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This paper deals with a study about the knowledge the students had when beginning the agronomy studies during the 2008-2009 course. The measurements are based on the theoretical grounds of the integration of content, as a primordial element in the agronomist engineer formation. In the opinion of the authors of this paper, the integration of contents goes beyond the teaching-learning process which supports it and directly influences on the content integrated appropriation results as a consequence of the learning integrated management. The study includes an integrated knowledge test; its results show the students entry level. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

the current paper is based on the study of typologies of problems on Chemistry used in the teaching-learning process of engineering majors at Universidad Tecnológica de La Habana. Its purpose is to propose a new typology of problems on Chemistry as a discipline, that may favor the elaboration of qualitative, quantitative and experimental problems that can be more interesting, varied and updated. This typology is meant to fulfill the requirements set for Syllabus E in the Engineering majors. The methods applied for this research were source analysis and criticism, the systemic-structural-functional method and modelling. Other methods used were observation, experimentation and experts' criteria. The opinion shed by professors in the implementation of this research was favorable. Better academic results were achieved during the last three school years in Civil Engineering and Automatics majors. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The new tendencies for the Procedural Law teaching worldwide are focused in ascending way towards the formation of litigant’s skills. This work aims to analyze the challenges of pedagogical and didactic teaching and learning process of Procedural Law in Cuba. Theoretical methods such as historical –logical, analysis and synthesis, and empirical methods such as document review, surveys and interviews were used. Furthermore, the paper suggests curricular and extracurricular alternatives aimed at improving the training process for litigation in the University of Pinar del Río. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The teaching of statistics in university courses aims to develop skills that allow students to apply knowledge in solving problems of the profession. However, the exercises in the texts usually include the contents of a topic or a section of a subject, which does not contribute to training on integrated statistical content in the solution of such problems application and preparing students to successfully perform tests integrators. This paper aims to present a proposal to the integration of statistical content through the exercise, which is complemented by the development of a system integrators topics and exercises within the contents of the issues. some conceptualizations about the integration of content are also performed, and typing exercises exposed by levels [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The future of any country greatly depends on the quality of its educational system, and on what professors are able to do in function of the formation of the future generations. That is why systematic efforts are carried out at present to achieve graduations representative in terms of quantity and quality of education professionals. Cuban universities continually look for mechanisms allowing improving the formation of education professionals; a reflection of it is the aspirations expressed by the formation models. In spite of it, in the formation of Mathematics and Physics professors, there are difficulties that impact on the non-fulfillment of the demands expressed in the model of the professional and on the inappropriate levels of preparation of the newly graduate. In their study plan at the curricular level, several disciplines converge, among which Mathematical Analysis sometimes becomes an impassable barrier for the students entering this specialty. The present paper exposes the main aspects with difficulties in the topic Functions and proposes an own curriculum program to elevate the students' level of knowledge in the contents related with the topic, as starting point for the subjects of the discipline mentioned. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The process of an all-round education of undergraduate professionals represents an indisputable support to guarantee the quality of the graduate of our universities. In this effort we must address not only instructional and educational aspects of the subjects and disciplines, but others that in their interaction with them, help to develop traits insufficiently addressed in these learners. From this point of view it has been seen the importance of the direction of the educational activity related to the treatment follows to the curricular strategies, which incorporate a new look to the vision of the characteristics of the training process. This paper addresses the treatment about the pedagogical management of the English Language Curricular Strategy, through the educational process and aims: to guide - a collective of teachers of Social Theory and Methodology – by means of the argumentation and analysis the pathways and procedures to promote the development of basic communication skills in English, based on the teaching sequences and the potential of content in a class meeting. Its application shows that the methodological treatment of the English communication skills is the genetic cell for the pedagogical management of the English Language Curricular Strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to achieve a more education, it is a priority in Cuba to know the behavior of enrollment as well as the implementation of strategies of access and retaiment. These strategies are constantly restructured in order to meet the social needs. This paper explains the theoretical basics that underlay in curriculum conception including the aspects of gender perspectives as ones of the challenges for higher education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper we present methodological alternatives of teaching, which can be used in the teaching-learning process of Statistic, in particular, in the treatment of the so-called Poisson distribution. Moreover, the work provides some suggestions about the possibilities that methodologically can be used in order to motivate and strengthen the learning of such matter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The development of researching skills in undergraduates is an imperative command of Cuban higher education to bringing up creative professionals who helps scientifically to our country. Traditionally, by attaining high quality scientific works, the students of mining engineering career stand out in Mining-Metallurgic High Institute. The obtaining of several awards in different scientific conferences and the presenting of excellent course projects corroborate the previous affirmation. Nevertheless, it has been diminished in the last few years; due to, on the one hand, the inadequate training and motivation of student to face up to extracurricular scientific work, and on the other hand an insufficient work made by scientific tutors. For that reason, it is needed a methods or strategy to strengthen the mining engineering undergraduate scientific work, such that allows to form skills related to technical and scientific work, using the scientific research methodology in the formation of professional process. This paper presents the curricular strategy to undergraduate scientific work at mining engineering career, describes the resource system designed to mining engineering students to support the research and show the main results of its application. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The continuous improvement of the Cuban Higher Education has been systematized during the last years by means of the study plans and programs of disciplines according to the conception of the study plans "C" and "D" or of the conscious processes, which has one of its fundamental tendencies, the increase of the professional abilities (Alvarez, 1989). In this sense, there are basic disciplines where the abilities that are developed, are identified with the professionals. Paper exposes how through the discipline: General chemistry is contributed to the development of professional abilities and the integral formation of the students. Presenting the widespread ability of General Chemistry disciplines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]