Conceptual Framework for the Use of Building Information Modeling in Engineering Education

The objective of this paper is to present a critical literature review of the Building Information Modelling (BIM) methodologyandtoanalyzewhetherBIMcanbeconsideredaVirtualLearningEnvironment.Aconceptualframeworkis proposed for using BIM in a university context. A search of documents was carried out in the Core Collection of Web of Science; it was restricted to the last five years (2013–2017). A total of 95 documents were analyzed; all documents were written in English and peer reviewed. BIM meets all the characteristics of Virtual Learning Environments. The proposed framework has three dimensions (competencies, pedagogical approach and level of integration).It allows for the planning and analysis of future experiences of teaching BIM in a university context.Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain and AEI/FEDER, UE Projects EDU2016-77007-RRegional Government of Extremadura (Spain) IB 16068Regional Government of Extremadura (Spain) GR1800

Metodologías de enseñanza/aprendizaje y evaluación de la actividad docente en el marco del Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES)

El documento presente es fruto del trabajo y las experiencias que, en el ámbito de la innovación educativa, los autores vienen desarrollando y aplicando desde el año 2007 en las materias y asignaturas que imparten en la licenciatura de “Ciencia Política y de la Administración” y en la diplomatura de “Administración y Gestión Pública” de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Durante el curso 2008-2009, los autores dirigieron dos proyectos de innovación educativa que se proyectaron, el primero de ellos, sobre aspectos metodológicos y nuevas actividades de aprendizaje/enseñanza y, el segundo, sobre la evaluación de la metodología y de las actividades docentes desarrolladas, al efecto de verificar su impacto en los resultados académicos y en la satisfacción de los estudiantes. El trabajo presentado, que fue defendido presencialmente por los autores en un Congreso Internacional y que fue seleccionado para su exposición tras una evaluación anónima, realiza un inventario de los objetivos conseguidos, pero también plantea retos a abordar en un futuro

Death, Relics, and the Demise of Huts: Patterns of Planned Abandonment in Middle BA Central Iberia

[EN]This paper addresses the formation processes at an unparalleled Bronze Age settlement in the Iberian Meseta. The site of El Cerro (Burgos, Spain) presents a series of challenging features: the simultaneous inhumation of three subadults alongside a dwelling quarter and adjacent pits, some of them filled with apparent formality, including such anachronistic elements as Neolithic and Beaker items and several placed deposits, such as a leg of a cow. A critical evaluation of the contextual dataset, a re-fitting operation, and an assessment of the abrasion and size of a ceramic sample were carried out. The archaeological peculiarities of the site are explained as a contextually specific cultural response to a grievous and traumatic episode: the death of three young siblings, which entailed the abandonment of the settlement through prescribed practices. Some depositions are a product of recognizable intentionality, while others are regarded as unintended cumulative outcomes

Public Relations and Events: The Organization of Festivals as a Tool for Cultural Promotion

Festivals not only fulfill their traditional role as an institution that allows to present, spread or preserve the culture of a society, but also stand out for their ability to generate wealth in the cities where they are celebrated, for their contribution to the diversification of the tourism product or the improvement of the image of the place (Devesa, Báez, Figueroa and Herrero, 2012). Specifically, film festivals have a much greater importance playing a fundamental, but not recognized, role for the development of the industry and the history of cinema (Vallejo, 2014, p.14). Under this perspective, the main objective of this work is to observe the organization of the SCC Express Short Film Festival, in order to propose a sequenced model for the organization of events as a tool for communication and promotion of the cultural industry. The application of the methodological design designed for the application of the proposed case study allows to establish a 9-phase model for the organization of festivals as a technique of promotion and cultural development at the local level

Strategies for Solving Addition Problems Using Modified Schema-Based Instruction in Students with Intellectual Disabilities

A study is presented on the strategies employed to solve additive change problems by three students with intellectual disabilities (two of them with autism spectrum disorder). The students followed a program involving modified schema-based instruction. The results show an improvement in the problem-solving skills of the three students, who achieved successful formal strategies associated with identifying the operation. We analyze the importance of adapting and/or emphasizing certain steps in the instruction process in order to tailor them to the difficulties of each student

Teaching students with mild intellectual disability to solve word problems using schema-based instruction

This study, which used a multiple baseline across participants design, examines the effectiveness of a modified schema-based instructional approach to improve the mathematical word problem solving performance of three students with mild intellectual disability, two of whom had an autism spectrum disorder. Following the intervention, the three students improved their performance when solving addition and subtraction change word problems; however, their performance was inconsistent on change word problems. The effects of the instruction were generalized to two-step addition and subtraction word problems for the three participants. Moreover, the results were generalized to an untrained setting and were maintained 8 weeks after the instruction. The implications of these findings for teaching problem-solving skills to students with intellectual disability are discussed.This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad. Madrid. Spain. Projects EDU2017-84276-R, PID2019-105677RB-I0

Análisis químico de muestras minoritarias por procedimientos no destructivos, FRX, de útiles metálicos de la edad del bronce del sureste español

En el presente trabajo se expone las earaeterísticas prineipales de un nuevo sistema de toma de muestras y su portamuestras. eon objeto de emplearlo en el análisis químici^ de muestras arqueológieas. empleando 0.2 g eomo máximo, con lo que se conserva la integridad del objeto analizado. En este caso se utiliza un espectrómetro .seeuencial Philips PW1400. de tluorcseencia de rayos X. El ci tado mcttKlo et>nsigue altas cotas de Habilidad y exactitud en los elementos quí micos elegidos para su análisis

