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Aplicación de algoritmos meméticos en la programación de horarios de clases
(2012-08)
The objective of this research is to solve a scheduling problem using memetic algorithms which solve problems with a large number of variables and constraints. This method can be applied to different scheduling problems ...
Mayormente las nenas: gendered discourses in online and offline educational settings
(2009)
This ethnographic case study explored the ways in which gendered discourses were enacted by students in an English language classroom and their corresponding educational weblogs. The participants were 18 pre-basic English ...
Sample ESL oral tests to assess English proficiency skills of pre-basic students at UPRM
(2009)
No specific test exists to assess oral proficiency of English as a Second Language in PR. Therefore, new instruments were designed, developed, and piloted for undergraduate Pre-Basic students. The Sample Oral Test developed ...
Because they said so: Life stories of four college students in Puerto Rico and the influential factors in their English learning process
(2009)
This investigation used life history to understand the different factors that have influenced the current motivations to learn English and perceptions about this language of several learners at the University of Puerto ...
Attitudes of basic track students towards English at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez
(2007-12)
This thesis examined the attitudes toward English of 238 Puerto Rican students enrolled in the Basic English sequence, including the Pre-Basic course, at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus. The thesis also ...
Adapting RPG’s in an ESL college classroom
(2011)
In this study, Role Playing Games (RPG‟s) were adapted and used in an ESL classroom in the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, in order to explore the students' different identities, to engage their imagination, to ...
Withdrawal and non-passing grades in UPRM pre-calculus I: What’s language got to do with it?
(2014)
The focus of this study is to examine if the English language influences withdrawal or failure rates in Pre-Calculus I at the University of Puerto Rico in Mayaguez. Using data from the Office of Research and Institutional ...
“I am doing better and better”: From critical pedagogy to action research
(2011)
The main goal of this Participatory Action Research (PAR) study is to empower students to become aware of, and address issues of inequality and social injustices through literacy practices such as reading and writing ...
Dictionary use and instruction in pre-basic English at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez
(2008-05)
This study examines the point of view of the professors and instructors of Pre- Basic English on the role of the dictionary in the Pre-Basic English classroom. It also examines the dictionary using habits in English and ...
Diseño de un sistema para el manejo de información de proyectos de construcción en la Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez
(2009)
The purpose of this project is the optimization of the flow of information between all personnel involved in the construction projects of the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. In addition, an attempt to reduce ...