Search

The study investigated the efficacy of the number manipulation strategy (NUMAS) as a model of experiential instruction and interest in arithmetic learning for pupils of lower basic levels. The population of the study consisted of 1205 lower basic III level pupils of the 2018/2019 session in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area (L.G.A.) of Enugu State. A sample of 121 primary five pupils from 4 schools out of 53 primary schools in the study area was randomly sampled. The 121 pupils were composed of 42 males and 79 females used for the study. The study was guided by four research questions and four hypotheses. The hypotheses were tested at a p

The article is focusing on the Buryat local communities in eastern Mongolia and raises the issue of the role of local communities and local places of worship in building identity at the mesostructural level, which may be considered to be the basic level of identity references. These considerations are based on qualitative research conducted in July and August 2019 in eastern Mongolia in four Buryat local communities. The author tries to show that the use of the category of local communities as a starting point for analyses is a fruitful strategy for placing the studied communities in wider social, cultural and political contexts. The article is an attempt to use the categories related to the notion of local communities to describe Buryat local communities in Mongolia and to show how non-European examples of local communities can enrich sociological reflection on local communities and different types of identities. The title “Horizons of Identity” refers to the achievements of landscape anthropology, which inspired the author in the preparation of this work. W niniejszym artykule skupiam się na buriackich społecznościach lokalnych we wschodniej Mongolii. Poruszam kwestię roli społeczności lokalnych i lokalnych miejsc kultu dla budowania tożsamości na poziomie mezostrukturalnym, który można uznać za podstawowy poziom odniesień tożsamościowych. Podstawą niniejszych rozważań są badania o charakterze jakościowym przeprowadzone w lipcu i sierpniu 2019 r. w mongolskim ajmaku wschodnim w czterech buriackich społecznościach lokalnych. W moich rozważaniach staram się pokazać, że zastosowanie kategorii społeczności lokalnych jako punktu wyjścia analiz jest owocną strategią w przypadku analiz umiejscawiających badane społeczności w szerszych kontekstach społecznych, kulturowych i politycznych. Artykuł jest próbą zastosowania kategorii związanych z pojęciem społeczności lokalnych do opisu buriackich społeczności w Mongolii i wskazania, w jaki sposób pozaeuropejskie przykłady społeczności lokalnych mogą wzbogacić socjologiczną refleksję nad tego rodzaju grupami i różnymi poziomami tożsamości. Tytułowe „horyzonty tożsamości” są nawiązaniem do dorobku antropologii krajobrazu, której perspektywa stała się inspiracją w przygotowaniu tej pracy.