La enseñanza de ELE enfocada a estudiantes con discapacidad visual

Trabajo de fin de Grado. Grado en Filología Hispánica. Curso académico 2019-2020Con este trabajo se pretende realizar un primer acercamiento a la definición de discapacidad visual y clasificar los distintos tipos que presenta con el fin de poder entender mejor las dificultades a las que se enfrentan estos estudiantes en la clase de ELE desde una perspectiva no visuocentrista. Este estudio tiene en cuenta el aprendizaje de los estudiantes con baja visión o ceguera en un ámbito de educación integrada, lo cual requiere un mayor esfuerzo tanto por parte del alumno como por parte del profesor. Por este motivo, comentaremos algunas metodologías y estrategias que el docente de una lengua extranjera puede llevar a cabo para favorecer la inclusión de los alumnos invidentes sin dejar de lado los objetivos de aprendizaje que debe cumplir la clase en su conjunto. Además, hablaremos de algunas pautas que pueden guiar al profesor sobre el trato con el alumno discapacitado. Por otro lado, también se mencionan las barreras tipográficas con las que debe lidiar un estudiante visualmente discapacitado cuando las lecciones se basan en unos manuales repletos de carga visual. Por último, aludiremos a los diferentes materiales adaptados que permiten que este colectivo de estudiantes obtenga un mayor aprovechamiento de las clases. Entre estos recursos se incluye la tiflotecnología, los diccionarios adaptados, las bibliotecas y los exámenes de español oficiales que han sido habilitados. Con todo esto se pretende que el estudiante ciego deje de encontrarse en una situación de desventaja respecto a sus compañeros normovisuales y tengan la posibilidad de realizar las mismas actividades. ENGLISH: The present work aims to build an initial approach to the definition of visual disability and categorize the different types it can present, with the purpose of gaining a better understanding of the difficulties that these students face in a Spanish lesson from a visucentric perspective. This study considers the learning of students with low vision or blindness in an integrated educational environment, which requires a higher effort from the instructor, as well as from the student. Thus, we will discuss some of the methodologies and strategies that teachers of a foreign language can use in order to stimulate the inclusivity of the visually impaired without putting aside the learning objectives set for the classroom as a whole. Likewise, we will examine some of the guidelines that should lead the teacher's behaviour in relation to students with disabilities. Furthermore, this work also contemplates the typographic barriers that visually impaired students have to deal with due to the fact that standard lessons and textbooks frequently rely on visual material. Lastly, we will observe the different adapted materials that enable a better learning experience for this collective. These resources include typhotechnology and adapted dictionaries, libraries, and Spanish exams. With this, the objective is to achieve a teaching environment in which blind students will no longer be at a disadvantage compared to his peers and, therefore, will have the chance to take part in the same activities as them

An electron localization function and catastrophe theory analysis on the molecular mechanism of gas-phase identity SN2 reactions

A set of four reactions, XCH3+X− (X=F, Cl, Br) and ClSiH3+Cl−, is investigated by means of the joint use of the electron localization function (ELF) and catastrophe theory (CT) analysis in order to obtain newinsights into the bond breaking/forming processes for identity SN2 gas-phase reactions. Using DFT calculations at the OLYP/6-311++G(d,p) level, the effect of nucleophile (F, Cl, and Br anions) and the role of reacting centers (C or Si) on the reaction mechanisms are investigated. The charge-shift character of carbon–halogen bonds is studied by determination of the weights of the Lewis resonance structures. In all SN2 reactions at the carbon atom, there is a progressive reduction on the covalent character of the C–X bond from the reactant complex (0.41, 0.57, 0.58 for F, Cl, and Br, respectively) until the bond-breaking process, occurring before the transition structure is reached. On the other hand, the Si–Cl bond maintains its degree of covalent character (0.51) from the isolated fragments to the formation of a stable transition complex, presenting two silicon– chlorine charge-shifted bonds. The analysis of the ELF topology along the reaction path reveals that all reactions proceed via the same turning points of fold-type but the order is inverted for reactions taking place at C or Si atom

Relación de la vitamina B12 y deterioro cognitivo en personas mayores

Los déficits nutricionales son muy frecuentes en personas mayores, al igual que hay una prevalencia en este grupo de población de un deterioro en la función cognitiva. Determinar la existencia de relación entre el deterioro cognitivo y el estatus de vitamina B12 en el organismo adquiere gran importancia a la hora de comprobar si es posible reducir la prevalencia de este déficit cognitivo mediante la suplementación con esta vitamina en personas de edad avanzada. Por tanto, se ha hecho una revisión sistemática con el fin de determinar la relación existente entre la función cognitiva de las personas mayores y el estatus de vitamina B12, así como evaluar el efecto de la suplementación con la vitamina B12 en estos pacientes como tratamiento para el retraso del deterioro cognitivo. Por otro lado, también se establece como objetivo evaluar la relación entre estos suplementos de vitamina B12 con los niveles séricos de homocisteína. Tras la realización de la revisión, se concluye que los resultados tras la suplementación con vitamina B12 son diferentes en función de si el paciente tiene un estado cognitivo normal o si posee algún tipo de deterioro cognitivo, así como también se han visto diferencias en los resultados tras la suplementación entre los pacientes con niveles adecuados de vitamina B12 y homocisteína en comparación con aquellos con deficiencias en la vitamina B12 y las altas concentraciones de homocisteína