Proceedings, Volume 2, Issue 21

The study investigated the utilization of instructional materials as tools for effective academic performance of students. Survey research method was used and the study sampled the total number of 100 respondents in five selected secondary schools. A...

The present work tries to reflect the student perception about their music education through the application of two tests in the classroom with university students at 3rd and 4th year of the Grade of Teacher at the Faculty of Education in the Univers...

The educational innovation project object of this communication focuses on the scale problems that arise in the projects of territorial planning carried out in architecture schools, but also in the loss of the scale concept related to thought and dra...

Some subjects of Engineering Mechanical result particularly difficult because previous knowledge and skills are required. It is the case of Graphic Expression. There are two main reasons justifying failure. Firstly, it is very common to find students...

It is a question with which surely many university professors debate: what turns a Cinema professor into a good College Professor? Obliterating the subjectivity of the adjectivation, I believe that this is the ultimate goal of every academic or profe...

Assuming the positive impact of Information and Communication Technologies on learning of students with Intellectual and Developmental Difficulties and considering the articulation of the public system and the particular and cooperative system of sch...

Este trabajo expone las reflexiones en torno a una propuesta de intervención que pretende brindar herramientas a los profesionales de la orientación escolar en el desarrollo de su práctica, estuvo enmarcado dentro de la modalidad investigación-interv...

Current development of educational resources for an online learning context has shown important shortcomings in answering the emerging teaching requests. The main objective of this study was to design a new authoring tool that could meet the needs of...

Both Booktrailers and Bookémon Go! consist of a two-in-one innovation projects carried out in a Primary school in Mérida (Spain) with the main aims of promoting books reading and fostering books loan at the school library using smartphones or tablets...

Using a simulation approach, and with collaboration among peers, this paper is intended to improve the understanding of sampling distributions (SD) and the Central Limit Theorem (CLT) as the main concepts behind inferential statistics. By demonstrati...

In this work we present the development and preliminary evaluation of several problem-based video podcasts addressed to students of the subject “Coding and Cryptography”. Specifically, this experiment has been carried out with the students of both th...

Nowadays, multiple choice questions play an important role in the self-evaluation process. The present work undertakes the design of a computer tool—Excel^® worksheet—that will allow the calculation of different parameters that are usually employed fo...

The experience was carried out with the students of the optional subject “Wine and Health”, taught in 4th year of Degree of Oenology. This Degree has a low number of students, due to that, in the first year of teaching (2013/14) only three students e...

The paper looks at an experience of use of ICT in a face-to-face ESP required course in the curriculum of the BA in Commerce and Marketing currently taught at the University of Oviedo, Spain. The main aims were (1) to update the contents and methods...

Cooperative learning is not easy to develop when we encounter large classes of approximately 70 students. This handicap is increased when the subject is taught in the first year and the first semester. This is the case of the subject of Chemistry 1 o...

Bees play a key role for humans, since crops pollination relies heavily on them. However, bees’ population is diminishing dramatically. Therefore, conservation actions are needed to protect them, including educational ones. Childhood Education is a c...

The flipped classroom model has become very popular in the last five years. The benefits of adopting this methodology can be very attractive for those teachers willing to improve both the engagement of the students and their academic results. However...

Fifteen advanced architecture students took part in the teaching intervention designed to train them on how to control the employment conditions of construction workers, especially migrant ones. As the highest authority in the construction site, thes...

Since the first decades of the twentieth century, Portugal has affirmed itself as an emigration country. This social, political, economic and demographic phenomenon has consequences, which have always been approached in a general way, neglecting the...

This project aimed to analyze the influence of a learning environment mediated by augmented reality, implemented to strengthen the creative capacity for six students belonging to a technical educational institution in 2016, through the principles of...

Given the diversity of meanings nowadays, creativity and mathematical creativity are difficult to define. However, it is crucial to do so, whether in society, in education or in mathematics education. Creativity is not valued as an integral part of t...

This study aimed to analyze and understand learners’ attitudes towards Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) approach in a foreign language context in higher education in Oman. In the literature review, learners’ attitudes play a strong role in deter...

This research aims to study the role that the implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) may have on organizational performance of Portuguese university and polytechnic higher education institutions, through a literature review that supports th...

The objective of this paper is to analyze the perception of future graduates in Business Administration and Management on the conceptualization, constitution and regulation of the work groups in the university classrooms. To achieve this objective, t...

In this work, we have carried out a case study on the construction of a complex internetworked system that characterizes part of a Smart City within the context of Master Theses. We show that, compared to other network simulators and emulators, SDN t...

Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites that allow users to create and modify their content and structure in a simple and quick way; these characteristics make them an effective platform for collaborative writing on a given topic. This...

Interdisciplinary energy research has become inevitable in the context of perceived energy break-point after 2050. Power and energy crisis is a matter of life or death for industry and human race on earth. Oil and natural gas peaking alarms started r...

Internet, mobile phones, computer games and electronic media are seriously affecting minor as well as younger children worldwide. This work describes the fundamental reasons for children protection in cyberspace and suggests critically essential reco...

The idea of working on a Project based on the work of “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” by Roald Dahl, arose for several reasons. The centenary of the writer was celebrated and it was a great opportunity to do it. One thing we can not forget is the...

CreativeLab_Sci&Math is a project set by the Department of Mathematical and Natural Sciences of Polytechnic Institute of Santarém / School of Education, with the purpose of promoting innovative teaching of science and mathematics, involving stude...

The main goal of this work is to present the method designed and put into practice by the Department of Mathematics at I.E.S Norba Caesarina for creating digital books (e-books) in EPUB 3 format, including videos and MathML. The natural way of genera...

During the 2017/2018 school year, in the Master’s Degree Program developed at the Campus of Ceuta, in the area of Educational Processes and Contexts, we applied the B-learning method, associated with other methods, such as cooperative, collaborative,...

The objective of this research is to present an innovative and successful active learning experience aimed at enabling the development of students’ knowledge, skills and engagement in a Higher Education setting—the Je Suis Econplus experience.

In this work we present a methodology of “learning by example” assisted by computers in the study of mathematics. We propose the use of mathematical computational packages to program applets aimed to solve mathematical problems. Each time the student...

Although traditional classrooms are still the norm in academia, the number of Active Learning Spaces (ALS) in universities is increasing. The conflicting results in the literature behoove educators to continue researching the effects of ALS on studen...

Flipped classroom model (FCM) and educational videos have been applied in several subjects related to thermal engineering. Results have been evaluated by questionnaires, observation in the classroom and also number of videos visualization. In general...

Educational innovation appears as a pending issue in the agendas of educational institutions at the international level. Current educational policies highlight the importance of educational innovation as a key element for improving educational qualit...

One of the points of attention of didactics in recent times is the application of knowledge that comes from neuroscience. Knowing how the human brain works and how it learns is a valuable knowledge for the design of effective didactic strategies. The...

This research is part of an inter-institutional project interested in analyzing the perceptions of students and teachers about the factors that affect academic failure. In this paper, academic failure is seen, form the sociocultural approach as a com...

Software tools are used to support the development of engineering projects in different fields, including the area of renewable energies (solar photovoltaic, thermal, wind, etc.). In the field of solar energy, there are commercial programs that allow...

This document presents an interdisciplinary teaching experience based on Game-based Learning as an educational methodology complementary to the Flipped Classroom pedagogical approach in higher education. The tool used was the Space Race application i...

The present investigation focuses on understanding the experiences of professional training and identities that face-to-face and virtual doctoral students construct in a training program as educational researchers in Mexico. The relationship between...

It is well known that the transition from education to employment is not an easy task. Unfortunately, a degree is not enough to find a qualified job. Universities have to respond to this demand taking into account the functions that are associated wi...

The present work is the result of a research carried out in the stage of High School education, in the area of Humanities and Social Sciences. The data show that, at this stage, in which High School students begin to decide on a study modality that a...

The development of transversal ethical competences is one of the aspects on which the efforts of the teaching innovation group “Ethics of University Teaching Staff” are focused. In this sense, the studies that have been carried out to date focus thei...

The broad integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) in students’ and teachers’ lives requires education professionals to think of new ways to provide teaching and learning opportunities. Public and institutional policies, non-go...

The main aim of this work is to describe the process by which some students, participating in a teaching experiment, recreate with guidance material and personal attendance some advanced concepts at the doctoral level. More precisely, the students de...

The use of film within the context of the classroom may generate great interest from teachers and students. From the point of view of Geography and History classes, it can provide indications to analyse and understand spaces, times and societies refl...

The utility of debates for the evaluation of a series of transversal competences related to critical thinking is highlighted. Our main target has been to depict a novel evaluation methodology via discussion through a directed discussion system in a S...

User footprint left in Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) can be used to monitor the learning process, to reduce dropout rates by identifying risk cases, to ensure and improve quality, and could be precursor of the, so persecuted, adaptive or person...