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The present study was out to compare new approaches computer assisted language learning, personalized learning program versus traditional approach to teaching second language reading comprehension ability among Iranian English learners. The participants in this study were 90 students who studied at a university of Applied Sciences and Technology in Rasht, Iran. All the participants were randomly assigned into three groups, one control group and two experimental groups. The control group went through a traditional method of teaching reading skill in the classroom. The first experimental group received a personalized learning instruction. The second experimental group went through a personalized learning program supported by a computer assisted language learning system (CALL). At the end of the treatment, a posttest was administrated to three groups to find out the effects of the new instruction. The results of this study revealed that the second experimental group who received treatment through CALL- based personalized learning approach.

This study, aiming at developing attitudes towards human rights through socioscientific issues in science courses, was designed as an action research. The study covers 28-week implementation on 26 8th grade students. Data were collected through printed documents, human rights attitude scale (HRAS), unstructured observation, and teacher and student diaries. Qualitative data of the study were analyzed via content analysis. Statistical analysis was carried out for the change in HRAS scores. Study findings indicated that students developed understanding and attitude towards many human rights within the scope of first, second and third generation rights in science courses through practices based on socioscientific issues. HRAS scores increased at a significant rate as well. Moreover, it was also stated that problems of meaning-making, suggesting ideas which do not comply with human rights and insisting were encountered. 

Muchos programas, en España o Europa, entienden al alumnado inmigrante como un colectivo homogéneo, aplicando soluciones iguales a todos, sin lograr promover su inclusión socio-educativa. Sin embargo, algunos países anglosajones observan diferencias en este grupo que influyen en su éxito educativo e inclusión social y cuyo conocimiento puede ayudar a promover actuaciones que atiendan mejor a esta población. El artículo describe y analiza el concepto de estudiante con escolaridad formal limitada o interrumpida y discute los factores que la escuela tiene en cuenta para fomentar su inclusión socio-educativa, abogando por una intervención holística que tenga en cuenta este alumnado necesita mucho más que centrar su aprendizaje únicamente el nuevo idioma, por ejemplo el apoyo social para superar los problemas socioemocionales que les acompañan.  Resulta especialmente relevante para España y Europa, pues recientemente acuden cada vez más alumnos con estas características a nuestras escuelas.

Comunidades de Aprendizaje es un proyecto de transformación global de centros educativos realizado con bases científicas. En diferentes centros y contextos, Comunidades de Aprendizaje coincide y colabora con otros proyectos. En este artículo se analiza el caso concreto de la colaboración entre Comunidades de Aprendizaje y los Centros Rurales de Formación por Alternancia (CRFA) de Perú y Guatemala en detalle como prueba de lo fructífera que puede ser este tipo de colaboración para las niñas, niños y jóvenes. Se señalan otros proyectos con los que también está colaborando Comunidades de Aprendizaje en otros centros y contextos. Se precisa la importancia de no confundir colaboración con unificación y la necesidad de clarificar en todos los centros y contextos las bases de cada uno de los proyectos colaboradores. 

Understanding how student teachers undertake their group work may provide solid foundation for developing essential skills required for the 21st Century teachers, and subsequently help improve group-based assessment in higher education. However, social loafing has been found to interfere with this assessment mode. This article reports on undergraduate student teachers’ reactions to social loafers when working on group assignments as part of their continuous assessment. It focuses on how they go about doing their group work and react to the social loafers. The data were collected using face-to-face semi-structured interviews from 18 purposefully and conveniently selected participants. The findings have indicated procedures that students observe in doing their group assignments such as formulation of own group norms and rules, and holding of meetings for the work being determined by the nature of the assignments, and their submission deadlines. Additionally, it has been found that group members employ humanitarian, punitive and threatening approaches as they react to social loafers. The article concludes that proper planning for students’ group assignments is important and; both instructors and students should play their roles accordingly to overcome the problem of social loafing when the use of group-based assessments is indispensable within higher education contexts.

El presente artículo tiene por objeto analizar la jerarquización del sistema universitario bogotano en relación con la estructura de clases junto con la distribución y concentración de los estudiantes según su origen social en las universidades de la ciudad de Bogotá, indagando además por la relación existente entre el origen social de los estudiantes y su rendimiento académico, puntualmente en el caso de la prueba de Estado ICFES SABER PRO. Para cumplir con estos objetivos, se recurrió a técnicas de análisis factorial y análisis de correlación con información estadística proveniente del Instituto Colombiano para la Evaluación de la Educación ICFES. La evidencia analizada demuestra la existencia de una estrecha relación entre el origen social y la universidad de destino, generando un sistema universitario altamente jerarquizado y estratificado caracterizado por la participación mayoritaria de universidades de carácter privado,  así como un impacto moderado del origen social en el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes.

Neuroscience research shows that motivation is considered to be one of the determining factors for effective learning in any context. In the modern technological era, the motivational effect of the use of technological resources in bilingual settings is an interesting field of research. Considering this assumption, the aim of this study is to analyze whether students are more motivated when learning history and science subjects within the CLIL (Content and Language Integrated Learning) approach if videos are used. This study was conducted on primary school students from third grade to sixth grade. It involved “Ginés de Sepúlveda” and “La Inmaculada” schools in the province of Cordoba in Andalusia, Spain. The sample comprised 85 students. Eclectic research combining a qualitative and a quantitative methodology has been applied in this study. The findings show that the use of videos within the classroom motivates students, by creating a relaxing and comfortable environment in bilingual education settings.

The purpose of the current study is to investigate the effect of interdisciplinary approach-based energy instruction on pre-service science teachers’ academic achievement and conceptual understanding regarding the concept of energy. To this end, the current study was designed as a quasi-experimental study in line with the pretest-posttest control group design. The activities related to the concept of energy were conducted by using the interdisciplinary approach and the same activities were conducted by using the methods and techniques based on the existing approaches. A total of 66 pre-service science teachers participated in the study lasting for 10 weeks. In the analysis of the data, ANOVA/Post Hoc Test was used. As a result of the study, it was found that the use of the interdisciplinary instructional approach in teaching the concept of energy increased the pre-service teachers’ academic achievement and conceptual understanding more than the traditional approaches. Thus, it can be suggested that during the instruction of the energy concept, the features of this concept should be taught in a certain developmental order and the interdisciplinary approach should be used in the activities conducted to teach this concept.