Psicothema was founded in Asturias (northern Spain) in 1989, and is published jointly by the Psychology Faculty of the University of Oviedo and the Psychological Association of the Principality of Asturias (Colegio Oficial de Psicología del Principado de Asturias).
We currently publish four issues per year, which accounts for some 100 articles annually. We admit work from both the basic and applied research fields, and from all areas of Psychology, all manuscripts being anonymously reviewed prior to publication.
Psicothema, 2007. Vol. Vol. 19 (nº 3). 422-427
Pedro Rosário, Rosa Mourao, J. Carlos Núñez*, Julio González-Pienda*, Paula Solano* y Antonio Valle**
Universidad de Minho, * Universidad de Oviedo y ** Universidad de A Coruña
En este trabajo se analiza la eficacia de un proyecto de promoción de procesos y estrategias de aprendizaje en la Universidad. El programa se organiza en torno de una serie de cartas escritas por Gervásio, un alumno recién llegado a la Universidad (Rosario, Núñez, y González-Pienda, 2006) sobre sus experiencias, dificultades y éxitos ocurridos en esta nueva etapa de su vida académica. El programa está orientado para dotar a los alumnos universitarios de un conjunto de estrategias (cognitivas, metacognitivas y de apoyo) que les permitan abordar sus procesos de aprendizaje de una forma más competente y autónoma. Los datos obtenidos sugieren que los estudiantes que participan en el programa de capacitación mejoran significativamente en cuanto al dominio de conocimiento declarativo respecto de las estrategias de aprendizaje, disminuye el uso de un enfoque de estudio superficial y mejoran también en cuanto a la aplicación de estas habilidades a tareas novedosas (transferencia).
Evaluating the efficacy of a program to enhance college students' self-regulation learning processes and learning strategies. The present study examines the efficacy of a program designed to enhance college students'learning processes and study strategies. The program was organised around a number of letters written by a freshman, Gervásio (Rosário, Núñez, & González-Pienda, 2006), telling about his new experiences, troubles, and successes in the university. This intervention program is intended to promote a series of strategies (cognitive, meta-cognitive, and supportive) which allow students to manage their learning processes in a more proficient, successful, and autonomous way. The collected data suggest that students who had the opportunity to follow the program significantly improved their declarative knowledge about learning strategies, reduced their use of surface approaches to study, and extended the newly acquired skills to new and different tasks and assignments.
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