In education, the emergence of alternatives in the use of educational technologies and the methodological and didactic supports of execution are increasingly regular in the development of this field. Teachers are not yet proficient or sufficiently prepared to achieve an innovative, effective and updated process, from the use of information and communication technologies, which even affects students. A study was required based on the application of variants on the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process of mathematics at the Superior Basic level of the “Camilo Ponce Enríquez” Educational Unit in Manta. Specifically, in the area of mathematics it is more complex, since there are more abstract criteria, typical of the nature of knowing mathematics. A study was carried out with a mixed, quali-quantitative, experimental and cross-sectional approach. In which, a series of methods and techniques of a theoretical, empirical and statistical nature were used. The main results achieved are adjusted to the systematization of criteria and elements of a theoretical nature, as well as the proper information that responds to the research process, which expresses the level of progress in the learning of the students in the sample and the incidence of the teachers in the process that they facilitate from the mediation of technologies. Keywords: Educational Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Educational innovation; Mathematica., En la educación el surgimiento de alternativas en el uso de tecnologías educativas y los soportes metodológicos y didácticos de ejecución son cada vez más regulares en el desarrollo de este campo. Los docentes aún no dominan ni se encuentra lo suficientemente preparado para lograr un proceso innovador, efectivo y actualizado, desde el empleo de las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, lo que incluso repercute en los estudiantes. Se requirió de un estudio a partir de la aplicación de variantes sobre el empleo de las TIC en el proceso de enseñanza aprendizaje de la matemática en el nivel Básico Superior de la Unidad Educativa “Camilo Ponce Enríquez” de Manta. En específico, en el área de la matemática resulta de mayor complejidad, ya que están presentes criterios de mayor abstracción, propio de la naturaleza del conociendo matemático. Se trabajó en un estudio con un enfoque mixto, cuali-cuantitativo, de tipo experimental y transversal. En el cual, se utilizaron una serie de métodos y técnica de naturaleza teórica, empírica y estadística. Los principales resultados logrados se ajustan a la sistematización de criterios y elementos de naturaleza teórica, así como la debida información que responde al proceso de investigación, donde se expresa el nivel de avances en el aprendizaje de los estudiantes de la muestra y la incidencia de los docentes en el proceso que facilitan a partir de la mediación de las tecnologías. Palabras claves: Tecnología Educativa; Tecnología de la Información y las Comunicaciones; Innovación educativa; Matemática. Abstract In education, the emergence of alternatives in the use of educational technologies and the methodological and didactic supports of execution are increasingly regular in the development of this field. Teachers are not yet proficient or sufficiently prepared to achieve an innovative, effective and updated process, from the use of information and communication technologies, which even affects students. A study was required based on the application of variants on the use of ICT in the teaching-learning process of mathematics at the Superior Basic level of the “Camilo Ponce Enríquez” Educational Unit in Manta. Specifically, in the area of mathematics it is more complex, since there are more abstract criteria, typical of the nature of knowing mathematics. A study was carried out with a mixed, quali-quantitative, experimental and cross-sectional approach. In which, a series of methods and techniques of a theoretical, empirical and statistical nature were used. The main results achieved are adjusted to the systematization of criteria and elements of a theoretical nature, as well as the proper information that responds to the research process, which expresses the level of progress in the learning of the students in the sample and the incidence of the teachers in the process that they facilitate from the mediation of technologies. Keywords: Educational Technology; Information and Communications Technology; Educational innovation; Mathematica. Información del manuscrito:Fecha de recepción: 02 de julio de 2021.Fecha de aceptación: 01 de octubre de 2021.Fecha de publicación: 04 de octubre de 2021.

Professional development is a continuous process of learning to empower professional competency and enable teachers to be strong and competent in their professional career. The study critically explores the struggles and professional activities of basic level English teachers in professional development. Critical narrative inquiry has been used in relation to long lived experiences of a participant with a semi – structured telephonic interview. The participant narrates three distinct phases of experiences in teaching profession. The result revealed that participant was innately interested in teaching profession before involvement. But the situated school system discouraged his ideology of teaching profession even he determined to continue his profession involving in different seminars, workshop and study. However, the study further suggests that there is lack of innovating teaching profession from critical perspectives focusing the interactive and transformative environment in classroom. Therefore, the basic level teachers need to re- examine and re – construct the professional activities to address the need, interest and level of learners. Similarly, the study contributes to apply language teaching activities in terms of transformative mood rather than structured model of teaching empowering teachers as an agency.

The fourth-grade 2019 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Reading assessment shows that 34% of the nation’s students perform below the NAEP Basic level. However, because there is no achievement-level description for below Basic, educators and policymakers lack information on the nature of the reading difficulties that these students face. To help fill this gap, we analyze data from the 2018 NAEP Oral Reading Fluency study. We find that, compared with students who perform at the NAEP Basic level and above, students who perform below NAEP Basic level are much more likely to have poor oral reading fluency and word reading skills.

The Stevens law, S = kIn, is commonly accepted as a landmark achievement in the field of sensory psychophysics and has been widely applied in food sensory research. The theory effectively links the two parameters of very different nature, the intensity of sensory perception (S) and the intensity of physical stimulus (I). However, the Stevens law suffers from two major drawbacks. The equation was self-inconsistent in terms of the units, which makes equation questionable in principle. The Stevens law was also found inapplicable when multiple physical stimuli are involved in the perception of a sensory attribute. To solve the first drawback, we propose to replace the absolute stimulation intensity in the Stevens law with a relative intensity, S = k(I/I0)n. The modified Stevens law becomes self-consistent when both sides of the equation are dimensionless and the theory is applicable regardless of the unit of the physical stimulus. To solve the second drawback, a concept of sensory derivation is introduced and so sensory properties can be categorized as primary sensory and derived sensory. The former can be described effectively by the Stevens law, while description of the latter is beyond the applicability of the Stevens law because of the involvement of multiple sensory stimuli or multi level sensory derivation. Furthermore, a sensory hierarch is constructed with sensory perception of different nature at different levels, including the primary sensory at the basic level and derived sensory perception at progressing levels. The modified Stevens law provides a self-consistent model for psychophysical analysis of sensory perception. The proposed sensory hierarchy helps to streamline sensory terms and attributes and may be used as a useful guide in establishing instrumental analysis of sensory perception.

