The effect of cooperative learning on improving college students' reading comprehension

One of the major challenges for learners and instructors is to find the way of improving reading comprehension achievements. Fortunately, cooperative learning is a method through which this can be implemented and improved, since it encourages students to work in small team groups with different level of ability, where they help each other, they are responsible for their learning as well as the teammates learning, and work on an assignment until all member successfully understand and complete it. Also, this method permit students to acquire more language and social skills that others whom studying the same content under individualistic classroom condition will never reach. Beside, it maximize opportunities for authentic and communicate language, it enriches the language, the interaction among companions and it increase opportunity to individualize instruction

Documentación de las Normas ISO 9001:2008 y GP 1000:2009 en el centro de desarrollo infantil "Perlitas del Otún"

Documentar un sistema de gestión de calidad, implica cambios positivos en la forma de pensar de los trabajadores, en la estructura y en los procesos de las organizaciones que deciden implementarlo. Entre las ventajas de un sistema de calidad están:Talento humano más calificado y competitivo. Determinar y cumplir Objetivos de cada proceso. Más control y mejora continua de los procesos. Ventajas competitivas de la organización. Mejora la imagen de la organización. Clientes más satisfechos con la prestación del servicio. El Centro de Desarrollo Infantil (CDI) “Perlitas del Otún” ha trabajado arduamente en mejorar cada una de las actividades que desarrolla, con el fin de atender de manera más integra a sus usuarios con un servicio de mejor calidad. Por ello ha decidido documentar un manual de calidad bajo las normas ISO 9001:2008 y GP 1000:2009. En el CDI se identificaron 8 procesos, los cuales fueron caracterizados mediante el formato PHVA (ver anexo 3), se hizo una adecuación de la planeación estratégica de acuerdo al contexto del CDI (ver anexo 10), también se hizo elaboración del: manual de funciones y responsabilidades para cada uno de los trabajadores(ver anexo 6), manual de procedimientos para cada proceso identificado (ver anexo 7), mapa de riesgos donde califican los riesgos a los que podrían estar expuestos los usuarios según cada proceso (ver anexo 8) y el manual de calidad para el CDI, el cual se documenta según de los requisitos de las normas ISO 9001:2008 y GP 1000:2009 (ver anexo 10). Una vez se ejecuten a cabalidad las exigencias del manual de calidad, se espera sea certificado el Centro de Desarrollo Infantil (CDI) “Perlitas del Otún” y sea un modelo líder en la región.Documenting a quality management system involves positive changes in the thinking of workers, in the structure and processes of organizations that decide to implement it. Among the advantages are: More qualified human talent and competitive. Determine and fulfill objectives of each process. More control and continuous process improvement. Competitive advantages of the organization. Improving the image of the organization. Customers more satisfied with the service. The Child Development Center "Perlitas Otún" has worked hard on improving each of its activities, in order to respond in a more integrated its users with better quality service. It has therefore decided to document a quality manual under ISO 9001:2008 and GP 1000:2009. In the CDI 8 processes were identified, which were characterized by the PHVA format (see annex 3), an adaptation of the strategic planning according to the context of the CDI (see annex 10) we also elaborate: manual roles and responsibilities for each worker (see annex 6), manual procedures for each process identified (see annex 7), the risk map, in which the risks to which each user are exposed are identified, according each process (see annex 8) and manual quality for the CDI, which is documented in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2008 and GP 1000:2009 (see annex 10). Once fully implemented the requirements of the quality manual, is expected to be certified Child Development Center "Perlitas Otún" and be a leading model in the region

