Avoiding lack of attention in class and encouraging curiosity: the challenges of "provocative teams".

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https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v17i34.7058

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self-regulated learning, co-operative work, transversal competences, attention, curiosity

Abstract

This contribution presents the results of an innovation project carried out in university classrooms under the title "Provocative teams". The objectives of the work were to make students aware of the importance and ability of attention for learning and for life, as well as to establish constant dynamics of the search for knowledge and the promotion of curiosity as fundamental pillars for generating a learning climate based on cooperation and student responsibility, with a gamified base. The students' attitudes towards the competences addressed were consulted by means of a pre-test and their evaluations of the project and learning results by means of a post-test. A work and evaluation form was designed for the teams.The project has been applied to 55 first year undergraduate students at San Jorge University in the current academic year 2023-2024. The subjects "Spanish Language and Communication" and "Fundamentals of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology" have participated.The results obtained have shown that this work has had a significant positive impact on student learning and the development of the subjects, as well as the fact that the competences addressed are also essential at university level.

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Manuela Catalá Pérez, Universidad San Jorge, España

PhD in Hispanic Philology (Spanish language) and Diploma of Advanced Studies in Sociology from the University of Zaragoza. She has been an associate lecturer at the University of Zaragoza, in the Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Department of General and Hispanic Linguistics. Since 2007, she has been a lecturer in the Faculty of Communication and Social Sciences at the University of San Jorge. Her line of research focuses on the description of the use of the Spanish language in media and academic media, in the production of young people, with special attention to lexical innovation, Spanish as a foreign language and discourse analysis from pragmatics and semiotics. She is the author, as coordinator, of the books ‘Miradas y voces de la inmigración’, ‘Publicidad 360ª’, as well as of different collaborations in collective works focused on her lines of research. She has published numerous articles on linguistic aspects and pragmatic, semiotic and discourse analysis in specialised works and scientific journals. He has participated in national and international conferences on Spanish language, general linguistics and semiotics. She has held various positions in university management at San Jorge University (director of International Relations at San Jorge University, degree coordinator and head of studies at the Faculty of Communication and Social Sciences, among others).

Laura Botello-Morte, Universidad San Jorge, España

Degree in Biochemistry (2007), Master in Molecular and Cellular Biology (2008) and PhD in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology (2014) from the University of Zaragoza. Her line of research is focused on Molecular Microbiology. She has more than 15 years of laboratory experience. She has worked with food pathogens such as Listeria monocytogenes, with human and murine intestinal microbiota, or with fermenting microorganisms in dairy products, among others. She has worked in different public and private institutions, both national and international, such as the University of Zaragoza, the National Biotechnology Centre (CNB-CSIC), the Institute of Health Research of Aragon (IIS Aragon) or the Institut des Sciences Analytiques et de Physico-Chimie pour l'Environnement et les Matériaux (IPREM, Pau, France). She has been the beneficiary of competitive University Teacher Training contracts, Juan de la Cierva contracts and other contracts associated with projects. She is the author of numerous international publications in high-impact scientific journals, most of them positioned in the first quartile and even first decile of their category. She has participated in national and international congresses on biochemistry and molecular microbiology, with invited papers, oral and poster communications. He has also participated in several R+D+i projects funded in competitive calls from public and private administrations or entities. Currently, he is Teaching and Research Staff at the San Jorge University, where he teaches Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Microbiology, Parasitology and Physiology on the degrees of Pharmacy, Biomedicine, Biomedical Engineering and Bioinformatics, at both theoretical and practical levels.

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2025-04-08

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Manuela Catalá Pérez, & Laura Botello-Morte. (2025). Avoiding lack of attention in class and encouraging curiosity: the challenges of "provocative teams". Journal of Learning Styles, 17(34), 116–127. https://doi.org/10.55777/rea.v17i34.7058

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Vol. 17 No. 34 (2024): Teaching innovation in educational contexts. Methodologies, spaces and learning styles

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ARTÍTULOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA TEMÁTICA (Volumen 17, Número 34)

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