Abstract

DOMININO, Martín; CASTELLARO, Mariano Andrés  and  ROSELLI, Néstor. The Epistemic Content of Two Types of University Studies and Class Size in Relation to Objective Variables: An Analysis from the Perspective of Distributed Cognition. RMIE [online]. 2011, vol.16, n.49, pp.625-647. ISSN 1405-6666.

This research analyzes type of epistemic content and class size (contextual variables) in relation to the objective configuration of distributed cognition systems: physical/ communicating and symbolic/implementing (variables relative to carrying out the activity). The variables studied within the physical/communicating system were the basic classroom setting, the teacher's spatial behavior, students' mobility in the classroom, and students' oral participation. The symbolic/implementing system consisted of guides, bibliographical texts, and note-taking. The sample was non-probabilistic, intentional, and included 28 university classes pertaining to three majors in the social sciences and three majors in the exact sciences. The results indicated, through multivariate and bivariate analysis, highly-significant associations between the mentioned variables.

Keywords : educational research; public universities; social sciences; natural sciences; Argentina.