Semáforo inteligente con iluminación de estado sólido

Actualmente el mundo exige, por la complejidad del tráfico y para brindar una calidad de vida más equitativa a los peatones, que los dispositivos de señalización para vehículos y personas, electrónicos y eléctricos, sean más confiables y seguros y que ofrezcan más posibilidades de accesibilidad para aquel que lo desee, sin importar sus limitaciones físicas. Considerando lo anterior se desarrollará un prototipo de un semáforo inteligente que tiene las siguientes características: lámpara de paso (color verde) con iluminación de estado sólido; tres modos de funcionamiento, que son: peatonal con conteo regresivo, vehicular y para discapacitados con placa vibradora y señal de sonido; posee alimentación convencional (de la red AC) y alternativa (por panel solar); dispone de tres modos con los cuales se puede acceder y controlar el semáforo: local, por radio frecuencia, por comunicación serial; y adicionalmente tiene un medidor de densidad de tráfico vehicular que se acopla e interactúa con el controlador lógico programable (PLC) que maneja toda la secuencia de encendido de las lámparas del semaforo

La percepción sobre corrupción y las orientaciones políticas: : un caso de estudio en jóvenes universitarios

Objective: The goal was to examine how a group of students from the Universidad Autónoma de Manizales saw political corruption and determine if they had a tendency to accept orreject it. Methodology: A typology of perceptions/ orientations was constructed based on the mostrelevant bibliography on the subject, which made it possible to characterize five types of perceptions/ orientations: cynical, conformist, fugitive, renovator,and rebel. In addition, criteria such as political effectiveness, interest in politics, affiliation with political groups, and exposure to various media were taken into consideration. Also, a survey was conducted for a display of 586 freshman students in the 2018 academic year. The SPSS programwas used to analyze the survey's responses, and through regressions, frequency analyses, and percentage calculations, a relationship between the responses and perceptions and orientations was established. Results: In contrast to popular belief, young people tend to be interested in political issues. They believe that even thoughthe corruption phenomenon makes them unpopular, things will get better from within their own environment. Conclusion: The young people in the exhibit oscillate between conformists and innovators; yet, the university should foster students' interest in political issues to foster discussion and the development of opinions basedon democratic principles.Objetivo: el objetivo fue analizar cómo un grupo de estudiantes de la Universidad Autónoma de Manizales percibían la corrupción política y validar si presentaban una tendencia de aceptar o rechazar la corrupción. Metodología: se construyó una tipología de percepciones/orientaciones soportadas en la bibliografía más relevante en la materia, lo cual permitió caracterizar cinco tipos de percepciones/orientaciones: cínico, conformista, fugitivo, renovador y rebelde. Adicionalmente, se tomaron como variables la eficacia política, el interés en la política, la asociación a grupos políticos y la exposición a distintos medios de comunicación. También se realizó una encuesta para una muestra de 586 estudiantes de pregrado en el año 2018. Las respuestas del cuestionario fueron corridas en el software SPSS y por medio de regresiones, análisis de frecuencia y porcentajes se consolidó un marco de relaciones entre respuestas y percepciones/orientaciones. Resultados: contrario a lo que se piensa, los jóvenes tienden a interesarse por los temas políticos. Aunque el fenómeno de la corrupción les genera rechazo, piensan que la situación mejorará desde el propio entorno. Conclusión: los jóvenes de la muestra se oscilan entre conformistas y renovadores; sin embargo, la universidad debe promover el interés por los temas políticos para el debate y la construcción de opiniones fundadas en principios democráticos

Genotypic Variation in Sweetpotato Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam. Clones.