Background: Governments have an obligation to provide palliative care as a part of achieving Universal Health Coverage. This obligation to provide palliative care has grown significantly due to the immense suffering caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to patients and their carers. The successful delivery of palliative care, however, requires a healthcare workforce that is trained to provide palliative care at all levels. It is especially important to be able to train healthcare workers in basic-level palliative care to expand the health system’s capacity to provide palliative care. Objectives: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of this training programme on the participants’ interest and knowledge in palliative care, and their preparedness to deliver basic-level palliative care. Methods: We developed a novel training programme for basic palliative care using didactic and participatory learning methods, along with a mentoring system. The programme was delivered over 6 months. 38 physicians were trained. A survey to evaluate the participants’ interest and knowledge of palliative care, as well as their preparedness to provide palliative care was conducted at 3 timepoints–pre-training, post-training, and 3 months post-training. Results: Improvements in the interest (4.05 vs 4.24, p

The itinerant notary system was an important measure taken by the Nationalist government in Nanjing to enhance its control of grassroots society in rural China. There was no intent to challenge the central government’s wishes of “enlarging government revenues for the benefit of the state treasury” and safeguarding the integrity of the central government’s jurisdiction, which made smooth implementation of the itinerant notary system possible. It was against this background that the court of Linxia, Gansu province, expanded its reach to local business centers, selected superintendents of public notaries from among local gentry elites, and offered awards for notary services. The itinerant notary system thus combined a “modern” legal institution transplanted from the West with endogenous resources, and turned out to be an experiment conducive to overcoming the either/or binary of Western vs. Chinese, exploring a pluralistic and less disruptive path of institutional development.

La presente investigación tuvo como objetivo determinar la relación que existe entre la evaluación formativa y el aprendizaje autónomo en estudiantes de la institución educativa 80027, El Porvenir 2020, se realizó una investigación con un enfoque cuantitativo de nivel básico, el tipo de investigación fue no experimental de diseño correlacional. La muestra estuvo conformada por 4 docentes y 128 estudiantes del tercer grado de primaria, para la selección de la muestra se usó el muestreo no probabilístico. Se aplicaron como instrumentos dos cuestionarios uno para la evaluación formativa, contenida en cuatro dimensiones: objetivos de aprendizaje, evidencias, monitoreo y acompañamiento y retroalimentación y el otro para el aprendizaje autónomo contenida en dos dimensiones: metacognición y autorregulación. Se procedió al análisis utilizando la prueba Kolmogorov-Smirnova donde p

This research is about the effectiveness of an Android application called the Katakana Memory Hint in learning Japanese letters during the Shokyuu Moji Goi Zenhan course. The course is taken by first-year students of the Japanese Language Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Padang. This research focuses on one of the Japanese characters, the Katakana letters, because they are difficult to understand. For basic level learners, of course, they need media to help make it easier to learn the Katakana letters. Due to the rapid development of today's smartphone technology, Android applications have become a medium to help the learning process especially Japanese. This research is done to find out the advantages of an Android application called the Katakana Memory Hint designed by the Japan Foundation. This research applied the experimental method. The respondents were first-year students of the Japanese Language Education Study Program of Universitas Negeri Padang with the number of research sample of 30 people. The research findings show that the application is, as a matter of fact, effective in helping students to read and write the Katakana letters.

Many studies regarding the acquisition of te iru focus on the learner’s language output. There are very few researches that focus on textbooks as the input in language studies. There is a possibility that introducing grammatical items in textbooks tends to lead the learners to misuse te iru. It is necessary to clarify the grammatical items' characteristics in the basic level textbooks as a language input. Especially, in the study abroad, such as in Indonesia, non-textbook sources for Japanese input are limited. Therefore Indonesian Japanese learners mostly depend on textbooks. This research will discuss the introduction of te iru in the basic level textbooks from the input viewpoint. This research examines how te iru is introduced in “Situational Functional Japanese”. The data in this research include the main textbook and the grammatical explanation, from which te iru sentences are collected and classified. In order to identify the general tendency of te iru in textbooks, te ita, te inai and subordinate sentences are also included as data. Each textbook recognizes that five usages are introduced in the explanation of SFJ, but only two usages are written in explaining the usage of te iru. Their usage is resultative and progressive. And, te inai and te ita are also introduced in SFJ. Moreover, if we look at the distribution of the example sentences of te iru in SFJ the example sentences can still be found, some of which show an increase in subsequent chapters.

