Self-Efficacy of First-Generation College Students and the Relationship to Academic Performance and College Adjustment

The authors examined whether self-efficacy mediated the relationship between generational status and 2 academic outcome indicators of 192 college students. A mediation effect was not found with either academic performance or college adjustment. However, high self-efficacy at the beginning of the year predicted better college adjustment at the end of the 1st year. For college students in general, high self-efficacy was related to better college adjustment. Recommendations for counselors are discussed

Earnings Mobility in Times of Growth and Decline: Argentina from 1996 to 2003

In recent years, the economy of Argentina has experienced both rapid economic growth and severe economic decline. In this paper, we use a series of one-year long panels to study who gained the most in pesos when the economy grew and who lost the most in pesos when the economy contracted. Various considerations led us to expect that mobility would be divergent—that is, that the individuals who started with the highest initial earnings would enjoy the largest earnings gains in pesos. Contrary to expectations and for a wide range of specifications, mobility is found to be mostly convergent, sometimes neutral, and never divergent. We then demonstrate how generally rising inequality and convergent mobility can be reconciled. Thus, the panel data analysis performed in this paper presents a picture of economic growth that is much more pro-poor than what one gets from cross-sectional inequality comparisons

Leonor Serrano, educadora i feminista en temps de canvis (1890-1942)

Reseña del libro: Leonor Serrano: educadora i feminista en temps de canvis Immaculada Artero Broch, Miquel Ortells Roca Universitat Jaume I, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2015. ISBN 978-84-16356-21-

La Corona versus Cataluña: Don Fernando de Austria y las polémicas Cortes de Barcelona de 1632

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Intervención arqueológica de urgencia en la calle Concepción nº 13 de Córdoba. Restos de pintura mural hallados en un edificio altoimperial próximo al foro colonial

In this archaelogical action it has to be emphasized the discovery in situ of some roman wal coverings decorated with paintings. The preserved paintings imitate the marble walls of luxurious houses, fitting into the "First pompeian style", where architectural simulation is reduced to representation of a building of the high imperial period, and it's situated nearby the Porta Principal Sinistra (The main left gate) in the west side of the roman wal, nowadays known as Puerta de Gallegos.De esta actuación arqueológica cabe destacar el descubrimiento in situ de unos paramentos romanos con decoración parietal pintada. Estas pinturas imitan las paredes marmóreas de lujosas casas, encuadrándose en el "Primer estilo pompeyano" donde la simulación arquitectónica se reduce a representar altos zócalos. Los paramentos decoraban las estancias de un edificio de cronología alto-imperial, ubicado en las inmediaciones de la Porta Principal Sinistra en el lienzo oeste de la muralla romana, actual Puerta de Gallegos

Sistematicidad y Variabilidad en el desarrollo de la interlengua a largo plazo: secuencias de desarrollo en la adquisición del orden de palabras en el SVen Inglés como Lengua Extranjera

The study reported here contributes to investigation of over time interlanguage development in an instructed acquisition setting. In particular, it examines the development of word order within VP in the L3 English of 45 Spanish/ Catalan bilinguals with knowledge of L2 German. The analysis of the data (factorizing procedure, distributional analysis, implicational scaling) suggests that development can be sequenced into stages, though transition across stages is gradual. Moreover, development is constrained by knowledge of a non-native language previously learned (i.e., by crosslinguistic influence). El estudio reportado aquí contribuye a la investigación del desarrollo de la interlengua a largo plazo en un contexto de adquisición formal. En particular, examina el desarrollo del orden de palabras en el SV en la L3 inglés de 45 aprendices bilingües Castellano/ Catalán con conocimiento previo de L2 alemán. El análisis de los datos (proceso de factorización, análisis distribucional, escala implicacional) sugiere que dicho desarrollo se puede secuenciar en estadios, aunque la transición entre estadios es gradual. Además, el desarrollo está condicionado por el conocimiento de una lengua no nativa aprendida anteriormente (es decir, influencia transversal)

Barcelona, 1802. Manuscritos de la Biblioteca Palatina de Parma y su visión artística de la ciudad

In the year 1802, Barcelona became the point of encounter of the Spanish and Neapolitan Royal families, wich arrived to attend the marriage of their children. The choice of the city as the promised exchange point meant a great challenge to the Barcelona autho rities at the time, who were forced to deal with a multitude of issues inj order to render the presence of such illustrious guests comfortable and workable. On of the aspects that tad to be dealt wich was an exemplary urban reform at all leves, from the pavement of the streets to problems raletd wich sanitation or the availability of water. The square then called Plaza de Palacio, wich housed the royal families of Spain (in the Royal Palace) and Naples (in the Palacio de la Aduana Nueva) and the Prime Minister Manuel Godoy (in the Casa Lonja) was one of the more drastically remodeled areas. The result not only made the participants proud but it was olsed reflected in the written impressions provided by foreign visitors and chroniclers of the royal trip

La Corona versus Cataluña: Don Fernando de Austria y las polémicas Cortes de Barcelona de 1632

Si el nombramiento de Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, duque de Lerma, inició durante el reinado de Felipe III una línea permanente de favoritos cuyo mérito principal fue su relación personal con el rey, la presencia de Gaspar de Guzmán, conde-duque de Olivares, representó la continuidad natural de la figura del valido bajo el reinado de Felipe IV. Más proclives a otro tipo de actividades que a las grandes responsabilidades que debían afrontar por nacimiento, ambos monarcas tomaron la decisión en su momento de delegar las riendas del país en sus manos..