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The IIDE organizes the First Latin American Forum for Educational Evaluation.

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The REDIE confirms its permanence in the Index of Quality Journals of Conacyt.

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Researchers from the IIDE involved in the creation of the Network of Written Culture and Discursive Communities.

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Researcher of the Mexican Academy of Sciences present in meeting with post graduate students from the IIDE.

Researchers gather at the IIDE to advance the project of translating INEE tests.Page 5

SEPTEMBER 2012- NUMBER 4

Editorial

Directory:

Dr. Felipe Cuamea VelázquezRector

Dr. Joaquín Caso NieblaPrincipal

M.T.R.I. Julio César Cano GutiérrezPrincipal Assistant

L.C.C. Ana Gabriela Zaragoza PeraltaEditora

Dr. Lewis McAnally SalasCoordinator of Post graduate programs

Dr. Óscar Roberto López BonillaVice-Rector Ensenada

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This number informs about the most important activities registered in the IIDE during the month of September. As can be seen, all of the notes that comprise IIDENTIDAD no. 4 illustrate the substantial functions that guide the work of the Institute. First of all, it is remarked the start of activities of the new generation of the Master in Educational Sciences whose performance is expected to be better than pasts generations. It also documents the progress and results of two research projects, one involving the adaptation and translation of educational achievement tests into Mayan language in preschool, and another in which a set of factors related to educational achievement in high school students in the state are being identify. In one of the news the IIDE´s participation in the Network of Written Culture and Discursive Communities, recently formalized, and which also involved other institutions of higher education in the country is described. In another note the recent consult offered to the Faculty of Engineering, Mexicali on education and competency assessment matters, as well as the specific actions of collaboration committed to universities such as the UADY and the UAQROO, product of the visit of two of its teachers-researchers is documented. Finally, in this issue is highlighted the organization of a workshop on the editing and publishing electronic journals and the Iberoamerican Forum of Educational Evaluation, events that besides representing training spaces for our researchers and students, also represent outreach activities targeted to other academic actors of the UABC, the entity and from other parts of the country. In summary, the activity recorded last month not only aims to address the substantive functions of the UABC, but also to serve the activities and goals involved in our Institutional Development Plan. Serve this bulletin to give account of it.

M.C. Estrella Velasco LópezAdministrator

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Project of month

In order to propose a model explaining the importance of learning opportunities (ODAS) in the academic performance of high school students in Baja California, in the subjects of Spanish and Mathematics, Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Macias presented the results of a study involving a sample of 21,650 students enrolled in that negatively influence academic performance, 88 schools of the state. For data collection was as well as in curriculum coverage and time necessary to apply a set of questionnaires, scales devoted to the content review. and inventories developed by the UEE in 2010, which allow to explore the factors associated with Dr. Juan Carlos Rodriguez Macias, a member of the educational attainment that involves both National System of Researchers, completed his personal variables, student's home and school, as doctoral studies in Social Sciences with variables related to the learning opportunities specialization in Regional Development at the provided by the principal and the teacher. Colegio de la Frontera Norte. He is a member of

the UEE and teacher of Master's and Doctoral From the analysis of the variables considered in programs at the IIDE.this study, Dr. Rodriguez Macias identified those variables that explain better the educational outcomes of students, being the student's educational expectations, socioeconomic status and school motivation, among others, those explaining better the achievement of students in Spanish and Math.

Meanwhile, the absence and lateness of teachers, according to the students report, are two factors

Android in action (2011). Frank Ableson, Robi Sen, Chris King y Enrique Ortiz.

La educación superior en el proceso histórico de México. Tomo IV (2002). David Piñera Ramírez.

“Opportunities to learn Spanish and Mathematics: multilevel analysis applied to a sample of high

school students in first and second grade."

Dr. Juan Carlos Rodríguez Macías investigador de la

UEE.

Beautiful Visualization (2010). M.D. Gall y Keith A. Acheson.

Newness in the CIE

News of the month

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El proceso de la convergencia digital: una propuesta estratégica para

Autores: Mayer Cabrera Flores y Arturo Serrano Santoyo.

Presentación: 13 de abril de 2012 en la Facultad de Ciencias Administrativas y Sociales, UABC. Presentación: 13 de abril de 2012 en instalaciones del

IIDE.