This article aims to provide initial considerations on the didactic perspectives of the Philosophy distance course offered by the Centro de Midias de SP (Sao Paulo State Secretary for Education). The adoption of a distance education regimen in schools throughout the country occurred as a result of ongoing social distancing measures during the COVID-19 pandemic, with an unparalleled diffusion of DE at the basic level. Considering the urgency of discussing the appropriateness of such a solution, the text intends to outline some of the limits and potentials of the CMSP course through an analysis of its methodology and philosophical proposition, as a way of contributing to this debate.

Economic support plays a decisive role in strengthening the defense capability of any state. In most cases, the phenomena of wars and their beginning were stipulated by the struggle for resources, and sometimes, when resources were running out, hostilities were suspended. Plans for the development, construction and use of the armed forces are always developed taking into account the capabilities of the state. In addition, an analysis of the use of financial resources allocated by the state to ensure national security and defense makes it possible to find out the extent of its readiness for war. In the article, the authors propose a methodological approach to forecasting the country's military expenditures based on an analysis of the dynamics of these expenditures over a long-term period (more than twenty years). To analyze the dynamics and forecast of military expenditures, statistical data on the volumes of military expenditures of such countries as Lithuania, Poland, Great Britain, China, Germany, Russia, the USA, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Moldova and Ukraine were used. To calculate the indicators of dynamics, the authors proposed to compare each level of the series with the same basic level. To calculate the indicators of dynamics, each subsequent level of the series is compared with the previous one. The most important statistical indicator of the dynamics is the absolute growth, which is defined as the difference between the comparison of the two levels of the dynamic’s series in the units of the initial information. The proposed methodological approach to forecasting the military spending of some countries of the world based on the analysis of their dynamics makes it possible to obtain a qualitative picture that characterizes the attitude of the state to its own security, and also allows us to fairly reliably predict the volume of defense spending in countries with a stable economy. Further research will be related to the study of internal and external factors affecting the level of military spending in certain countries of the world.

This work aims to learn the strategies used by teachers of a public school in the district of Carabayllo (Lima, Peru) for the teaching of children with ASD. For this, qualitative and exploratory research was carried out. Thus, through a case study, a semi-structured interview was applied to two primary school teachers, and each teacher had a student with ASD in the classroom. Additionally, this data collection was complemented by the non-participatory observation of the researchers, which allowed recording various aspects of the teaching practice, and this in turn helped the description and analysis of the study object. The results showed that teachers, in addition to not having the necessary support and accompaniment, are unaware of the various strategies for inclusive education, so their activities are based, above all, on their intuition and experience. The interviews analysis also reveals that the most important strategy for both teachers was that of teamwork, either with dynamics or games or with the participation of the student with ASD in different groups formed in the classroom. Finally, it is essential to develop more research on this topic, since as a general diagnosis it can be said that public education in Peru at the regular basic level is not yet prepared to ensure the successful incorporation of children with ASD.

İşletme performansının ölçümü hem işletmelerin hem de işletme paydaşlarının geleceğe yönelik alacakları kararlar için önem arz etmektedir. İşletme performansının ölçülmesinde kullanılan performans ölçütlerinin seçimi ve nitelikleri (geçerli, tarafsız, temsilci, esnek, güvenilir, doğrulanabilir, anlaşılabilir) performans ölçümünün gerçekçi bir şekilde yapılabilmesi adına önemlidir. Bu öneminden dolayı da performans ölçütlerinin iyi bir şekilde tasarlanması (amacı, sorumlusu, maliyeti, vb.) gerekmektedir. Bu çalışmada, kurumsal performans ölçütlerinin bahsedilen unsurları, finansal-finansal olmayan ile tek-çok boyutlu performans ölçütleri sınıflandırması ve karşılaştırması incelenmiştir. Analiz edilen performans ölçütlerine ilişkin hususların işletme performansı konusundaki ilgililere ve konu hakkında çalışma yapacaklara kavramsal bir çerçeve oluşturması amaçlanmaktadır. Söz konusu amaç doğrultusunda incelenen performans ölçütlerine ilişkin en temel tespit, performans ölçütlerinin başlangıcında tek boyutlu, sadece finansal bilgileri içeren, yönetici ve hissedarları ilgilendiren, temel düzeyde, geçmişe dayalı ve kısa vadeli iken günümüzde ise finansal bilgilerin yanında finansal olmayan bilgileri de içeren, çok boyutlu, tüm paydaşları ilgilendiren, ileri düzeyde, geçmiş, şimdi ve geleceğe dayalı, kısa, orta ve uzun vadeli çıkarımların yapılabildiği bir değişim gösterdiğidir.

