Grammatical sensitivity: a correlational-explanatory study on brain dominance and Efl training to improve gains
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Piraud, Muriel Oyarce (s. f.). Grammatical sensitivity: a correlational-explanatory study on brain dominance and Efl training to improve gains. Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. https://hdl.handle.net/11349/17971
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El presente artículo presenta un reporte de un estudio que ya ha sido completado. La investigación se divide en dos etapas. Primeramente, se midió la dominancia cerebral y sensibilidad gramatical de estudiantes de pedagogía y medicina en una universidad Chilena. La correlación entre ambas variables muestra que los estudiantes de medicina presentan una sensibilidad gramatical superior a los de pedagogía y que la dominancia cerebral izquierda involucra mayor sensibilidad gramatical que la derecha. Los instrumentos usados en esta fase fueron: 1)preprueba de sensibilidad gramatical (empleada para medir el nivel de los alumnos en esta variable) 2)prueba de dominancia cerebral (utilizada para determinar las preferencias cerebrales de los alumnos) y 3) prueba de razonamiento abstracto (que mide la capacidad de una persona para identificar patrones no verbales o numéricos). En la segunda etapa, los estudiantes de pedagogía asistieron a cinco sesiones de instrucción para mejorar su sensibilidad gramatical. Una vez concluidas las sesiones, se les administró una post-prueba de esta variable cuyos resultados fueron comparados con la pre-prueba ya aplicada; se buscaba determinar si estas sesiones mejoraban su rendimiento en sensibilidad gramatical. Se concluye que la instrucción fue exitosa pues los alumnos mejoraron en un 20%. Asimismo, la mayoría de los estudiantes con un alto porcentaje de asistencia a las sesiones (sobre 80%), incrementó su sensibilidad gramatical.
This article provides a report on a finished piece of research. The study is divided into two stages. Firstly, the brain dominance and grammatical sensitivity of Pedagogy and Medical students in a Chilean university were measured. The correlation of both variables shows that Medical students are better at grammatical sensitivity than Pedagogy students and that left-brain dominance involves higher levels of grammatical sensitivity than right-brain dominance. The instruments used in this stage were: 1) a grammatical sensitivity pre-test (used to assess the students’ levels in this variable), 2) a brain dominance instrument (used to determine the cerebral preferences of the students) and 3) an abstract reasoning test (which measures a person’s ability to identify non numerical or verbal patterns). In the second stage, Pedagogy students underwent a five-session training aimed at improving their grammatical sensitivity. After the training was over, we administered a grammatical sensitivity post- test whose results were compared with the ones in the pre-test; the purpose was to determine if the training could improve the students’ performance in this variable. It was concluded that the training was successful since their grammatical sensitivity improved in 20%. In addition, most students with high attendance to the training (over 80%) improved their grammatical sensitivity after attending it.
This article provides a report on a finished piece of research. The study is divided into two stages. Firstly, the brain dominance and grammatical sensitivity of Pedagogy and Medical students in a Chilean university were measured. The correlation of both variables shows that Medical students are better at grammatical sensitivity than Pedagogy students and that left-brain dominance involves higher levels of grammatical sensitivity than right-brain dominance. The instruments used in this stage were: 1) a grammatical sensitivity pre-test (used to assess the students’ levels in this variable), 2) a brain dominance instrument (used to determine the cerebral preferences of the students) and 3) an abstract reasoning test (which measures a person’s ability to identify non numerical or verbal patterns). In the second stage, Pedagogy students underwent a five-session training aimed at improving their grammatical sensitivity. After the training was over, we administered a grammatical sensitivity post- test whose results were compared with the ones in the pre-test; the purpose was to determine if the training could improve the students’ performance in this variable. It was concluded that the training was successful since their grammatical sensitivity improved in 20%. In addition, most students with high attendance to the training (over 80%) improved their grammatical sensitivity after attending it.