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Mejia-Puig, Luis Alfonso; Arango, Hugo Dario; Chandrasekera, Tilanka – Design and Technology Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to explore design student's perceptions over traditional and digital mediums within the design process. In this research, a convenient sample of design students was selected from two universities between Latin America and North America to respond a questionnaire which inquired for the design steps and the type of…
Descriptors: Design, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
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Brown, Jennifer L.; Ortiz-Padilla, Myriam; Soto-Varela, Roberto – Journal of New Approaches in Educational Research, 2020
Mathematics constitutes a foundation in the training of engineering students because their competence in this reasoning will be utilised as a tool for the resolution of real problems when inserted in the productive sector and throughout their professional life. The purpose of this causal comparative research study was to determine the difference…
Descriptors: Mathematics Anxiety, Cross Cultural Studies, Engineering Education, Mathematics Instruction
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Picho, Katherine; Rojas-Ospina, Tatiana; Caicedo-Tamayo, Adriana Maria – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2020
Introduction: The present study investigated the theoretical Stereotyping Threat-susceptibility groups proposed by Steele (1997) by using a latent class analysis. Method: 413 undergraduate students from the U.S and Colombia, majoring in various Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) and non-STEM disciplines completed a stereotype threat…
Descriptors: Sex Stereotypes, Undergraduate Students, Females, STEM Education
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Hennes, Heather – Hispania, 2011
In the past two years, several Latin American nations have begun celebrating their bicentennials of independence, turning attention to questions of national identity and the legacy of independence in the twenty-first century. This reflection is sure to continue into the coming decade. This article offers a few practical suggestions for bringing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Latin Americans, Latin American Culture, Spanish
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Somers, Marie-Andree; McEwan, Patrick J.; Willms, J. Douglas – Comparative Education Review, 2004
In 1997, the Santiago office of UNESCO implemented an assessment of student achievement in Latin America, working in collaboration with 13 Latin American ministries of education. Using a common sampling methodology and survey instruments, researchers in each country collected representative samples of data on third- and fourth-grade achievement in…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries, Individual Characteristics, Peer Groups
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Varela, R. Enrique; Weems, Carl F.; Berman, Steven L.; Hensley, Lauren; de Bernal, Maria Clara Rodriguez – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
Latin American youth in the United States tend to report more internalizing symptoms than white non-Latino youth, yet little is known about the factors that may contribute to such differences. The present study examined the role that anxiety sensitivity, gender, and ethnic minority status may play in the expression of internalizing symptoms across…
Descriptors: Whites, Fear, Cultural Differences, Latin Americans