Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis
| Autores principales: | , |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Online |
| Idioma: | spa |
| Publicado: |
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
2017
|
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678 |
| id |
ENSAYOSP9678 |
|---|---|
| record_format |
ojs |
| spelling |
ENSAYOSP96782023-01-31T21:26:29Z Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis Competencia léxico-productiva, memoria a corto plazo y desempeño académico en nivel superior: correlaciones a partir de un análisis simple y uno multivariado Zapico, Martín Gonzalo Gómez-Delsouc, Alejandro vocabulario memoria desempeño académico educación superior vocabulary memory academic performance higher education Talking about academic performance in higher education is to refer to a subject of great interest both terms of theoretical reflection and praxis. Given the large number of studies and the great diversity of them in the field of performance prediction, many elements that predict academic performance have been proposed. However, three of them stand out because of their statistical strength: personal motivation (self-esteem, expectations, stress), critical judgment, and performance in previous instances. The hypothesis proposed in this paper is that both lexical-productive vocabulary and working memory can be statistically valid indicators of academic performance. To confirm this hypothesis, a quantitative comparative analysis (descriptive and correlation statistics) was performed in a sample of 120 students of an institute of higher education which were administered both a test of lexical-productive vocabulary and a test of working memory. The results suggest that vocabulary is a highly reliable predictor of performance, while memory has a significantly lower degree of correlation than that of vocabulary. Hablar de desempeño académico en el nivel superior es referirse a un tema de gran interés tanto en términos de reflexión teórica como de praxis. Teniendo en cuenta la gran cantidad de estudios, y la gran diversidad de estos en el ámbito de la predicción del desempeño, se han propuesto gran cantidad de elementos que predicen el desempeño académico. No obstante, tres destacan por su solidez estadística: la motivación personal (autoestima, expectativas, estrés), el juicio crítico y el desempeño en instancias previas. La hipótesis que se sostiene en este trabajo es que tanto el vocabulario léxico-productivo como la memoria de trabajo pueden ser indicadores estadísticamente válidos del desempeño académico. Para confirmar dicha hipótesis se realizó un análisis comparativo cuantitativo (estadística descriptiva y correlacional) en una muestra de 120 estudiantes de un instituto de formación superior a quienes se les administró tanto un test de vocabulario léxico-productivo como un test de memoria de trabajo. Los resultados sugieren que el vocabulario es un predictor altamente fiable del desempeño, en tanto la memoria, si bien tiene un grado de correlación, es significativamente más bajo que el del vocabulario. Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica 2017-07-07 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion scientific papers artículos científicos application/pdf text/html audio/mpeg https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678 10.15359/rep.12-1.8 Ensayos Pedagógicos Journal; Vol. 12 No. 1 (2017): January-June; 149-165 Revista Ensayos Pedagógicos; Vol. 12 Núm. 1 (2017): Enero-junio; 149-165 2215-3330 1659-0104 spa https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678/11592 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678/11601 https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678/23666 Derechos de autor 2017 Revista Ensayos Pedagógicos |
| institution |
Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica |
| collection |
Revista Ensayos Pedagógicos |
| language |
spa |
| format |
Online |
| author |
Zapico, Martín Gonzalo Gómez-Delsouc, Alejandro |
| spellingShingle |
Zapico, Martín Gonzalo Gómez-Delsouc, Alejandro Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| author_facet |
Zapico, Martín Gonzalo Gómez-Delsouc, Alejandro |
| author_sort |
Zapico, Martín Gonzalo |
| title |
Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| title_short |
Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| title_full |
Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| title_fullStr |
Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Lexical Productive Competency, Short-Term Memory and Academic Performance in Higher Education: Correlations from a Simple and a Multivariate Analysis |
| title_sort |
lexical productive competency, short-term memory and academic performance in higher education: correlations from a simple and a multivariate analysis |
| title_alt |
Competencia léxico-productiva, memoria a corto plazo y desempeño académico en nivel superior: correlaciones a partir de un análisis simple y uno multivariado |
| publisher |
Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica |
| publishDate |
2017 |
| url |
https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ensayospedagogicos/article/view/9678 |
| work_keys_str_mv |
AT zapicomartingonzalo lexicalproductivecompetencyshorttermmemoryandacademicperformanceinhighereducationcorrelationsfromasimpleandamultivariateanalysis AT gomezdelsoucalejandro lexicalproductivecompetencyshorttermmemoryandacademicperformanceinhighereducationcorrelationsfromasimpleandamultivariateanalysis AT zapicomartingonzalo competencialexicoproductivamemoriaacortoplazoydesempenoacademicoennivelsuperiorcorrelacionesapartirdeunanalisissimpleyunomultivariado AT gomezdelsoucalejandro competencialexicoproductivamemoriaacortoplazoydesempenoacademicoennivelsuperiorcorrelacionesapartirdeunanalisissimpleyunomultivariado |
| _version_ |
1805405560943673344 |