Andres Palacios Picos

Andres Palacios Picos
  • Doctor en Psicología
  • Head of Faculty at University of Valladolid

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University of Valladolid
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  • Head of Faculty
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January 1992 - present
University of Valladolid
Position
  • Profesor and Dean of Facultad de Educación del Campus de Segovia

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Publications (75)
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Learning-oriented assessment models, which tend to generate better learning processes, better academic performance and greater student involvement in teaching–learning processes, are increasingly being used in European universities; they are also more suitable for competence-based learning. However, there are a number of constraints that hinder the...
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El Espacio Europeo de Educación Superior (EEES) ha traído importantes cambios a las universidades europeas. Entre ellos, la incorporación de las competencias que debe abordar cada titulación. En concreto, en el caso de la formación del profesorado de Educación Física, se deben adquirir tanto competencias transversales y genéricas como específicas p...
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Background The first COVID-19 lockdown decreed in Spain by the government resulted in a significant disruption in the daily lives of youth that may have affected their mental health. The aim of this study was to identify factors that influenced youth mental health during this period. Methods: Between March and May 2020, a sample of 1205 youths (age...
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Research on the relationships between the main constructs underlying inquiry-based learning is rarely reported in mathematics education research. Considering this as a complex problem which is worth to be investigated, the present study aims to provide some empirical evidences that might serve as an insight to support further investigations on the...
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Considering the health outcomes of loneliness, it is important to understand the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic for older adults to facilitate detection and intervention. The aim of this study was to examine loneliness among Spanish older adults during the first wave lockdown and associated factors, in comparison to younger adults. An online surv...
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La Consejería de Educación de la Junta de Castilla y León lanzó en 2018 su Plan para la Mejora de las Matemáticas (PMM), combinando de forma notable tres ingredientes que, cada día bajo un consenso más amplio, es imprescindible considerar en todo proyecto educativo de calidad, a saber: innovación, investigación y evaluación. En esta ponencia se pre...
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This work analyses the results of an authentic assessment (AA) and transformative assessment (TA) experience and use of information and communication technology (ICT) in Physical Education (PE) classes in high school.The experience involves the use of the Plickers application, and the participation of the students in the assessment (self-assessment...
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The COVID-19 disease has forced governments to adopt exceptional measures. The lockdown decreed in Spain in 2020 required citizens to stay confined at home, which might have affected their mental health. The objective is to identify factors that influenced adults' mental health during this period. A sample of 3,508 adults from the Spanish general p...
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Sex workers are particularly vulnerable to violence, isolation, and stigmatization. This study uses the theory of loneliness to explore the relations among violence, self-esteem, loneliness, health, and drug use. Specifically, this study tested a model in which loneliness mediates the relationship between situational (violence) and characterologica...
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Un elemento clave para mejorar cualquier sistema educativo es la formación inicial de maestros, donde en particular se construye el perfil docente bajo la influencia de factores afectivo-emocionales matemáticos. El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar si la formación universitaria produce cambios en el dominio afectivo matemático de los futuros m...
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Teacher training is a key element of any quality education system. In the field of mathematics education, identifying the factors that determine positive attitudes towards the teaching of this discipline in the context of initial teacher training is an inherent challenge. This work approaches the issue from a multivariate point of view through a mo...
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The incorporation of competences in Spain is a key element of its quality. However, there are no instruments available to measure them in the specific field of Physical Education Teacher Education. The main objective of this study is to design and validate a scale to measure the perception of the teaching competences of these students. For its cons...
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The use of formative and shared or co-assessment has been shown to improve the motivation, involvement and learning of university students. The aim of this study is to analyse the effect that implementing these processes has on university students' perception of their acquisition of transversal competences. The participants in the study were 1021 s...
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The aim of the researchers is to explore the causes and consequences of the psychological health of sex workers as well as provide an intervention model for the prevention of mental disorders in accordance with WHO levels. The study sample consisted of 146 sex workers from Spain. Loneliness and maltreatment have a negative influence on psychologica...
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El mundo actual se caracteriza por estar experimentando continuos cambios. En tales circunstancias, la creatividad surge como un requerimiento de la sociedad y como la solución para que los sujetos logren superar las dificultades y se puedan adaptar a los tiempos que corren. El siglo XXI es considerado el tiempo de la creatividad y es un concepto q...