Arbitrarily-primed PCR-based assays established the presence of sweetpotato intra-clonal genetic variability. These DNA polymorphism assays provided benchmark information regarding cultivar genetic uniformity in sweetpotato foundation seed programs. Arbitrarily-primed markers were also used to compare the genetic uniformity among sweetpotato clones derived conventionally, i.e., through adventitious sprouts, and nodally-based propagation systems. Initially, 38 primers generated 110 scorable DNA fragments using two virus-indexed plants from each clone source. Twenty-one bands (18.6%) were scored as putative polymorphic markers based on the presence or absence of amplified products. A subset of 14 marker loci generated by four selected primers was used to further assay 10 sample plants per clone group. Polymorphism ranged from 7.1% to 35.7% in five of eight clone groups. Field studies show variation in nearly all yield grades measured. In three tests during the 1991 and 1992 seasons, yield differences ranged from 27% to 46% within the economically important U.S. No. 1 root grade. The results suggest the usefulness of arbitrarily-primed markers in detecting intra-clonal genomic variability in the crop. To determine the role of propagation method in sweetpotato genotypic uniformity, a single sprout each of \u27Jewel,\u27 \u27Sumor,\u27 and L87-95 served as source of clonal plants simultaneously propagated through conventional adventitious procedures and an in vitro-based nodal technique. Fifteen arbitrary primers generated 64 scorable amplified fragments, 29 of which were putatively polymorphic across n = 60 samples (10 each of nodal and adventitiously derived plants/genotype). Within adventitiously derived materials, putative polymorphisms ranged from 4.7% to 31.3% depending upon genotypic class. In contrast, putative polymorphisms ranged from 0.0% to 3.1% among nodally-derived samples. The marker loci differentiated the genotypes and putative marker phenotype variants as revealed through multidimensional scaling analysis. An \u27analysis of molecular variance\u27 shows that genotypic effects accounted for 88.7% of the total marker variability, while propagation effects (within genotypic groups) accounted for 11.3%. The results suggest variability associated with propagation, wherein clonal plants derived from pre-existing meristematic regions are more genetically uniform than plants propagated from adventitious origins

The effect of cooperative learning on improving college students' reading comprehension

One of the major challenges for learners and instructors is to find the way of improving reading comprehension achievements. Fortunately, cooperative learning is a method through which this can be implemented and improved, since it encourages students to work in small team groups with different level of ability, where they help each other, they are responsible for their learning as well as the teammates learning, and work on an assignment until all member successfully understand and complete it. Also, this method permit students to acquire more language and social skills that others whom studying the same content under individualistic classroom condition will never reach. Beside, it maximize opportunities for authentic and communicate language, it enriches the language, the interaction among companions and it increase opportunity to individualize instruction

Beliefs, values and experiences of Filipino Christian parents in Norway

Filipinos are all over the world, and a considerable number have been residing in Norway. However, most studies on Filipino immigrant parents place emphasis on the well-being of migrant children or have been situated in the United States. A study that fully intended to highlight parents in the process of shifting contexts was then found necessary. Upon an encounter with Filipino parents attending a Christian church in Norway, this study is aimed to determine the parenting beliefs, values and experiences of these parents and to analyze how particular parenting beliefs, values and experiences of four Filipino Christian parents interrelate. This study is a qualitative instrumental case study by design. To acquire data to answer three research questions, a group interview has been used. In addition, one-on-one interviews were conducted in order to acquire more detailed information on the parenting beliefs and values and to validate the data from the group interview. The results of this study showed the existence of eight major themes on parenting beliefs and values and four major themes on parenting experiences. There were also seven interrelations between these parenting beliefs, values and experiences. Lastly, this research established that the Filipino Christian parents in Norway manifest strengths not just as individuals, parents or migrants but also as a group. Placed together in a group, it was strongly evident that such a set-up allowed them to support, respect and help each other

Fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora de los textos narrativos a través del aprendizaje significativo

