Alejandra Meneses

ORCID: 0000-0002-6563-5117
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Research Areas
  • Literacy and Educational Practices
  • Reading and Literacy Development
  • Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
  • Writing and Handwriting Education
  • Educational Innovations and Technology
  • Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
  • Education and Teacher Training
  • Educational Methods and Psychological Studies
  • E-Learning and Knowledge Management
  • Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
  • Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
  • Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
  • Cultural and political discourse analysis
  • Second Language Acquisition and Learning
  • Innovative Teaching Methods
  • Educational methodologies and cognitive development
  • Educational Research and Science Teaching
  • Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
  • Human Rights and Development
  • Education and Critical Thinking Development
  • International Development and Aid
  • Online and Blended Learning
  • Public-Private Partnership Projects
  • Language Development and Disorders

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
2015-2024

Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
2018-2023

University of Baghdad
2023

National Center for Technology Management
2023

Birkbeck, University of London
2023

Université de Yaoundé I
2023

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit
2023

National University of San Marcos
2022

Hospital Base Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen
2022

Hogan Lovells (United States)
2020

Despite a long-standing awareness of academic language as pedagogically relevant research area, the construct academic-language proficiency, understood more comprehensive set skills than just vocabulary, has remained vaguely specified. In this study, we explore inclusive operationalization an proficiency construct, core (CALS). CALS refers to constellation high-utility hypothesized support reading comprehension across school content areas. Using Core Academic Language Skills Instrument...

10.1002/rrq.104 article CA Reading Research Quarterly 2015-03-13

ABSTRACT Beyond academic vocabulary, the constellation of skills that comprise language proficiency has remained imprecisely defined. This study proposes an expanded operationalization this construct referred to as core (CALS). CALS refers knowledge and deployment a repertoire forms functions co-occur with school learning tasks across disciplines. Using innovative instrument, we explored in cross-sectional sample 235 students Grades 4–8. The results revealed between- within-grade variability...

10.1017/s014271641400006x article EN Applied Psycholinguistics 2014-03-17

Abstract Although literacy achievement has improved in Chile, adolescents’ underperformance reading comprehension is still a serious concern. In English, core academic‐language skills ( CALS ) have been found to significantly predict comprehension, even controlling for academic vocabulary knowledge. are high‐utility language that support across school content areas. Guided by an operational definition of Spanish (S‐ ), three goals drove this study: develop two psychometrically reliable...

10.1002/rrq.192 article EN Reading Research Quarterly 2017-06-07

Background Cognitive and linguistic factors have been incorporated into models to explain reading comprehension beyond classical of reading. This study explores the contribution executive functions, mainly domain‐general reading‐specific cognitive flexibility, in science texts monolingual Spanish speaking upper elementary students. Methods A total 275 Chilean students from fourth sixth grade participated this study. They were evaluated working memory, inhibition, fluency, academic vocabulary...

10.1111/1467-9817.12446 article EN Journal of Research in Reading 2024-01-29

El estudio tiene por objetivo examinar los diseños de actividades mediadas la tecnología creados profesores ciencias secundaria a partir seleccionada, conocimientos que orquestan y las contradicciones emergen integración tecnología. Los se analizaron en el marco del conocimiento tecnológico pedagógico contenido (TPACK) teoría actividad (TA). hallazgos informaron incluyen específica contenido, pero metas aprendizaje formulan son baja demanda cognitiva. Las principales estuvieron asociadas...

10.5565/rev/ensciencias.5931 article ES cc-by Enseñanza de las Ciencias Revista de investigación y experiencias didácticas 2025-03-03

Reading comprehension is a crucial skill that elementary school students must develop in order to learn science. However, there not yet enough research about the role multimodal texts play scaffolding student reading of complex scientific processes, such as energy transfer. This study explored how verbal and visual resources (scaffolding level) individual differences (reading skills) contribute science comprehension. One-hundred sixty Chilean fifth-graders were assessed on skills,...

10.1080/09500693.2018.1527472 article EN International Journal of Science Education 2018-10-06

Reading difficulties have reached a prevalence of 3–10% in school-age children. Those who present these avoid reading and benefit very little from school-based learning opportunities, resulting maladjustments, dropping out school having to repeat grades. Presented here are the results an intervention based on computer game intended for explicit phonic training first-grade children at risk possessing difficulties. Fifty-six low socioeconomic status (SES) 31 high status, divided into two...

