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, 2010. Vol. Vol. 22 (nº 4). 806-812
Jesús de la Fuente Arias, José Manuel Martínez Vicente, Francisco Javier Peralta Sánchez y Ana Belén García Berbén*
Universidad de Almería y * Universidad de Granada
En la actual Educación Superior, el rendimiento y los contextos de enseñanza-aprendizaje (E-A) tienen gran actualidad. A partir del modelo DIDEPRO se pretendió establecer la interdependencia entre diferentes contextos instruccionales y el nivel de rendimiento, con respecto a la percepción del proceso de E-A. Participaron 2.020 alumnos de dos universidades españolas. Se utilizaron medidas de ambas variables, utilizando un diseño cuasi-experimental y correlacional. Los análisis univariados y causales mostraron el efecto del contexto en el proceso de E-A y en el rendimiento, así como relaciones de interdependencia entre éste y la percepción del proceso de E-A. También aparecieron efectos de interacción parcial y un modelo causal del rendimiento académico. Se discuten los resultados y analizan las implicaciones para el sistema ECTS (European Credit Transfer System).
Perception of the teaching-learning process and academic achievement in diverse instructional contexts of Higher Education. In Higher Education, performance and Teaching-Learning (T-L) contexts are highly current concerns. Based on the DEDEPRO model, interdependence can be established between instructional contexts and levels of performance as they relate to the T-L process. Partitipants were 2020 pupils from two Spanish universities. Measurements of both variables were used in a quasi-experimental and correlational design. The univariate and causal analyses showed the effect of context on the T-L process and on performance; thus, the interdependent relationships between the latter and perception of the T-L process. Partial interaction effects also appeared, as well as a causal model of academic performance. Results are discussed and implications for the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) are analyzed.