The Use of Metacognitive Strategies to Enhance Reading Comprehension Skills by Muñoz-Muñoz, Ángela Elvinia, Ocaña de Castro, Myriam

“…According to a comparison of average scores using the Students ́ t-Test for independent samples, a 0,05 level of significance was found, proving that the use of metacognitive strategies had a positive influence in the reading process of high school students of the eighth grade in two public educational institutions from the municipalities of Nuevo Colón and Samacá (Boyacá, Colombia).…”

associativity, entrepreneurship, indigenous communities, Colombian post-conflict. by Pitre-Redondo, Remedios, Cardona-Arbeláez, Diego, Hernández-Palma, Hugo

“…In this paper, it is reported a research that seeks to know the features of the Colombian indian  with reference to his entrepreneurship, which is relevant to the challenges arising at the end of the armed conflict in Colombia. To collect the information required for an exploratory / descriptive approach analysis, a questionnaire to indigenous leaders linked to these communities in socio-economic cut programs was applied. …”

Emotions and Teachers’ Professional Identity: Relations and Incidence by Buitrago-Bonilla, Rafael Enrique, Cárdenas-Soler, Ruth Nayibe

“…In this context, this article presents results concerning the aspects related to the identity and the feelings of seventeen last semester students from the Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia towards the profession they have chosen. The research used the case study with multiple units of analysis and the indepth interview as data collection methods, which were analyzed thanks to the computer program ATLAS TI. …”

Political Violence and Narratives. A Subjective Dimension by Herrera, Martha Cecilia, Olaya, Vladimir

“…This current phrase in Colombia suggests the positioning of recent political violence issues in the public agenda, which has triggered the development of academic research as well as the design of public policies that aim at the clarification of events related to the armed conflict and their possible solutions. …”

Stochastic Simulation to Determine the Present Net Value and Uncertainty Costin a Wind Power Plant by Rivera, Sergio, Valencia, Tomas

“…Taking as a study object a hypothetical wind plant in Cabo de la Vela, in La Guajira, Colombia, with the same characteristics as the current  Jepirachi plant of EPM, where the probability density function of the net present value of the project is found, and the probability of project profitability. …”

Introduction and development of Upland cotton cultivars in the Colombian production system: A review by Burbano-Figueroa, Oscar, Montes-Mercado, Karen Sofía, Pastrana-Vargas, Iván Javier, Cadena-Torres, Jorge

“…Genealogy and traits data of the Colombian cultivars is scattered across grey literature which reduces chances to discover, access and evaluate this information.Consequently, the objectives of this review were: i) to describe traits and genealogy of the Upland cotton cultivars developed by the breeding programs in Colombia, and ii) to describe the Upland cotton cultivars from other countries that have been introduced into the Colombian production system. …”

Background, realities and challenges of the national programs for the Comprehensive Rural Reform by Figueroa-Torres, Yady Nohelia, Pérez-Bello, Sandra Milena, Villamarín-Monroy, Claudia Liliana, Rincón-Pérez, Alfonso

“…In order to achieve this, first, the situations of rural poverty and rural-city gap in Colombia were described, and second, the proposals of the comprehensive rural reform to overcome poverty and reduce these gaps were revised, with the aim of understanding the context in which this reform is proposed to be implemented.…”

Editorial by Fischer, Gerhard

“…Por ejemplo, en este número se consideraron 25 artículos en los idiomas: español, inglés y portugués, provenientes de Colombia, Brasil, Perú, Argentina y Venezuela.…”

The Migrant Subject in the Novels of the Colombian Writer Óscar Godoy Barbosa by Fajardo García, Johanna Alexandra

“…The protagonists of the three novels experience migratory processes common to Colombia and Latin America after 1950. Overpopulation and the proliferation of cultures and customs are accentuated by the rush for progress. …”

The avatars of military education in New Granada (1820-1855) by Prado Arellano, Luis Ervin

“…From the beginning of the formation of the nation state in Colombia, the men associated with the use of arms made efforts to establish a school to contribute to the professionalization of oficers for the army. …”

Rural extension approaches for the development of blackberry producers in the department of Caldas by Henao-Castaño, Angélica María, Tobasura-Acuña, Isaías

