought to investigate the possible differences between the sexes in math performance, and to deeply examine the causal factors for those differences. Beginning from the administration of the BECOMA-On (Online Evaluation Battery of Mathematics Skills) to 3,795 5th year primary students aged 10-11, in 16 Spanish autonomous communities and the 2 autonomous cities of Ceuta and Melilla. The results for each sex were compared to their perceptions of self-efficacy about completing the test items, and with their interest in and motivation for mathematics. Statistically significant differences were seen in the variables examined. The boys were generally more engaged with science and technical subjects. Generalizing from studies such as this aims to more thoroughly explore, and improve this situation.
RESUMENEn este artículo se presenta el proceso seguido para diseñar, construir y validar el instrumento “CAES”, Cuestionario de evaluación de Acoso Escolar, dirigido a alumnado de 6º de Educación Primaria, 11-13 años. Con él se pretende valorar cómo comprenden los escolares los conceptos de acoso escolar y ciberacoso, qué percepciones tienen los estudiantes como alumnado agresor, víctima o espectador y, por último, qué habilidades para la resolución de conflictos poseen, ya sean de índole personal y/o social. Se ha partido de un amplio marco conceptual, incluyendo normas legales y aspectos prácticos de las dinámicas relacionales en educación. El instrumento final ha quedado conformado por 40 ítems y ha sido administrado a 494 escolares. Desde el proceso de diseño hasta su validación se han utilizado diferentes herramientas estadísticas, caso de realización de un juicio de expertos, el desarrollo de un análisis factorial exploratorio y el cálculo del índice Alpha de Cronbach. Los estadísticos calculados han mostrado elevados índices de validez, caso de un índice medio de validez de contenido de .86, y fiabilidad, índice de .76. La utilidad de contar con instrumentos en los centros educativos como el presentado en esta investigación es trascendental, especialmente cuando, desafortunadamente, el acoso escolar es una realidad existente en las prácticas escolares. Prestar atención al clima relacional y a las interacciones entre el alumnado constituye una tarea clave de los profesionales de la educación, más si cabe en los cambios de nivel de escolarización y etapa educativa. Instrumentos como el presentado contribuyen a tal fin, facilitando la labor docente y orientadora.ABSTRACT This article presents the process followed to design, build and validate the “CAES” instrument, School Bullying Assessment Questionnaire, aimed at students in 6th grade of Primary Education, 11-13 years. It is intended to assess how schoolchildren understand the concepts of bullying and cyberbullying, what perceptions students have as aggressors, victims or spectators and, finally, what skills for conflict resolution they possess, whether personal or social It has started from a broad conceptual framework, including legal norms and practical aspects of relational dynamics in education. The final instrument has been made up of 40 items and has been administered to 494 students. From the design process to its validation, different statistical tools have been used, in the case of an expert trial or the development of an exploratory factor analysis and the calculation of Cronbach's Alpha index. The calculated statistics have shown high rates of validity, case of an average content validity index of .86, and reliability, index of .76. The usefulness of having instruments in educational centers such as the one presented in this research is transcendental, especially if, unfortunately, bullying is an existing reality in school practices. Paying attention to the relational climate and interactions among students is a key task of education professionals, but it does fit the changes in the level of schooling and educational stage. Instruments such as the one presented contribute to this end, facilitating teaching and guidance work.
(1) Background: It is becoming more common to incorporate education in programming into educational environments. (2) Methods: In order to show the benefits of including teaching programming, we present an investigation carried out with a group of Spanish schoolchildren in the fifth year of primary education (ages 10–11). We demonstrate an integrated experience in the ordinary curriculum connecting technology to mathematics education. We created a work project for students to use Scratch and to assess its benefits, created two groups of students, an experimental and a control group, with a sample of 3795 individuals. They were administered the online version of the Battery of Mathematical Competence Evaluation (BECOMA On) at two timepoints, the pretest (the beginning of the project) and the post-test (the final stage). (3) Results: The results showed statistically significant differences between groups and timepoints, with the experimental group scoring higher, demonstrating the effectiveness of the education in programming program for mathematics. (4) Conclusions: Education systems face a challenge in the sphere of the consolidation of technologies in education with the consequent need to change didactic designs to enhance quality, equitable, sustainable education processes.
Background: Education plays a fundamental role in everyone’s wellbeing. That means it is essential to provide quality inclusive activities to ensure equity and equality of opportunity in order to shape a cohesive, democratic, healthy society. Methods: In this study we focus on how inclusive educational practice addresses students with rare diseases, looking at teachers’ knowledge and opinions in this regard. A questionnaire was administered to 574 teachers who taught in various stages of non-university education to determine their knowledge and opinions about different dimensions: conceptualization, legislation, intervention, and diagnosis. Results: The results suggested various ideas for improvement in pursuit of positive, real inclusion, such as the need to improve teachers’ knowledge and understanding of these students’ characteristics and potential, with widespread specific training being urgently needed. Conclusions: in summary, students’ rights to education without discrimination is a basic premise of an educational system, leading to the need for a complete educational response that allows each student to develop as a person.
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