La presente investigación manifiesta diversos aspectos y experiencias denominadas fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora de textos narrativos a través de aprendizaje significativo, en los estudiantes del grado 5° en la sede Julio Figueroa Villa de la I.E. Agroecológica Atrato del Municipio de Lloró. Mediante el diseño e implementación de una propuesta de aula, la investigación que se adelanta tuvo como objeto fortalecer la comprensión lectora a través de textos narrativos, como estrategia didáctica para el logro de un aprendizaje significativo. Así también esta investigación fue garante de un enfoque cualitativo, con método de acción participación, en la aplicación del pre test se obtuvo el muestreo donde se escogieron 16 docentes y 30 estudiantes, los cuales fueron seleccionados teniendo en cuenta los siguientes criterios sexo, etnia, edad, una característica para la escogencia de los estudiantes fue que estos tuvieran las calificaciones más bajas, la técnica utilizada fue el pre test y el postes el cual consistió en una prueba diagnóstica para detectar fortalezas, oportunidades y debilidades. Esta investigación tuvo como conclusión el fortalecimiento de la comprensión lectora como estrategia didáctica para el mejoramiento del aprendizaje significativo en los estudiantes escogidos para tal fin.His research manifests various aspects and experiences called teaching strategies that foster reading comprehension through narrative texts for meaningful learning in students of the 5th grade at Headquarters Julio Figueroa Villa of the I.E. Agroecológical Atrato municipality wept. Through the design and implementation of a proposal for a classroom, research that is being conducted aimed to strengthen reading comprehension through narrative texts as teaching strategy for the achievement of meaningful learning. So this research was also a guarantor of a qualitative approach, with participation action method, in the implementation of the pretest was obtained sampling where chosen 16 teachers and 30 students, which were selected taking into account the following criteria sex, ethnicity, age, a feature for the choice of students was that they had lower ratings, the technique used was the pretest and the posts which consisted of a diagnostic test to detect strengths, opportunities and weaknesses. This research had as conclusion the strengthening of reading comprehension as a teaching strategy for the improvement of meaningful learning in students chosen for this purpose

Beliefs, values and experiences of Filipino Christian parents in Norway

Filipinos are all over the world, and a considerable number have been residing in Norway. However, most studies on Filipino immigrant parents place emphasis on the well-being of migrant children or have been situated in the United States. A study that fully intended to highlight parents in the process of shifting contexts was then found necessary. Upon an encounter with Filipino parents attending a Christian church in Norway, this study is aimed to determine the parenting beliefs, values and experiences of these parents and to analyze how particular parenting beliefs, values and experiences of four Filipino Christian parents interrelate. This study is a qualitative instrumental case study by design. To acquire data to answer three research questions, a group interview has been used. In addition, one-on-one interviews were conducted in order to acquire more detailed information on the parenting beliefs and values and to validate the data from the group interview. The results of this study showed the existence of eight major themes on parenting beliefs and values and four major themes on parenting experiences. There were also seven interrelations between these parenting beliefs, values and experiences. Lastly, this research established that the Filipino Christian parents in Norway manifest strengths not just as individuals, parents or migrants but also as a group. Placed together in a group, it was strongly evident that such a set-up allowed them to support, respect and help each other

Determinants of the labor informality in Colombia for the 2008 - 2017 period

El objetivo de esta investigación es identificar los determinantes clave que explican la informalidad laboral en Colombia, para el período 2008 – 2017. En el proceso se utilizó un enfoque metodológico cuantitativo, de tipo descriptivo, para ello se emplearon datos de la Gran Encuesta Integrada de Hogares (GEIH), realizada por el Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), además de diversas fuentes referenciales de la literatura, donde los determinantes se catalogaron como cíclicos y acíclicos, dependiendo de su comportamiento, respecto al ciclo económico. Los análisis arrojan que Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales, Pereira y Cali, presentan las tasas de informalidad más bajas (entre 40 % y 50 %). Adicionalmente, entre las conclusiones resalta que existe una relación lineal o directa entre la duración del desempleo y la informalidad; a mayor tiempo en calidad de desempleado, mayor probabilidad de caer en la informalidad.The objective of this study is to identify the key drivers that explain labor informality in Colombia in the period from 2008 to 2017. A quantitative descriptive method was adopted to analyze data from the Great Integrated Household Survey (GEIH) conducted by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) as well as several important sources in the literature. Drivers were classified into cyclic and acyclic, depending on their behavior with respect to the general economic cycle. The analysis revealed that Bogotá, Medellín, Manizales, Pereira, and Cali present the lowest rates of informal employment in the country (between 40% and 50%). Additionally, the most outstanding conclusion is that there is a linear or direct relationship between the length of unemployment and informality: the longer individuals are unemployed, the more likely they are to join the informal sector