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Palacios-Picos, A. (2016). Estrategias y técnicas cuantitativas para el estudio del dominio afectivo en matemáticas. En Resumen La medida del dominio afectivo matemático supone un aspecto de vital importancia en la investigación matemática. No obstante, no ha tenido el suficiente desarrollo en la formación de los futuros investigadores en este camp...
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This article describes the validation process of a scale aimed at knowing the perceptions regarding participative methodologies and the formative evaluation of Physical Education university students. We have undertaken a process of validation of the contents, comprehensibility and reliability of the questionnaire in three stages: In the first one,...
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The study of affective factors has responded to uncertainties present in some processes of teaching and learning mathematics. In this paper we propose to study one of the components of the affective domain: mathematical beliefs; in particular, we are interested in making a categorization system of mathematical beliefs of future teachers and knowing...
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Participation in non-competitive physical sports activities addres-sed to young people are an excellent means of training as long as there is a commitment of permanence and adherence to them. Identifying the factors which explain satisfaction and constancy becomes, therefore, an objecti-ve of any educational programme. Ḁrough a sample of 1,112 Elem...
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Participation in non-competitive physical sports activities addres-sed to young people are an excellent means of training as long as there is a commitment of permanence and adherence to them. Identifying the factors which explain satisfaction and constancy becomes, therefore, an objecti-ve of any educational programme. Ḁrough a sample of 1,112 Elem...
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Participation in non-competitive physical sports activities addressed to young people are an excellent means of training as long as there is a commitment of permanence and adherence to them. Identifying the factors which explain satisfaction and constancy becomes, therefore, an objective of any educational programme. Through a sample of 1,112 Eleme...
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Este artículo describe el proceso de validación de una escala para conocer las percepciones sobre metodologías participativas y de evaluación formativa de estudiantes universitarios de titulaciones de Educación Física. Se ha realizado un proceso de validación de contenido, comprensión y fiabilidad del cuestionario en tres fases: En la primera, de v...
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The study of affective factors has responded to uncertainties present in some processes of teaching and learning mathematics. In this paper we propose to study one of the components of the affective domain: mathematical beliefs; in particular, we are interested in making a categorization system of mathematical beliefs of future teachers and knowing...
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The study of affective factors has responded to uncertainties present in some processes of teaching and learning mathematics. In this paper we propose to study one of the components of the affective domain: mathematical beliefs; in particular, we are interested in making a categorization system of mathematical beliefs of future teachers and knowing...
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The measure of attitudes towards mathematics is a valuable area within the so-called affective domain in mathematics due to the number of investigations and the extension of their relations. However, most of the instruments currently available to measure these attitudes are validated by not overly robust psychometric procedures and, sometimes, in n...
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The measure of attitudes towards mathematics is a valuable area within the so-called affective domain in mathematics due to the number of investigations and the extension of their relations. However, most of the instruments currently available to measure these attitudes are validated by not overly robust psychometric procedures and, sometimes, in n...
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The measure of attitudes towards mathematics is a valuable area within the so-called affective domain in mathematics due to the number of investigations and the extension of their relations. However, most of the instruments currently available to measure these attitudes are validated by not overly robust psychometric procedures and, sometimes, in n...
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En el presente trabajo se analizan las diferentes tipologías de profesorado universitario en función de los sistemas de evaluación que utilizan. A partir de escalas fiables y válidas, se han realizado análisis multivariantes (clúster y ANOVAS) con una muestra de 217 profesores universitarios de Formación Inicial del Profesorado de 14 universidades....
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Math anxiety is the source of undesirable school situations such as forced-choice educational pathways, leaving school early or low performance in mathematics. In the present work are compared, using a structural equation model, possible causes and consequences of anxiety from the data obtained with four scales of high reliability and validity atti...
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This study analyzes diverse types of higher education teachers in terms of the systems and assessment tools they use. Reliable and valid attitudinal scales were developed and applied to a sample of 217 teachers from 14 Pre-service Teacher Education institutions in Spain. Data analysis was undertaken through multivariate analysis (cluster analysis a...
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The purpose of this study is to analyze the types of university teachers who provide initial teacher education (ITE) in terms of the systems and assessment tools they use. A review of current theory shows that consistency between discourse and assessment practice is important in improving student learning and honing students' assessment competencie...