Today many researchers, especially educational researchers, are preparing to learn a little more about intelligences, their characteristics and singularities. The purpose of this investigation was to carry out an analysis of multiple intelligences and learning problems in the students of the upper basic level, from an Educational Unit of the Province of Manabí, the investigation was carried out using the investigative bibliographic method, to know the foundations of multiple intelligences and the reasons for learning problems. The compilation of scientific information from reliable sources was made, carrying out an analysis based on the observation of the students, showing the difficulties that the students and teachers present in the teaching-learning process.

Purpose of the study: This study aims to gain an understanding of how (and if) the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) manages knowledge to create value. Methodology: Publicly available data about the IHG were assessed using Pawlowski and Bick’s (2015) Global Knowledge Management Framework (GKMFW) to determine the extent to which the IHG is implementing knowledge management (KM). Four experts reviewed the findings for validation. Main findings: Knowledge management (KM) practices are used by the IHG at a basic level. Data collected in this study indicate that the IHG is not connecting KM processes in its strategy. This research highlights that the IHG and potentially other hotel companies could integrate KM to enhance their performance. Applications of this study: The study’s findings are important for hotel industry stakeholders (academics, hotel executives, owners, etc.), assisting them to better understand “hotel KM”. Stakeholders are encouraged to implement holistic and purposeful KM programs (i.e., a framework), potentially delivering more value to their organizations. Novelty/Originality of this study: This study is the first attempt to investigate KM activities in one major standard-setting hotel company (SSHC), as defined by Boardman and Barbato (2008). It highlights the limitations in hotel-specific KM research and the limited way in which KM is being applied in the InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). It not only identifies a gap in the literature about KM in the hospitality industry but starts to fill this gap.

This study aims to determine the feasibility level of physics worksheets and to figure out the increase on student’s understanding after using the physics worksheets based on science process skills. This study is a development research employing ADDIE development model which consists of five stages, namely: analysis, design, development, and implementation. The design of this study was One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The instruments used were validity assessment sheet, feasibility assessment sheet, questionnaire about the students’ response toward the worksheets based on science process skills, and assessment of science process skills. the data were analyzed by using percentage of agreement (R), and N-gain (g). The results showed that the physics students’ worksheet based on science process skills was feasible and could be used in learning as the feasibility level reached 97%. The students’ understanding of fluid material gained through working with the worksheets can improve students’ science process skills both at the basic level and at the integrated level. This is proven by the results of the initial test or pre-test which indicate that the students' science process skills affected the learning outcomes obtained in which 62.25% of students’ scores were in good category and 35.75% of students’ scores were in fair category. Meanwhile, in the final test or post-test of students' science process skills, it was obtained that 74.50% of students’ scores were in very good category and 25.50% of students’ scores were in the fair category. This means that there is an increase by 0.7 % in students' science process skills when using the students’ worksheets.

The study aims at investigating basic level schoolteachers' awareness of their students' mathematics learning disability (MLD) in the context of Nepal. It is based on a mixed-method research design in that it combines both qualitative and quantitative approaches as appropriate. Using the stratified random sampling technique, 300 basic level mathematics teachers were selected from 150 basic level (grades 1-8) community and institutional schools representing the three significant ecological regions (the Mountain, the Hill, and the Terai) and demographic variables (gender, place of residence, and school type) from Province 1 of Nepal. A Mathematics Learning Disability Awareness Scale (MLDA-Scale), was developed and used to measure the basic level schoolteachers' awareness of their students' MLD. Besides, a semi-structured interview was conducted with the purposively selected basic level schoolteachers for the qualitative data. The basic level schoolteachers' awareness of MLD factor categories was calculated using descriptive statistics. Similarly, t-tests were conducted to examine the effects of the demographic variables. The qualitative data, however, were analyzed thematically. The results reveal that the majority of the basic level schoolteachers' knowledge toward their students' MLD was inadequate and that the demographic variables had no significant effects on the teachers' knowledge of their students' MLD. Finally, the study recommends developing the managerial practices regarding the MLD issue further.

