Sincretismo y pensamiento categorial: génesis y diferencias socioculturales

Resumen

El estudio de la representación del mundo en el niño es una de las vías que permiten acercarse a la génesis del pensamiento infantil, a su progresiva estructuración. Interesados en la evolución del sincretismo y del pensamiento categorial, los diálogos con los niños en torno a las ultra-cosas nos han permitido detectar distintos niveles evolutivos dentro del pensamiento sincrétn o y del categorial y nos han puesto en la pista de posibles diferencias socioculturales ligadas con la pertenencia al medio rural o urbano.     

Comprensión de la inclusion jerárquica de clases Estudio evolutivo

Resumen

En el presente trabajo se estudia el desarrollo de la comprensión de los principios que rigen la inclusión jerárquica de clases en sujetos de 4 a 14 años. Se presentan y comparan los resultados de tres experimentos en los que se utilizan, respectivamente, cuestiones de tipo piagetiano, problemas deductivos y problemas de inclusión con los cuantificadores «todos» y «algunos». Se examina también el efecto que diferentes variables definitorias de la estructura de las tareas tienen en el éxito o el fracaso en las mismas. Los resultados sugieren un desarrollo lineal progresivo en relación con la comprensión de la extensión diferente de clase y subclase, y la aplicación correcta de los cuantificadores, y un salto entre los 9 y 12 años en relación con la comprensión de la transitividad. Se discuten las implicaciones teóricas y prácticas de estos resultados.     

Las ideas de los padres sobre sus hijos en la investigación evolutiva

Resumen

Este artículo presenta una revisión de literatura sobre el tema de las ideas de los padres sobre el desarrollo y la educación de sus hijos. Se analizan los antecedentes históricos y posteriormente se discuten la diversidad, los contenidos y los determinantes de las ideas evolutivo-educativas de los padres. Después de una referencia a las relaciones ideas-conducta-desarrollo, se propone para este ámbito de investigación un marco teórico elaborado a partir de las propuestas de Vygotski.     

Grade level, study time, and grade retention and their effects on motivation, self-regulated learning strategies, and mathematics achievement: a structural equation model

The present study complements previous research findings with new data to improve our understanding of the relationship between motivational variables and academic performance in math mediated by self-regulated learning (SRL). A structural equation model with predictor (i.e., grade retention, grade level, and study time), process (i.e., perceived usefulness of SRL strategies, self-efficacy for the use of SRL strategies, and reported use of SRL), and product variables (i.e., academic achievement in mathematics) is proposed. The model was analyzed in two samples of data (calibration and validation samples). The first sample served to fit and respecify the model, and the second one was used to analyze the consistency of the findings of the first sample. A sample of 756 middle school Portuguese students participated in the current study. The results indicate that SRL is positively and significantly related to academic achievement and that the latter is, in turn, powerfully determined by perceived usefulness and self-efficacy, although students’ reported use of SRL strategies decreases from 7th to 9th grades. Self-efficacy and perceived usefulness of SRL strategies were also found to decrease as grade retention increased. These results are discussed with regard to the relevance of self-efficacy and perceived usefulness of SRL strategies in increasing academic achievement.     

The role of Internet use and parental mediation on cyberbullying victimization among Spanish children from rural public schools

Cyberbullying victimization research on individual and familial correlates is scarce in Spain. By building upon previous studies, this research examines the role of Internet usage and parental mediation in online victimization. Spanish children from rural public schools (10–12 years; n?=?1068) completed a self-report questionnaire which measured being cyberbullied, Internet use and parental mediation strategies. Logistic regression analyses examined the association among cyberbullying victimization, online activities, intensity and purposes of online communication, and restricting, evaluating and co-using parental mediation. The results show that Internet use, specifically online communication, increases the likelihood of cyberbullying victimization. Conversely, monitoring software installed on the computer, joint creation of rules regarding the time spent online and personal information shared help lessen the likelihood of online victimization. The results are examined in the light of previous research, while implications for practice and future research are considered.     

Nutritional intake and body composition changes in a UCI World Tour cycling team during the Tour of Spain

Abstract

The aim of this study was to quantify the food intake of an International Cyclist Union (UCI) World Tour professional cyclist team and to analyse changes in body composition during the Tour of Spain. Nine male professional road cyclists (31.3?±?3.0 years) volunteered to participate in the study. Nutritional data were collected each day throughout the 3-week Tour by two trained investigators who weighed the food ingested by the cyclists. Mean nutritional intake of the cyclists was as follows: carbohydrate, 12.5?±?1.8?g/kg/day of body weight (BW) (65.0?±?5.9%); fat, 1.5?±?0.5 g/kg/day BW (17.9?±?5.6%); and protein, 3.3?±?0.3?g/kg/day BW (17.1?±?1.6%). Intake of all micronutrients, except for folate, vitamin D and potassium (which were 78.7%, 46% and 84% of Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA), respectively), exceeded the RDA. Height, weight, skinfolds, circumferences and diameters were taken following the guidelines outlined by the International Society for the Advancement of Kinanthropometry. Body density, body fat percentage, muscle mass, total muscle mass and fat mass of the arms and thighs were calculated. Percentage body fat, fat mass and upper arm fat mass significantly decreased (p < .05) after the Tour independent of the equation method used in the calculations. Total muscle mass remained unchanged. Generally, this sample of cyclists consumed more protein and less fat than the recommended amount and had low weight, BMI and fat mass. It is suggested that sports nutritionists design personalised diets in order to maintain a correct proportion of nutrients as well as controlling possible anthropometrical changes that could affect performance.