This study analyzed how basic level students comprehend short descriptive texts and rewrite their texts through the use of graphic organizers (GOs). The research was built upon the qualitative research paradigm with the inclusion of descriptive and introspective approaches.The study…

Reading comprehension in a content area needs to be seen from both the content and language perspectives. This paper examines the use of intensive reading, a strategy taken from the language teaching field, to help students improve their reading comprehension…

Most search methods in metric spaces assume that the topology of the object collection is reasonably regular. However, there exist nested metric spaces, where objects in the collection can be grouped into clusters or subspaces, in such a way that…

This paper focuses on prediction and prevention of seismic risk through a system for decision making. Data Warehousing and OLAP operations are applied, together with, data mining tools like association rules, decision trees and clustering to predict aspects such as…

Purpose: To determine the scientific evidence about the prevalence of accommodative and nonstrabismic binocular anomalies. Methods: We carried out a systematic review of studies published between 1986 and 2009, analysing the MEDLINE, CINAHL, FRANCIS and PsycINFO databases. We considered admitting…

Data mining is at the core of the knowledge discovery process. However, an initial preprocessing step is crucial for assuring reliable results within this process. Preprocessing of data is a time-consuming and non-trivial task since data quality issues should be…

En este trabajo se comentan algunos aspectos geométricos y
topológicos relacionados a los Politopos n-Dimensionales y tres
metodologías para su visualización: a través de sus
unravelings, a través de sus intersecciones con el espacio 3D y a
través de…

Evidence-based practice has become a cornerstone to the development of many professions over the last twenty years, ranging from health and social sciences to education. Research based on reflective practice provides the impulse...En els últims vint anys, pràctiques basades en…

280 niños del primer grado de primaria desarrollaron una serie de tareas de lectura y escritura (las morfologías de las tareas) de diferente grado de complejidad (sus niveles funcionales). Los niveles de complejidad de las tareas se pre-establecieron como funciones…

ABSTRACTO: Es el primer estudio nacional de prevalencia de desordenes de oído y
audición en América Latina con el protocolo de la Organización Mundial de la Salud
OMS (World Health Organización Ear and Hearing Disorder Survey Protocol).
OBJETIVOS: 1) Proveer…