Las tendencias curriculares internacionales han producido modificaciones en los Planes y Programas de Estudio en las carreras de las Ciencias de la Computación dando énfasis a la evidencia del desarrollo de las competencias del perfil de egreso evaluadas por los organismos acreditadores y la movilidad académica internacional para asegurar la calidad de los mismos. El propósito de este trabajo es presentar la reflexión de los escenarios, e-actividades y herramientas usadas en las asignaturas del área de la programación que han impactado en el desarrollo de las competencias. La metodología utilizada con un enfoque cuantitativo y un diseño cuasi-experimental y longitudinal aplicado a una muestra de estudiantes de la generación 2016 de la Ingeniería en Cs. de la Computación. Finalmente, se presentan los resultados del diagnóstico del desarrollo de las competencias del área de programación y recomendaciones para apoyar el nivel curricular del programa en Ciencias de Computación. The international curricular tendencies have produced modifications in the Plans and Programs of Study in the careers of the Sciences of the Computation giving emphasis in the evidence of the development of the competencies of the profile of graduation evaluated by the accrediting organisms and the international academic mobility to assure the quality of them. The purpose of this project is to present the reflection of the stages, e-activities and tools used in the subjects in the area of programming that have impacted in the development of competencies. The methodology used with a quantitative approach and a design quasi-experimental and longitudinal applied to a sample of students of the 2016 generation of the Engineering in Sciences of the Computation. Finally, are presented the results of the diagnosis of the development of the competencies in the area of programming and recommendations to support the curricular level of the program in Computer Sciences.

La evaluación formativa y el feedback se relacionan con la mejora del aprendizaje y su autorregulación. Estos procesos deben entenderse desde la interacción entre características personales, comportamentales y contextuales. Para que el feedback sea eficaz debe ser adecuadamente interpretado, reconstruido e internalizado. Este trabajo pretende analizar las percepciones y valoraciones del alumnado acerca del feedback recibido y sus efectos y relaciones sobre los procesos de autorregulación del aprendizaje (ARA). Para ello se aplicó un cuestionario a 603 estudiantes de siete asignaturas de seis titulaciones universitarias sobre sus percepciones y valoraciones del feedback recibido y se contrastaron con las características didácticas de las asignaturas en las que se desarrolla la recogida de información. A partir del análisis descriptivo y exploratorio de las respuestas al cuestionario se hipotetizaron relaciones entre las variables emergentes, que fueron sometidas a verificación mediante un modelo estructural, basado en mínimos cuadrados parciales (PLS-SEM). Los hallazgos confirman el modelo de relaciones hipotetizado a partir del estudio previo y sugieren que el alumnado construye una percepción positiva de feedback que ejerce una mayor influencia en sus procesos de ARA cuando se garantizan unos valores mínimos de los elementos siguientes: un feedback docente concurrente, oral, específico y centrado en la tarea, claro y comprensible; oportunidades para que se genere un feedback entre iguales dialógico e interactivo; el uso de las posibilidades que ofrecen los entornos virtuales para apoyar los procesos de feedback; y una clara especificación inicial de la tarea o del resultado de aprendizaje que se espera del alumnado. Formative assessment and feedback are related to learning improvement and self-regulation processes. These processes can be understood as the interplay between personal, behavioural and contextual characteristics. For feedback to be effective it must be properly interpreted, reconstructed and internalized. This article presents the results of a research project on feedback that aimed to achieve two purposes. The first was to describe and compare students’ perception about the provided feedback and its relationship with the processes of self-regulated learning (SRA) in the different academic subjects of the project. The second sought to generate an exploratory model, based on PLS-SEM, about the relationships between the features of the received feedback, students’ opinion about it, and its effects on SRA and students’ satisfaction. A questionnaire was designed to measure students’ perception of the feedback and was filled in by 603 students in seven subjects of six university degrees. The findings confirm the exploratory model generated and suggest that students construct a positive perception of feedback that exerts a greater influence on SRA when the following elements are present at a basic level: a concurrent teacher feedback, oral, specific and task-focused, clear and understandable; opportunities for the emergence of a dialogic and interactive peer-feedback; the use of the opportunities offered by virtual environments to give feedback; and a clear initial specification of the task or learning results expected (feed-up).

