Browsing by Subject "Exámenes"

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    Effectiveness of music therapy and progressive muscle relaxation in reducing stress before exams and improving academic performance in Nursing students: a randomized trial
    (Elsevier, 2020-01) Gallego-Gómez, Juana Inés; Balanza Galindo, Serafín; Leal-Llopis, Jesús; García-Méndez, Juan Antonio; Oliva-Pérez, José; Doménech-Tortosa, Javier; Gómez Gallego, María; Simonelli-Muñoz, Agustín Javier; Rivera-Caravaca, José Miguel; Enfermería
    Background: Nursing students experiencing high stress levels before exams could suffer worse academic performance. Objective: We evaluated an intervention combining Progressive Muscle Relaxation (PMR) and music therapy on the decrease of before exams stress and the improvement of academic results. Design and methods: Randomized controlled trial including students from the Nursing Degree during the first semester of the 2017–2018 academic year. All participants were randomized to the control (CG) or the experimental group (EG). The CG took the exam as usual whereas in the EG, PMR and music therapy were performed before exams. Blood samples were drawn to investigate variations in biochemical parameters. The academic performance was assessed by the score obtained in the “Clinical Nursing” exam. Results: We included 112 students (75% females, mean age 24.3 ± 6.2 years, 56 students in every group). There were no differences in any parameter during the first measurement. Regarding the second measurement, we observed a reduction in heart rate for the EG and an increase in blood pressure, heart rate, and cortisol for the CG. Indeed, these parameters were significantly higher compared to the EG. The EG had a mean score of 5.07 ± 1.59 in the Clinical Nursing exam, which was significantly higher compared to the CG (4.42 ± 1.58, p=0.033). The proportion of fails in the CG was also higher (62.5% vs. 42.9%, p=0.037). Conclusion: In this study including students from the Nursing degree, the combination of PMR and music therapy was effective for the control and decrease of stress before exams, and also demonstrated improvements in academic results.
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    Item and test construct definition for the new Spanish Baccalaureate final Evaluation: A proposal.
    (Murcia, Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2013) García Laborda, Jesús; Martín-Monje, Elena
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    ¿Tienen ansiedad hacia las matemáticas los futuros maestros?
    (2022) Nortes Martínez-Artero, María Rosa; López Pina, José Antonio; Núñez Núñez, Rosa María; Nortes Checa, Andres; Didáctica de las Ciencias Matemáticas y Sociales; Psicología Básica y Metodología
    Para conocer el nivel de ansiedad hacia las matemáticas de los futuros maestros antes de recibir su primera asignatura de matemáticas se aplica desde el curso 2012-13 al 2018-19 el cuestionario de Fennema y Sherman (1976). De los 895 alumnos participantes, elegidos en un muestreo incidental, uno de cada dos tiene ansiedad alta o muy alta hacia las matemáticas con una ansiedad media de 2,99, la diferencia máxima de ansiedad entre cursos es de 37 centésimas y las mujeres tienen más ansiedad ante las matemáticas que los hombres. Hay diferencias significativas en la puntuación en ansiedad entre promociones y entre grupos de un mismo curso y no hay mayoría de respuestas neutras en los ítems. Este estudio, de siete promociones de estudiantes diferentes, aporta resultados que demandan que la ansiedad hacia las matemáticas sea considerada dentro del Grado de Maestro de Primaria.