“…This work compiles the differences and similarities in the rural extension approaches that the Universidad de Caldas and the Horticultural Association of Colombia (Asohofrucol) have used during the last six 6 years with blackberry producers in the municipalities of Aranzazu and Manzanares (Caldas). …”

Affectivity and academic performance in the language area by Espinel Mesa, Omaira Milena, Samacá Pesca, Graciela del Carmen, Cristancho Altuzarra, José Gabriel

“…This article presents the results of the research entitled “Affectivity and academic performance in the Language Area”, through the implementation of a pedagogical proposal as a methodological strategy to develop emotional competencies that strengthen the learning process and contribute to the integral development of students of the second and fourth grades of Primary School of the Educational Institution Ramón Ignacio Avella in Aquitania (Boyacá, Colombia). The work has been developed with a criticalsocial approach and through an action research, systematizing and analysing the pedagogical practices of teachers.…”

Insult and Politics in Divergent Discourse:Case Study of the FARC-EP by Cediel Gómez, Yulia Katherine, Olave Arias, Giohanny

“…This is a research about a corpus composed by communications of the guerrilla Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia- Ejército del Pueblo (FARC-EP), which was published between 2010 and 2012. …”

Storytelling as a Didactic Proposal to Approach Culture Topics in a Fifth Graders' Classroom by Esteban Nuñez, María Teresa, Gómez Ríos, Ana Victoria

“…This research study was developed with ten fifth graders in the primary School Inem Carlos Arturo Torres, headquarters Las Américas, in Tunja, Colombia. The objectives of this study were to guide students to gain more knowledge about other cultures as well as their own one, to become aware of cultural differences and to develop more positive and accepting perceptions of different cultures. …”

Effect of trans-zeatin riboside application on growth of banana (Musa AAA Simmonds) cv. Williams in the juvenile phase by Schiller, Luis Gregorio, Magnitskiy, Stanislav

“…Williams plants during the vegetative phase on two farms located in the production zone of the Magdalena province, Colombia. The effect of trans-zeatin riboside applications at doses of 0.00, 0.05, 0.25, or 0.45 mg L-1 via foliar spraying was evaluated, with 15 days between the applications, starting with transplant to the field and lasting until 10 weeks of growth. …”

Resilience in children and multidimensional thinking as a social transforming factor by Alvarán-López, Sandra Milena, Carrero-Torres, Cindy Tatiana, Castellanos-Triviño, Héctor Rafael, Pinilla-López, Heidy Yohanna

“…The child and adolescent populations have been some of the primary victims of the armed conflict in Colombia. Physical, cognitive, and psycho-affective damages are the major consequences of childhood exposure to a long history of violence in the country. …”

Understanding community actions in environmental education in Chiquinquirá, Boyacá by Figueroa-Vargas, Deisy, García-García, Luz Elena

“…The article presents the results of the research that aimed to know the perceptions about the community actions done in environmental education in the municipality of Chiquinquirá, Boyacá, Colombia. The approach was the hermeneutic with an interpretative method. …”

Historia del programa radial “pedagógicamente” by Galindo Mendoza, Myriam Cristina, Aragón Bueno, María Gracia

“…This article is a review that aims to reveal the experience that has been carried out since the beginning of the radio program that belongs to the Bachelor in Basic Edu- cation with emphasis on Mathematics, Humanities and Spanish Language of the Faculty of Distance Studies at Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, which is called “Pedagogically”. This program recognizes the several possibilities of the radio as an opportunity that provides the social appropriation of knowledge by means of dissemination and continuous communication about topics of edu- cational and formative interest. …”

Paleontología by Ramos Franco, Albaluz

“…En esta emisión se cuenta la participación de la egresada en biología de la UPTC Herley Cortés Parra quien ha dedicado sus estudios al conocimiento sobre la paleontología en Colombia y el mundo quien conceptualiza en este campo. …”

Análisis de la percepción de egresados de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Administrativas-UPTC 2012 2012-2017 by Ayala Montoya, Luisa Fernanda, Ballesteros Alfonso, Alba Lorena, Gómez Velasco, Nubia Yaneth

“…Spa: En Colombia, la educación juega un papel fundamental en el desarrollo y bienestar social, especialmente, en aspectos relacionados con la equidad social, mejoramiento de la competitividad y la productividad. …”