10.1080/02103702.2016.1263451 article EN Journal for the Study of Education and Development Infancia y Aprendizaje 2017-01-02

Reading is a tool that promotes the learning of science across schooling. Scientific texts are conceptually and linguistically complex, especially for students from low-income contexts because they have neither experience with language nor literacy skills to face challenges scientific knowledge. This study used mix method approach compare cognitive scaffolding practiced by teachers during reading activities in high- low-performing schools. Three 141 fourth grade low socioeconomic background...

10.1080/09500693.2019.1641855 article EN International Journal of Science Education 2019-08-02

<p style="text-align: justify;">El interés por el estudio del clima organizacional ha crecido rápidamente durante los últimos años, ya que las organizaciones, a través de la implementación sistemas gestión calidad y inclusión dicho tema en indicadores gestión, han asumido como uno elementos básicos para generar mejoramiento continuo. Así, objetivo este artículo es presentar panorama estudios (CO) Bogotá, D.C. (Colombia), hallados 10 instituciones educación superior 2 bibliotecas...

10.15332/s1794-9998.2006.0002.12 article ES cc-by-sa Diversitas 2006-06-21

La escritura es una tarea que conlleva alta demanda cognitiva y lingüística, cuya dificultad se ve incrementada al momento de escribir textos académicos, por lo los estudiantes deben aprender a utilizar el lenguaje para producir distintos géneros discursivos. El objetivo este estudio analizar la calidad explicaciones argumentaciones producidas chilenos. muestra estuvo conformada 153 chilenos 8º básico tres establecimientos educacionales pertenecientes grupos socioeconómicos (alto, medio...

10.4067/s0718-09342019000100031 article ES cc-by Revista signos 2018-09-13

Si bien la complejidad sintáctica ha sido preferentemente estudiada en producciones escritas, menos investigaciones se han desarrollado para explorar relaciones sintácticas diferentes tipos de textos y las fases constitutivas estos. este trabajo presenta un estudio casos cuya finalidad es indagar acerca discursos monogestionados vinculándola con modalidad comunicación secuencia textual. La muestra consistió textuales narrativas explicativas orales escritas cuatro estudiantes quinto año...

10.7764/onomazein.25.03 article ES cc-by-nd Onomázein Revista de lingüística filología y traducción 2012-01-01

Producto de las transformaciones digitales, sociales y culturales, prácticas literacidad en la actualidad incorporan diversos modos semióticos, medios espacios tanto dentro como fuera escuela. Sin embargo, enseñanza del lenguaje escuelas se ha centrado principalmente el aprendizaje código verbal. A pesar que propuesto una pedagogía multiliteracidad hace más década, explorado poco sobre los beneficios dificultades su implementación educación primaria secundaria. Por lo tanto, este artículo...

10.18239/ocnos_2023.22.2.346 article ES cc-by-nc-nd Ocnos Revista de Estudios sobre Lectura 2023-07-25

Se determinó la coherencia curricular entre oportunidades de aprendizaje y habilidades científicas ofrecidas por un texto escolar chileno las actividades aula en 5º grado asociadas al contenido "Fuerza". realizó análisis discursivo unidad didáctica del con el fin construir matrices para tópicos habilidades; medición se a través índice Porter coherencia. Los resultados muestran que promueve más observación (24.2%) menos ordenamiento información (0.95%). En clases, predominó repetición...

10.1590/1516-73132014000400012 article ES cc-by Ciência & Educação (Bauru) 2014-11-29

Picture books frequently make use of distinctive typography to indicate emphasis or evaluative expression, distinguish particular characters and contribute the interpretive possibilities narrative in a variety ways. However, potential significance is not always taken into account discussion interpretation children's literature picture book translation. In this paper we investigate influence interaction with language choices on Oliver Jeffers' STUCK (2011) discuss impact different Spanish...

10.3366/ircl.2014.0127 article EN International Research in Children s Literature 2014-11-25
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