Editorial for volume 36, number 2, year 2017
Posts Categorized: a- Edición 2017
“Do you know what it is…?” Explanations of child tutors about non familiar vocabulary. A study with children from marginalized urban populations of Argentina
Florencia Alam, Maia J. Migdalek, Alejandra Stein y Celia R. Rosemberg Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Argentina María Laura Ramírez Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina Abstract This study analyzes literacy situations between dyads of 12-year-olds attending primary school and 5-year-old kindergarten children generated in the framework of the “De niño a niño”… Read more »
Emergent Literacy Knowledge and Classroom Practices for its promotion: a Study with Preschool Education Teachers in Costa Rica
L. Diego Conejo Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica University of Missouri, USA. Ana M. Carmiol Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Abstract Teachers’ conceptions and knowledge affect their practices, and teachers’ practices influence preschoolers’ early literacy development. This study explores how much teachers value classroom practices previously proven to be effective in promoting early… Read more »
Reading Fast is not always the same as Understanding: Examining the Relationship Between Speed and Comprehension
Gabriela Silva-Maceda Silvia Romero-Contreras Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, México. Abstract A change in the way Reading is evaluated in Mexico in primary education has been the introduction of measuring reading speed in students. This has direct implications in the teaching of reading. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between… Read more »
Teacher-Student Interactions and Child Abuse: Microgenetic Analysis from a Sociocultural Perspective
María Natalia Rodríguez García Julián David Torres Moreno Mónica Roncancio Moreno Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia Abstract This research aims to characterize connotations regarding child abuse from teacher-student interactions and relationships that occur inside a first grade classroom, located in a public school in the city of Bogotá. Theoretically, we support our work on… Read more »
Parental Belief Systems and Cultural Orientation in Children in Temporary Care: a Case Study in a State-Run Village in Costa Rica
Esteban Durán-Delgado Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Mariano Rosabal-Coto Instituto de Investigaciones Psicológicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Abstract This paper discusses the findings of the study “Characterization of Parenting Style among Children in a Permanent-Care State-Run Village: Parental Belief Systems and Cultural Orientation” (Duran-Delgado, 2012). The cultural specificity of parenting, in a… Read more »
Adaptation and Dimensionality of the DOCS Scale in the Costa Rican Organizational Context: An Application of the Cognitive Interview and of Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Tomás Vargas-Halabí Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Ronald Mora-Esquivel Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Abstract The present study aims to present the Cognitive Interview as a useful pre-test tool for adapting the Denison Organizational Culture Survey (DOCS) to the Costa Rican business context, it was previously adapted in Valencia, Spain by… Read more »
PISA 2012: Age at Immigration and the Spanish Education System
Esperanza Bausela Herreras Universidad Pública de Navarra, España Abstract: Introduction. Immigrants arriving at school at younger ages have lower educational achievement than those who arrive at adolescence. Aims. Analyze risk and / or probability of immigrant students having low performance in skills assessed in PISA 2012, considering their age of arrival into the Education System…. Read more »
Socio-demographic Characteristics and Consultation Motives of Persons Attending the Psychological Services Center at the University of Costa Rica (2004-2013)
Adriana Maroto-Vargas Lucía Molina-Fallas Jorge Esteban Prado-Calderón Universidad de Costa Rica, Costa Rica Abstract: This study aimed to systematize the socio-demographic information and consultation motives of those persons who attended the School of Psychology Psychological Services Center (CAP) at the University of Costa Rica. For this purpose, 743 files of patients who attended the… Read more »
Factors Related to Workplace Stress among Costa Rican Correctional Officers
Tatiana María Blanco-Álvarez, MSc., Megan A. Thoen, Ph.D. Texas Tech University, Estados Unidos de América Abstract The aim of this study was to establish whether a sample of correctional officers in Costa Rica experience workplace stress and if workplace stress is related to the presence of stress, depression, anxiety, burnout and other various personal… Read more »