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Browsing by Subject "Critical thinking"

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An initiative to improve oral and written skills of Engineering Students

Baeza-Romero, Maria Teresa; Andrés Abellán, Fuensanta (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2014-03-24)

[EN] In this paper, we describe some activities that have been developed to written and oral skills in students of Degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering in the School of Industrial Engineering in Toledo. Among ...
Boosting critical thinking in a Project Management course: An active learning experience

Berbegal-Mirabent, Jasmina; Gil-Domènech, Dolors; Gieure, Clara (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-27)

[EN] The present study reports the experience of a project-based activity in which students are asked to plan an event. It is part of a Project Management course taught at Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, in a ...
Creative writing and Critical Thinking Enhancement at Higher Education

Poce, Antonella; Amenduni, Francesca (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)

[EN] Currently, educational policymakers identify Critical Thinking (CT) as an essential aspect of progress and knowledge growth in any field and in the broad society. Peer interactions and individual writing are helpful ...
Critical thinking in college students: evaluation of their beliefs in popular psychological myths

Gonzalez-Cuevas, Gustavo; Alonso Rodriguez, Marcos; Nogales Cuellar, Valeria (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-27)

[EN] The purpose of this study was to evaluate the degree of acceptance of psychological myths in undergraduate students in Health Sciences. Our results showed that first-year Psychology students believed more myths ...
Critical thinking in PBL: Development of a bespoke tool for critical thinking

Ali, Nazim; Crawford, Russell; Horn, Margaux (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)

[EN] As an active learning strategy, problem based learning (PBL) puts the emphasis on students being responsible for their learning (Hmelo-Silver and Barrows 2006). Although it is student-centred, PBL facilitators can ...
Developing problem solving competences through the resolution of contextualized problems with an Advanced Computing Environment

Barana, Alice; Fioravera, Michele; Marchisio, Marina (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-26)

[EN] The paper shows how problem solving competences can be developed by solving contextualized problems using an Advanced Computing Environment (ACE). An ACE is a computer system which enables its user to perform numeric ...
Development and validation of Spanish version of FINCODA: an instrument for self-assessment of innovation competence of workers or candidates for Jobs

Marin-Garcia, Juan A. (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2018-12-27)

[EN] This work will take the innovation transversal competence a skill to create, introduce, adapt and/or apply a beneficial novelty anywhere in an organization. We consider that innovation competences are a multidimensional ...
Evaluación del pensamiento crítico en el trabajo en grupo

Andreu Andrés, María Angeles; García Casas, Miguel (Universidad de Murcia, 2014)

[EN] A group of university students took part in a multi-task teamwork experience in which they had to make use of some of the abilities regarded as most valuable by organizations. Before starting, participants agreed on ...
Fomentar la participación en clase de los estudiantes universitarios y evaluarla

Moliní Fernández, F.; Sánchez-González, D. (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-06-29)

[EN] The objective of this research is to analyze a system the aim of which is to encourage the participation of students based on critical reflection. The method consists mainly of presenting material in the classroom to ...
La comunidad de aprendizaje de UCIRED como espacio de desarrollo de capacidades para la lucha por el reconocimiento social

Bustamante López, Eva (2015-03-09)

[EN] The thesis aim is to analyse some elements of the learning community that belongs to Subject Pedagogy and Educational Practice Master Degree developed by UCIRED, which is an organization located in the State of Puebla, ...
La narrativa audiovisual como una herramienta para la reflexión filosófica en el aula

Medina Vicent, María (2018-06-29)

[EN] The present paper presents a specific educational experience in the teaching of modern and contemporary philosophy to students of third year of the degrees in Humanidades: Estudios Interculturales, and Historia and ...
Peer review and critical thinking in nursing students

Rainho, Conceiçao; Monteiro, Maria Joao; Mártires, Alice; Castelo-Branco, Zita; Payan-Carreira, Rita (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-10-27)

[EN] Different models are available to help engage and motivate students as well as to model professional thinking and action (Irby, 1994). Their effect increases when regularly used, particularly when supplemented with ...
Promoting critical thinking in higher education in the context of teacher professional development

Franco, Amanda; Vieira, Rui (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)

[EN] Critical thinking is profusely recognized as a key-skill for today's higher education students, who are simultaneously future employees/employers and forever local-global citizens. Yet, critical thinking must be ...
Renovación curricular, una oportunidad para repensar el Trabajo Social en la Universidad de Atacama

Duarte Hidalgo, C.; Mora Castillo, A. (Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-06-30)

[EN] The article describes the experience of curricular renovation did social work career at the University of Atacama, Chile, which was articulated around four axes: competency-based system of transferable credits, ...
Rubrics as a tool to coordinate assessment and progress in different design workshops of the degree in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development

Puyuelo Cazorla, Marina; March Leuba, María Elisa; Aparisi Torrijo, Javier; Pacheco Blanco, Bélgica Victoria; Esteve Sendra, María Consuelo; Valor Valor, Margarita; Juliá Sanchis, Ernesto (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-05-07)

[EN] The changes provided by the EEES constitute a challenge and an opportunity to introduce methods and improvements in technical careers. The assessment of this scenario has an important and strategic role, which requires ...
The CAMBRIA case: Learning through experience

Escalante, Juan Esteban; Aguilar-Barrientos, Sara (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-06-26)

[EN][ Experiential learning contributes to the development of thought-related abilities, such as critical thinking and creative thinking. This article evinces the contribution of this theoretical and conceptual proposal ...
Thinking Skills in Problem Solving: Pre-Knowledges

Laiton, Ignacio (Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València, 2019-07-05)

[EN] The present article shows the results of a study aimed at evaluating the way in which physics students of first semesters use the thinking skills in problem solving. We speak of pre-knowledge in terms of prior theoretical ...