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La elección condicionada de itinerarios educativos, el abandono escolar o los bajos rendimientos en matemáticas son algunas de las situaciones escolares negativas originadas por la ansiedad matemática. Es nuestra intención, contrastar mediante un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales, las posibles causas y las consecuencias de la ansiedad a partir de...
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The objective of the work described here is to detect the presence of negative beliefs toward Mathematics and determine whether there are significant statistical differences in these beliefs in different academic levels. We have carried out a statistical study of a sample of seven academic levels of students between the ages of 11 and 18. A series...
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La finalidad de este estudio es analizar la percepción que el alumnado tiene de los sistemas, instrumentos y técnicas de evaluación y calificación que se utilizan en la formación inicial del profesorado (FIP). Para determinar la situación actual de esta evaluación en la FIP se ha elaborado un cuestionario con cuatro subescalas que ha presentado un...
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La finalidad de este estudio es analizar la percepción que el alumnado tiene de los sistemas, instrumentos y técnicas de evaluación y calificación que se utilizan en la formación inicial del profesorado (FIP). Para determinar la situación actual de esta evaluación en la FIP se ha elaborado un cuestionario con cuatro subescalas que ha presentado un...
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In one of its many aspects, tourism may be considered a socio-psychological experience. Although factors such as socio-demographic characteristics affect tourism behavior, other factors related to subjective customer experience are emerging strongly to explain this complex process. This study summarizes the latest insights into one such complex pro...
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In this paper we study the level of mathematics anxiety that students in the first grade of Statistics degrees experience. We analize the relation between this construct and other factors such as gender, degrees profile (Bussines, Mathematics or General) and the mathematics subject studied in the previous year. The results show that female students...
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This Stud. Analyses Similarities and Differences in How Teach. Trainers and Trainees Perceive Some Aspects Related to Methodol., Assess., and Competence Devmt. That Characterise Instruct. for Fut. Teach.. A Questionnaire, Divided into Three Subscales or Thematic Flds., Was Constructed, Validated, and Administered to A Sample of 635 Students and 72...
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Tesis doctoral inédita. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Psicología, Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología. Fecha de lectura: 20-12-1993
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The aim of this study is to analyze the impact of pre-service teacher training on ICT integration in compulsory education in Spain. For this purpose we study the possibilities offered by the new Spanish legislation on teacher training on ICT, and the difficulties its implementation might have to face, with special attention paid to knowledge and at...
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Motivation and satisfaction are two concepts widely studied in tourism literature; the relevance of these constructs being derived from their impact on tourist behaviour. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the relationship between motivation and visitor satisfaction. A survey questionnaire was distributed to visitors at a rural destination...
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This paper shows a research made inside GSIC-EMIC group at the University of Valladolid. The work defines profiles and designs and develops recommendations about CSCL scenarios. This work has been carried out to be applied in the learning by competencies on ICT pre-service teachers training contexts, supported in learning by competences. Therefore,...
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Se ha extendido el discurso que afirma que los profundos cambios en las TIC experimentados en la última década han modificado también radicalmente el aprendizaje de nuestros estudiantes universitarios, considerados todos ellos nativos digitales. En este artículo se sostiene, sin embargo, que dichos cambios no son tan inmediatos, automáticos o benef...
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En el presente artículo se analizan las relaciones que pudieran existir entre tres importantes componentes del proceso de toma de decisión del turista como son la motivación del viaje, la satisfacción y la lealtad. Para ello, se han utilizado técnicas estadísticas multivariantes tales como el análisis factorial, el análisis de conglomerados y el an...
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Este artículo presenta la investigación realizada en el marco del Grupo GSIC-EMIC de la Universidad de Valladolid, para definir los perfiles y recomendaciones de diseño y desarrollo de entornos CSCL, para la formación inicial apoyada en aprendizaje por en competencias TIC del profesorado en Educación. Para ello, hemos empleado la metodología de inv...
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The quality management and customer satisfaction is a business strategy with great ability to generate profits and a strategic factor of supreme importance for companies in general and hospitality companies in particular. A factor-cluster approach was employed to identify tourist segment profiles based on their perceptions for quality attributes. A...
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La implantación de los créditos europeos como consecuencia de la Convergencia europea en la Educación Superior va a suponer un cambio significativo en el papel del profesor en los procesos de aprendizaje, en un entorno en el que la clase deberá ir cediendo en importancia a otros espacios virtuales que permitan desarrollar nuevas actividades. En est...