With a total of 25 students, on Monday September 3rd began the classes of the Master in Educational Sciences (MCE) of the Institute, class 2012-2014.The curriculum of this program considers that from the beginning the students should start working with their tutors on their title, to ensure

program content and the academic ability of the the fulfillment of the orientation program in the

teaching staff who is in charge of its operation and faculty of educational research.

development

The MCE is offered every two years, and this generation is one of the most numerous.

The MCE program is recognized as a consolidated program from CONACYT in the register of the National Postgraduate Quality since 2006, a title that has been preserved by the quality of the

Under the Educational Research Seminar offered by the Institute for Educational Research and Development (IIDE) from UABC, we have the participation of Dr. Pedro Canto Herrera, a researcher from the Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan and member of the Mexican Academy of Sciences. Sciences, Doctor in Education specializing in

Curriculum and Instruction from the Universidad Dr. Canto, presented the conference "Education Autonoma de Yucatan and Ohio University and Life stories" exhibition in which he presented to a post doctorate from the University of Barcelona. large group of post graduate students the nature He is a member of the National System of and importance of social research, and the Researchers.implications and usefulness of their results in the With the presence of researchers such as Dr.

University solving existing social problems. Canto, the Mexican Academy of Science, the As part of a set of activities performed in this city, UABC and the IIDE are looking to endorse the Dr. Canto also presented to students and primary commitment with the scientific development of school teachers with whom he exchanged points of the country, raising awareness to diverse view about the importance of the use of new populations to bring these closer and keep them information technologies in the teaching-learning interested in science, and in this particular case, processes.on issues related to educational research.

Dr. Canto is a member of the Mexican Academy of

Researcher of the Mexican Academy of Sciences present in meeting with post

graduate students from the IIDE.

Dr. Pedro Canto Herrera.

New Master class starts at the IIDE.

Members of class

2012-2014.

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Aportaciones de la investigación a la

Recently at the IIDE facilities, Dr. Guillermo Solano Flores, University of Colorado (USA), Prof. Alejandro Ruiz, from the Universidad Autonoma de Zacatecas, and Drs. Luis Ángel Contreras Niño and Eduardo Backhoff Escudero, researchers from the IIDE, met in order to review the progress on

After the stage of results, researchers will gather the study of the relevance of the Mayan preschool

in Mexico City with a group of external tests translation, funded by the INEE and

consultants who will issue observations and coordinated by Dr. Backhoff.

recommendations to be integrated in the final report which will become a book to be published At the meeting the data collected in July related to shortly by the INEE.the answers to the tests that were applied to

approximately 360 preschool children in various communities in the state of Yucatan was analyzed. They also committed and distributed the tasks related to the specific statistical analysis and other activities associated with the description of the project results.

El pasado 27 de septiembre el IIDE contó con la visita de un grupo de académicos de la Facultad de Ingeniería de la UABC campus Mexicali, quienes recibieron asesoría de la doctora Edna Luna Serrano en el tema de “Educación y evaluación por competencias” por parte de la

La Dra. Luna, miembro del Sistema Nacional de Dra. Edna Luna Serrano, investigadora de este

Investigadores, es especialista en el tema de la Instituto.

evaluación de la docencia y evaluación de la formación Dicha solicitud se da en el marco del proyecto profesional. Actualmente funge como Coordinadora “Investigación para definir las funciones de la Red de Investigadores sobre Evaluación de la académico-administrativas a nivel directivo en Docencia (RIED) y como Editora científica de la Revista las Instituciones Educativas de Ingeniería, bajo Electrónica de Investigación Educativa (REDIE). el modelo de competencias”, mismo que

contará con el acompañamiento de la Dra. Luna.

Investigadora del IIDE asesora a académicos de la Facultad de Ingeniería.

Académicos de la Facultad de Ingeniería.

Researchers gather at the IIDE to advance the project of translating INEE tests.

Dr. Backhoff project

coordinator.

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The IIDE organizes the First Latin American Forum for Educational Evaluation.