The "basic level'', according to experiments in cognitive psychology, is the level of abstraction in a hierarchy of concepts at which humans perform tasks quicker and with greater accuracy than at other levels. We argue that applications that use concept hierarchies could improve their user interfaces if they `knew' which concepts are the basic level concepts. This paper examines to what extent the basic level can be learned from data. We test the utility of three types of concept features, that were inspired by the basic level theory: lexical features, structural features and frequency features. We evaluate our approach on WordNet, and create a training set of manually labelled examples from different part of WordNet. Our findings include that the basic level concepts can be accurately identified within one domain. Concepts that are difficult to label for humans are also harder to classify automatically. Our experiments provide insight into how classification performance across different parts of the hierarchy could be improved, which is necessary for identification of basic level concepts on a larger scale.

The main purpose of this paper was to explore mathematics educators’ perception of the cultural relevance of basic level mathematics in Nepal. The design of this study involved an interpretive qualitative approach by administering in-depth interviews with five purposively selected mathematics educators teaching at five higher education institutions in the Kathmandu valley. Each interview was audio-recorded and transcribed for coding and constructing themes. The major themes that emerged were teaching in a mother language, contextualized Ethnomathematics, and the local knowledge in the curriculum as a teaching approach. The findings of the study can be helpful to curriculum designers and teachers at the basic level of mathematics. The study also adds to the literature of cultural aspects of mathematics teaching and learning and curriculum design.

Establishing the optimal values of quantitative indicators of the level of unification for armaments and military equipment (AME) samples during the elaborating of technical development requirements (TDR) for research and development work (R&D) on their creation (modernization) is still an urgent task, as they (values) directly affect technical and economical evaluation of AME samples. It is stipulated in the normative documents that quantitative indicators of the unification level of the sample are determined by the factors of applicability and repeatability of the standard sizes of assembly units and parts of the sample. In addition, the formulas for their calculation are also specified in these documents. It makes possible to assess only the actually achieved level of unification, while the question of a methodological approach to establishing the values of indicators in the requirements of the TDR remains open. In previous studies, the author has consistently developed recommendations for establishing optimal values of quantitative indicators of the level of unification for AME samples. This paper summarizes the recommendations on the method of substantiation of requirements for the values of quantitative indicators of AME unification. The author proposes to replace the factor of repeatability with a relative factor of repeatability, which allows determining the indicators in single units (in percent) and, accordingly, applying a single method of their establishment. The proposed general methodological approach to substantiation of quantitative indicators of the unification level consists of four stages: determination of the basic level of quantitative indicators of the unification level; determination of the list of factors that affect the level of unification, differentiation of factors by the nature of the impact and determining the rating of their significance; determination of coefficients of factors that influence the unification level; calculation of quantitative indicators of the unification The paper provides a clear algorithm and recommendations for sequential execution of stages. Taking into account the positive results of previous studies, generalized recommendations for improving the methodology of substantiation of requirements for the values of quantitative indicators of unification were developed. These recommendations can be practically applied in the process of setting requirements in the TDR for R&D on the development of AME samples.

Objetivo: Evaluar el impacto del programa reforma de vida en la prevención de la esteatosis hepática en docentes y administrativos de esta población. Método: El enfoque fue cuantitativo, metodología cuasi – experimental con un solo grupo con pre y post test, con una muestra representativa de 64 docentes de instituciones educativas de nivel básico regular de la ciudad de Chachapoyas red Amazonas. Resultados: Los resultados revelaron que el programa reforma de vida evidenció una disminución de los niveles de esteatosis hepática por lo que se infiere su afinidad en la prevención de la misma; en los docentes de las tres instituciones educativas de la Ciudad de Chachapoyas, Amazonas - Perú: San Juan de la libertad (P = 0,006), Seminario Jesús María (P = 0,01) y Virgen de Asunta (P = 0.01) con un 95% de confianza, denotando los cambios antes y después de la intervención. Conclusión: Se concluye con la propuesta de la Teoría del cuidado cósmico Arco iris, que integra un trabajo colaborativo, multidisciplinario de engranaje sectorial para lograr salud humana integral con entorno saludable en estos tiempos.