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Huertas-Delgado, Francisco Javier; Segura-Jiménez, Víctor; Ávila-García, Manuel; Cardon, Greet; Tercedor, Pablo – Health Education Journal, 2021
Introduction: Physical education (PE) can contribute to total daily physical activity (PA) among children. In consequence, the Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport has developed 16 teaching units focused on increasing PA levels during PE lessons, called "Unidades Didácticas Activas" (UDA; Active Teaching Units). Objectives:…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Activity Level, Units of Study, Comparative Analysis
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Beatriz P. Rubio-López – PROFILE: Issues in Teachers' Professional Development, 2024
This paper focuses on integrating multimodal communication into the English-as-a-foreign-language classroom to enhance the development of students' multimodal communicative competence, multiliteracies, and 21st-century skills. To do so, I compiled a corpus of authentic materials from Lady Whistledown's Society Papers in Julia Quinn's novel…
Descriptors: Multiple Literacies, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Méndez Martínez, Emilio; Fernandez-Rio, Javier – Research in Drama Education, 2021
The goal was to assess the effects of a Theatrical Improvisation programme on students' motor creativity. 163 Secondary Education students participated: the experimental group, who experienced a Theatrical Improvisation unit, and the comparison group, who experienced a Drama in Education unit (based on the current Spanish educational law). A…
Descriptors: Theater Arts, Program Effectiveness, Creative Activities, Motor Development
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Ojeda-Hernández, Manuel; Pérez-Gámez, Francisco; Bonilla, Ángel Mora; López-Rodríguez, Domingo – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2021
Due to the COVID-19 restrictions, high-schools in Spain are having both online and in-class lectures. As a result, the students can use not only the information provided by the teachers in class, but they can also use several other methods such as videos and online examples that allow the students to have materials from different places. In this…
Descriptors: Logical Thinking, Mathematics Education, Foreign Countries, High School Students
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Losada-Gutierrez, Cristina; Espinosa, Felipe; Santos-Perez, Carlos; Marron-Romera, Marta; Rodriguez-Ascariz, Jose Manuel – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2020
Hands-on experimentation has widely demonstrated its efficacy in engineering training, especially in control formation, since experimentation using computer-aided control system design (CACSD) tools is essential for future engineers. In this context, this article describes a case study for Control Engineering formation, based on a new lab practice…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Robotics, Student Motivation, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Ordoñez, Daniela; Siqués, Carina; Esteban-Guitart, Moisés – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2021
The aim of this paper is to describe the process of designing and implementing a teaching unit that links a curricular subject -- in this case, Spanish language -- with the identity of students as a strategy aimed at improving engagement and learning. The teaching unit was implemented in a Shared Education Unit in Catalonia (Spain) for at-risk…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish, Self Concept
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Romero, Carmen; Cazorla, Moisés; Buzón, Olga – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
This work presents a proposal for the teaching-learning of the concept map technique applied to the Natural Sciences course in the second year of Compulsory Secondary Education (ESO, according to its initials in Spanish). Two sessions have been designed, one of which is an instructor-led session to learn the technique and another is a session in…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Learning Strategies, Secondary School Students, Science Instruction
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Matuszak, Katarzyna; Szczuka-Dorna, Liliana – Language Learning in Higher Education, 2023
This activity report describes a sample unit (Effective Data Presentation) from a communication course prepared as part of an Intellectual Output within the BADGE Project, which was carried out by 12 partner universities from 10 countries during 3 academic years (2019-2022). The article first describes the results of a survey which show that…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Languages for Special Purposes, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sanchez-Martin, Jesus; Alvarez-Gragera, Garcia J.; Davila-Acedo, Maria Antonia; Mellado, Vicente – Journal of Technology and Science Education, 2017
Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theory (MIT) can be a cognitive and emotional improvement if is taken into account in the standard development of the Technology lessons. This work presents a preliminary evaluation of the performance enhancement in two concomitant aspects: contents acquisition and emotional yield. The study was made on up to 150…
Descriptors: Multiple Intelligences, Teaching Methods, Control Groups, Technology Education
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Franco-Mariscal, Antonio Joaquín; Oliva-Martínez, José María; Blanco-López, Ángel; España-Ramos, Enrique – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
In this paper, the characteristics and results of a teaching unit based on the use of educational games to learn the idea of chemical elements and their periodic classification in secondary education are analyzed. The method is aimed at Spanish students aged 15-16 and consists of 24 1-h sessions. The results obtained on implementing the teaching…
Descriptors: Classification, Educational Games, Secondary School Curriculum, Chemistry
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Bueno-Alastuey, M. Camino; Agulló, Gloria Luque – International Journal of English Studies, 2015
Research has shown that teaching second language (L2) learning strategies explicitly promotes an increase in strategy use and in oral proficiency. Consequently, a checklist based on the six types of strategies from Oxford's taxonomy (1990) was created to analyze strategic instruction in the most common textbooks used in the last year of Higher…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Strategies
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Dann, Tammy – Learning Languages, 2010
Google Earth is a computer program that allows users to view the Earth through satellite imagery and maps, to see cities from above and through street views, and to search for addresses and browse locations. Many famous buildings and structures from around the world have detailed 3D views accessible on Google Earth. It is possible to explore the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Grade 3, Spanish
Pracana, Clara, Ed. – Online Submission, 2014
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends 2014, taking place in Porto, Portugal, from 4 to 6 of April. Psychology, in our time, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and behavioral…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries, Intervention, Prevention
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Orcajo, Teresa Ibanez; Aznar, Mercedes Martinez – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
This paper presents the results of part of an investigation carried out with fourth-level Spanish secondary education students (15 years old), in which we implemented a teaching unit based on problem-solving methodology as an investigation to teach genetics and human inheritance curricular contents. By solving open problems, the students…
Descriptors: Genetics, Control Groups, Science Instruction, Foreign Countries
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Martinez, Eliseo Gomez-Senent; Batalla, Isabel Carda; Domenech, Ana Canizares – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2004
The Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) is immersed in an educational system mainly based on master classes, and although graduates benefit from a good preparation, there is an appreciable rate of failure among the students. The UPV is aware of the restructuring requirements of the current system and consequently, and in accordance with the…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Processes, Foreign Countries, International Cooperation