The Universidad Autonoma of Baja California and the Educational System of Baja California

organized the FIRST AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL EVALUATION FORUM on November 5th, 6th

and 7th, 2012, to be held at the Arts Center of Ensenada (CEARTE).The forum involved specialists in the area of educational evaluation such as Drs. José Luis

Gaviria (UCM, Spain), Felipe Martínez Rizo (UAA-Mexico), Ana Maria Aceves (SEP-Mexico),

Guillermo Solano Flores (University of Colorado-USA), Manuel González Montesinos

(UNISON-Mexico), Arturo de la Orden (UCM, Spain), Margarita Zorrilla (INEE-Mexico), Jesus

Jornet (UV-Spain), Luis Lizasoain (UPV, Spain), Yolanda Leyva (UNITEC-Mexico), Eduardo

Backhoff (UABC-Mexico), Norma Larranzolo, Felipe Tirado (UNAM-Mexico), Edna Luna

(UABC-Mexico) and Lorenzo Gomez-Morin (FLACSO-Mexico), Luis Angel Contreras (UABC-

Mexico ), Juan Carlos Rodríguez (UABC-Mexico) and Coral Gonzalez (UCM, Spain).

Simultaneously, the Latin American Network of Educational Evaluation will be integrated.All the conferences that make up this program will be transmitted via USTREAM system in the

link http://www.ustream.tv/user/UABC.More information at the Educational Assessment Unit on mobile (646) 1750707 and e-mail

.uee@uabc.edu.mx

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In recent days the signing of the agreement for the creation, establishment, operation and functioning of the Network of Written Culture and Discursive Communities (RECECD) was signed; in this project the UABC participates through the Academic Discourse, Identity and Educational Practices Department, integrated Puebla, the Universidad de las Americas in Puebla, by Drs. Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio, the Universidad Autonoma de Tlaxcala, the Consejo Carmen Perez Fragoso and Guadalupe Lopez de Lectura de Puebla, the National Institute of Bonilla, researchers from the IIDE. Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, and the

Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico.The RECECD consolidation aims to create spaces to identify academic problems and design solutions to ensure the improvement of the quality and equity of education in our country at all educational levels of both the public and private system.

This network also involves the Universidad de Tamaulipas, the Universidad Autonoma de

Last September 28th, at the headquarters of the Centro de Alto Rendimiento (CAR) of Ensenada, the Social Participation State Board of Education (COPASE) met, organization formed by various bodies from public, private and social sectors of Baja California, remarking the Educational System of the State evaluation culture in the state and in the explanation (SEEBC), the Institute of Culture, the Parents of such educational outcomes.Association, the Business Coordinating Council and the UABC itself. This working session was also attended by B.A. Javier

Santillan, head of the Ministry of Education of Baja At that meeting the SEEBC presented the California, Alvaro Mayoral and Miguel Angel results of the ENLACE tests, highlighting the Esposito, Sub-secretaries of education, and B.A. registered progress and identifying challenges Juan Galvez, Director of Educational Assessment ahead to society of Baja California for the next from the SEEBC. years. In this framework, Dr. Alicia Chaparro and Dr. Joaquín Caso Niebla, researchers from the IIDE, were asked to describe the actions that UABC have made to promote an

Researchers from the IIDE involved in the creation of the Network of Written Culture

and Discursive Communities.

Members of Academic Discourse, Identity and

Educational Practices Department.

The UEE participates in a regular session of the State Council of Social

Participation in Education.

B.A. Álvaro Mayoral Miranda

and Juan Gálvez Lugo.

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As part of the program of the Educational Research Seminar, on September 18th Dr. Moises Perales Escudero, professor and researcher at the University of Quintana Roo, presented the lecture "Rhetorical movements on the findings of two undergraduate thesis in the social sciences field", in which he set research developments currently being Dr. Moises Perales Escudero has a B.A. in undertaken. Languages by the Universidad Juarez

Autonoma de Tabasco; a Master in Applied While in the IIDE, Dr. Moises performed

Linguistics from the State University of Iowa various academic activities with the Academic

(USA) and a PhD in English and Education from Discourse, Identity and Educational Practices

the University of Michigan (USA). He has over Department and postgraduate students of the

20 publications in the areas of educational IIDE. At the same time his staying allowed to

linguistics, literacy research, and discourse establish the basis for the collaboration of this

analysis.group of researchers to develop the state of knowledge of language to be published by the Mexican Council for Educational Research (COMIE).

