Attention to diversity through of a socio-cognitive intervention program

• Main Author: María del Rosario Cerrillo Martín
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid 2015-10-01
• Series: Tendencias Pedagógicas
• Subjects: atención a la diversidad; educación secudnaria obligatoria; evaluación
• Online Access: https://revistas.uam.es/tendenciaspedagogicas/article/view/1815

This article presents results from a socio-cognitive intervention program known as CORAL carried out with Spanish secondary-school students (13 to 15 years old). These students come from a socially and culturally deprived environment. The CORAL program purpose is to develop logical thinking skills through a cooperative-style methodology. CORAL theoretical foundations are, on one side, the so-called socio-cognitive paradigm, and, on the other side, a teaching model that puts learning first and pushes students to learn to learn through appropiate mediation. CORAL results clearly show that there is a statistically significant IQ difference between those results obtained by CORAL-trained students and the not-so-good results obtained by non-trained students. There is also a significant improvement regarding academic self-esteem. Some evidence exists of transfer to 'life' and to 'curriculum'.