Building a Corpus of 2L English for Automatic Assessment: the CLEC Corpus

In this paper we describe the CLEC corpus, an ongoing project set up at the University of Cádiz with the purpose of building up a large corpus of English as a 2L classified according to CEFR proficiency levels and formed to train statistical models for automatic proficiency assessment. The goal of this corpus is twofold: on the one hand it will be used as a data resource for the development of automatic text classification systems and, on the other, it has been used as a means of teaching innovation techniques

Mitigating deficiencies of generation Z through new educational methodologies in a business statistic course

[EN] Nowadays, most of the students in first course at University are from the socalled Generation Z. Since a young age, these students have been used digital technology such as internet, mobile phones, tablets and laptops developing certain skills. But a large majority of these students have some deficiencies such as low knowledge of mathematics, scarce levels of motivation, concentration or logical reasoning and little patience (they want to understand everything quickly). These characteristics must be improved being a hard work to do by teachers. New educational methodologies are being adapted taking into account these digital skills and mitigating the deficiencies observed in some students. This paper presents an analysis of the impact of using new methodological techniques in a business statistics course. The work focuses on the problem of increase the student´s motivation through the use of new digital tools such as video-lessons, screencasts and flipped classroom combined with neuroeducation techniques. Our hypothesis is mitigating the deficiencies of students through increasing their motivation. A multiple linear regression model to a set of students is carried out. Empirical results show, in general, that females take advantage of this methodology implemented better than males. Moreover, students with “good” performance reach better outputs (higher final score and a deeper knowledge of the subject) if additional methodological tools are implemented in the traditional class. While, there is not improvement for “bad” students.Pinar-Pérez, JM.; Morales-Arsenal, R.; Fernandez-Moya, M.; Cuadros-Solas, P.; Salvador, C. (2021). Mitigating deficiencies of generation Z through new educational methodologies in a business statistic course. En Proceedings INNODOCT/20. International Conference on Innovation, Documentation and Education. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. 81-88. https://doi.org/10.4995/INN2020.2020.11821OCS818

Spanish Geology Olympiad winners: What they think about their geology learning and the Olympics experience? A prospective study

Among the initiatives that seek to promote earth sciences among young people are the Geology Olympics. This article analyses the perceptions of previous training among eleven of the winners of the first ten Geology Olympics held in Spain. This study also investigates the factors that have influenced young people to choose their university careers and their perceptions of the learning that participation in the Olympics has meant for them. The results indicate that the theoretical training they have received in the first cycle of secondary education has been limited and that practical content and geological field trips are practically nonexistent. Thus, only the good work of teachers has motivated them to take optional subjects such as geology and participate in activities such as the Olympics, which are a decisive factor in choosing university degree in Geology. Every participant changed their perspective of geology and its professionals after their participation in the Olympics. One of the aspects to consider is that more integrated and practical knowledge should be imparted in teacher training master’s degree programs, as well as in providing more didactic instruments to future teachers so that they can implement better geological training for our young people.Depto. de Geodinámica, Estratigrafía y PaleontologíaFac. de Ciencias GeológicasTRUEUniversidad de AlcaláMinisterio de Educación y Formación Profesionalpu

INNODOCT/20. International Conference on Innovation, Documentation and Education

La conferencia tiene como objetivo proporcionar un foro para académicos y profesionales que se reúnen para compartir la investigación, discutir ideas, proyectos actuales, resultados y desafíos relacionados con las Nuevas Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicación, Innovaciones y Metodologías aplicadas a la Educación y la Investigación.Garrigós Simón, FJ.; Estelles Miguel, S.; Lengua Lengua, I.; Narangajavana, Y. (2021). INNODOCT/20. International Conference on Innovation, Documentation and Education. Editorial Universitat Politècnica de València. http://hdl.handle.net/10251/161668EDITORIA