In order to contribute to the strengthening of the production and dissemination on the Internet of academic journals from institutions of higher education in the country's northwest, the IIDE-UABC, the General Directorate of Computer and Information Technology and Communication of

The workshop will involve those responsible for the UNAM and Regional Information System for

the editing of journals from UABC itself, other Scientific Online Journals in Latin America, Spain

editors of the entities of Sonora, Sinaloa and and Portugal (LATINDEX) organized the workshop

Chihuahua, having as organizers to the Editorial of editing and publishing academic journals using

Board of the Educational Research Journal Open Journal Systems (OJS).

(REDIE). The workshop will take place on October 29th, 30th and 31st at the IIDE facilities and will address issues related to the editorial process, administration, configuration and electronic journal publishing, among others.

The IIDE receives a researcher from the University of Quintana Roo.

Dr. Moisés Perales

Escudero.

Workshop on editing and publishing electronic journals organized at the IIDE.

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Others activities

The Revista Eléctronica de Investigación Educativa (REDIE), published by the IIDE, confirms the quality of its processes after completing the 2012 evaluation to remain in the Index of Quality Journals of CONACYT.

Approving the general evaluation criteria of CONACYT, the REDIE, currently led by Dr. Edna Luna Serrano, achieved its 5-year tenure in the Index of Mexican Journals on Scientific and Technological Research.

On Thursday September 13th, the IIDE academic community met in a work session in which outstanding issues relating to the August meeting were resolved. A variety of aspects of criteria for granting honorable mention, academic mobility with PIFI resource; student mobility calls from the Coordination of International Cooperation and Academic Exchange, aspects of the academic staff for 2013, and elective subjects of the Master and Doctorate in Educational Sciences were reviewed and discussed.At a subsequent meeting will be discuss the possibility of uniting the Masters and Doctorate. The meeting will be attended by Prof. Dolores Sánchez Soler who will advise as to the relevance of the topic.

The REDIE confirms its permanence in the Index of Quality Journals of Conacyt.

REDIE: first magazine of

its kind in Latin America

Academic community of the IIDE participates in teaching meeting.

Academic community

during meeting.

From 29th to October 31th | Workshop Editing and Publishing journals with Open Journal System (OJS)

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With unanimous approval verdicts, on September 20th and 25th, Juan Gabriel Haro Beltran and Vicente Munguia Ornelas, obtained the degree of Master in Educational Sciences when presenting their answers at their master boards.The research presented by Juan Gabriel Haro Beltran is entitled "Development of an online

participation of Drs. Nahara Ayala Sanchez, Faculty course as an alternative for regularization in the

of Sciences UABC, Javier Organista Sandoval and Administration minor in CETis 74", while Vicente

Lewis McAnally Salas from the IIDE; for the second Munguia Ornelas thesis is called "Getting evidence

case Drs. Guadalupe Tinajero Villavicencio, Luis of validity and reliability of measurement scales on

Angel Contreras Niño and Juan Carlos Rodríguez learning opportunities provided by teachers of

Macias, researchers from the IIDE were present.Spanish and Mathematics to ninth grade students in Baja California".The two tests were conducted at the IIDE facilities in the presence of members of their dissertation committees counting, in the first case, with the

Students of the IIDE earn a Master's degree in Educational Sciences.

Vicente Munguía Ornelas .

.From 5th to November 7th| First International Forum of Educational Evaluation.

IIDE’S Agenda

National and International Coming Conferences

The IIDE'S recent numbers

Evaluación de competencias docentes en la

educación superior.

Coordinadora: Edna Luna Serrano.

Infonavit Punta Banda:Historia de una comunidad en pie.

Coordinadora: Lucía Coral Aguirre Muñoz.

Santiago, Chile, del 3 al 6 de enero de 2013.The 26th International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement. “Educational Systems for School Effectiveness and Improvement: Exploring the Alternatives.

Lima, Perú, del 5 al 8 de marzo de 2013.IV Coloquio Internacional de la RIIED“La evaluación de la docencia en Iberoamérica: avances, perspectivas e innovación.”

Santiago de Compostela, España, del 6 al 8 de febrero de 2013.Conocimiento, Tecnologías y Enseñanza.

Madrid, España, del 3 al 5 de julio de 2013.III Congreso Internacional de Etnografía y Educación.

Campeche, Campeche, del 17 al 19 de octubre de 2012.XX Congreso Mexicano de Psicología.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, 10 y 11 de octubre de 2012.Políticas Docentes. Formación, regulaciones y desarrollo profesional.