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La gestión de la calidad y de la satisfacción de los clientes es una estrategia comercial con gran capacidad para generar beneficios y un factor estratégico de suma importancia para las empresas en general y para las empresas hoteleras en particular. Los resultados obtenidos en la presente investigación mediante la aplicación de distintas técnicas...
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El presente artículo forma parte de una investigación mucho más amplia que se viene desarrollando en el GIR de Educación de la Universidad de Valladolid y, tras una descripción del estado de la cuestión, se describe la metodología y los resultados obtenidos en un diseño de estudio longitudinal sobre actitud emocional hacia las matemáticas. El traba...
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This study addresses the relationship between two key elements in tourism performance: visit motivation and level of satisfaction. Satisfaction is defined as the result of fulfilling the needs originally driving the journey. As such, motivation will lead to expectations which in their turn will end up in perceived satisfaction once expectations are...
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The mathematics performance at school, on the negative side, is becoming one of the topics most studied in Mathematical Education. Though it has been more traditional to analyze the relations between the performance and the cognitive aspects (knowledge and skills), in the last years the influence that the emotions have in the academic successes or...
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La satisfacción y la fidelidad de los visitantes tienen consecuencias importantes para las políticas turísticas y las empresas del sector: aumentan la repetición de la visita, crean buenas críticas y generan una imagen positiva del destino elegido. En el presente trabajo se explica la satisfacción de los visitantes de una ciudad declarada Patrimoni...
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El crédito europeo, además de un importante instrumento al servicio de la convergencia, representa una gran oportunidad para impulsar la calidad de las universidades. A partir de un nuevo enfoque en la cuantificación de los créditos, ha de permitir un cambio de mentalidad del profesor, más centrado ahora en los procesos de aprendizaje que en los de...
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Although nowadays certain agreement exists in the physiological and anatomical bases of dysphonias, but this agreement is not so clear in the causal agents nor in the influence that these could have in its prognosis. This research comes to this approach after the construction of a model (an equation of logical regression) that explains and predicts...
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Se profundiza, desde una perspectiva evolutiva, en algunos de los interrogantes planteados en el denominado dominio afectivo matemático tomando como eje principal el rechazo a las matemáticas. Los datos, con el referente de los resultados de un modelo de regresión logística, apoyarían la existencia de un círculo vicioso dificultad - aburrimiento -...
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El crédito europeo, además de un importante instrumento al servicio de la convergencia, representa una gran oportunidad para impulsar la calidad de las universidades. A partir de un nuevo enfoque en la cuantificación de los créditos, ha de permitir un cambio de mentalidad del profesor, más centrado ahora en los procesos de aprendizaje que en los de...
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En: Revista de Educación (Madrid) Madrid 1999, n. 320, mayo-agosto ; p. 271-293 Se analizan algunos factores que podrían explicar el bajo rendimiento en Matemáticas. Concretamente, se encuentra que ciertas aptitudes matemáticas fundamentales como son el cálculo elemental y la visión espacial han cambiado de forma ostensible en los escolares de últi...
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En: II Simposio sobre el currículum en la formación inicial de profesores de Primaria y Secundaria en el área Didáctica de las Matemáticas León 1997 ; p. 57-67 Se investiga uno de los posibles factores que origina la dificultad que los alumnos tienen en las Matemáticas. Se estudia, en concreto, lo relativo a las destrezas para calcular operaciones...
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Guía de la flora de Parla estructurada en dos partes: la primera, titulada 'Guía didáctica de los árboles' y una segunda con el nombre de 'Los árboles de Parla'. La guía didáctica pretende ser un esquema con las posibles formas de acercamiento al estudio de los árboles y a las características más importantes de cada especie. La segunda parte, prese...
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Se recoge un estudio minucioso de los diferentes aspectos que intervienen en el ámbito educativo de la población de Parla, con el objeto de conocer mejor la infraestructura de dicha comunidad educativa. El contenido consta de una parte introductora donde se revisan datos demográficos y socioeconómicos, contemplando el grado de instrucción de los ha...
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Trata la Educación ambiental a partir del estudio de la flora de Parla y su entorno. Los objetivos son: mostrar la interdepencia social, económica, ecológica y política que existe entre las áreas rurales y urbanas; sensibilizar al alumnado de los problemas medioambientales para involucrarlos en su solución en el respeto y la protección del medio am...

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