Applying Predictive Data Mining to Discover Factors Associated to the Language Skill Performance from Elementary School Students by Timarán-Pereira, Ricardo, Caicedo-Zambrano, Javier, Timarán-Buchely, Andrea

“…In this paper, predictive data mining techniques are applied to determine the academic performance from fifth grade students in the Saber 5° tests Language skill at Colombian elementary schools in 2017. We employed the CRISP-DM methodology.  …”

Editorial Note by Miranda, Diego

“…The editorial institutions of the Colombian Journal of Horticultural Sciences are pleased to communicate the recent entry into quartile 3 (Q3) of the SJR (Scimago), in the topics of Horticulture; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous); and Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous). …”

Cultural memory in Warburg and the limitations of the construction of national memory in Colombia: Regenerationism and the Pre-Columbian past by Vilaltella, Javier

“…This study shows the limitations of Colombian historical discourse, created by Regenerationism. …”

Methodological proposal for the definition of improvement strategies in logistics of SME by Becerra, Yeimy Liseth

“…A methodological proposal for defining strategies of improvement in logistics of SMEs is presented as a means to fulfill a specific objective of the project Methodological design on storage logistics, acquisition, ownership of information systems and communication for Colombian SMEs, baker subsector, which currently runs the research group SEPRO, of Universidad Nacional of Colombia and supported by Colciencias. …”

Production of “chonto” tomato lines, Solanum lycopersicum Mill., with expression of the sp gene responsible of determinate growth by Burbano E., Esteban, Vallejo C., Franco Alirio

“…Introgression of the recessive sp gene, responsible of determinate growth, was carried out from IPA 4 Brazilian tomato to UNAPAL-Maravilla Colombian “chonto” tomato to modify the architecture of the plant and contribute to the reduction of production costs. …”

1968 in the Literary Production of Colombia: Individual, Violence and Society by Acevedo Tarazona, Álvaro

“…This article is divided into three independent but interconnected sections, each one of which analyzes some of the most important objects of literary consumption of the time and ends with a study of the incidence of these texts on the Colombian population.…”

Visualization of urban floodplains in the Amazon foothill using the geo-inspired model of natural vector multi-agents (AVNG) by Millán-Rojas, Edwin Eduardo, Pérez-Castillo, José Nelson, Gallego Torres, Adriana Patricia

“…In order to implement the AVNG conceptual model, we studied the Colombian Amazon foothills, where flash floods in urban areas cause material disasters and loss of human lives.…”

Fuzzy AHP for 3PL supplier’s performance evaluation considering risk by Ramírez-Flórez, Giselle, Tabares-Urrea, Natalia, Osorio-Gómez, Juan Carlos

“…The proposed model is based in a FAHP and validated in a manufacturing Colombian company for a freight land transport provider.…”

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

“…The peace agreements between the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces –FARC– and the National Government in Havana include a point of great relevance for the rural sector: the Comprehensive Rural Reform. …”

Cinema reporter and the reconfiguration of Cartagena de Indias popular culture 1936-1957 by Chica Geliz, Ricardo, Acuña Rodríguez, Olga Yanet

“…This article presents a discussion about the place that popular classes took in the construction of a Colombian cultural image, due to the fact that the upper classes wanted to promote a modernization of the country copying some of the Northern countries models. …”

Impact of the English Program Materials in a Public University in Colombia by GONZÁLEZ MARÍN, CLARA INÉS, MARÍN PALACIO, NATHALIA, CARO GUTIÉRREZ, MIGUEL ANTONIO ANTONIO

“…This is the report of a research proposal that had as its main purpose the identification of the impact of the materials used for teaching an English language course in the institutional English program of a Colombian university. To this end, we made use of the descriptive research parameters to analyze the materials that were being implemented in the program, and of a pre-experimental research to determine the impact of various and new types of materials in the development of oral skills into two groups of students of the fourth level of English. …”

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

“…Findings revealed that the stories impacted directly on students’ knowledge and understanding of other cultures as well as of the Colombian one. This strategy also helped them to build their vocabulary and to transform the way these kids were used to develop the English classes. …”

The teaching process through the eyes of teachers’ emotions by Henao, John Fredy, Marín, Andrés Elías

“…This article presents the findings of the research Anger, joy, and sadness of teachers: an educational point of view, which included public sector teachers in some institutions of the Colombian Department of Caldas. The overall objective revolved around emotions within the classroom; the teacher-student relationships resulting from them were analyzed to understand their mediating role in communication and as an essential element for decision-making regarding teaching. …”

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

“…It involved children and adolescents from families that were victims of the Colombian armed conflict, inhabitants of the municipalities of Villavicencio, in Meta, and Soacha, in Cundinamarca.…”

Movimiento universitario, programas curriculares y universidad en Colombia durante 1921 by VARGAS HERNÁNDEZ, OLMEDO

“…Here is a fundamental diference work the Universitary Movement with the role done in other periods of the Colombian History.…”

Lo evidente y lo oculto en la cuentística de Héctor Abad Faciolince by Sierra Galvis, Ángela Marcela

“…Palabras clave:cuentos, Héctor Abad Faciolince, Sociocrítica, campo literario, historia oculta, habitus, illusio, toma de posición.Abstract:The critical understanding of Colombian Short Stories through the work of one of the dominant writers in the literary field in Colombia, Héctor Abad Faciolince, is the path of  this  research. …”

Caracterización de la población y descripción de los hábitos alimenticios del mono aullador, Alouatta seniculus (Linnaeus, 1766), (Primate: Atelidae) en un parche de bosque, vereda... by Alvarado Macías, Javier Humberto

A Breath of Poetry in the Classroom by Márquez García, Rubiela

“…It was used the educational Ethnographic approach through a qualitative nature; the research population were 32 sixth grade students from a Colombian educational establishment and the information was collected through a survey, literary liturgy and literary talk. …”

HISTORIOGRAPHY TENDENCIES SEEN THROUGH THE DOCTORATE THESES IN SCIENCES OF EDUCATION. RUDECOLOMBIA (1998 - 2007) by Acuña Rodríguez, Olga Yanet

“…It is important to recall that the Doctorate Formation program basis was the research project, “History of the Colombian University, 1774 – 1992”, which has been enriched with both research and doctor theses contribution. …”

Análisis de metales pesados en suelos irrigados con agua del río Guatiquía. (Heavy Metal Analysis on Soils Irrigated with Water from the Guatiquía River.) by Ramírez Niño, M. Á., Navarro Ramírez, M. Á.

“…The extraction and quantification were based on the methods described in the Colombian technical standard 3388 and 3934 respectively. …”