Danilo Alvares

Biographic Data

ID1122555
NAMEDanilo Alvares
GIVEN NAMESDanilo
FAMILY NAMEAlvares
SIGNATUREALVARES D
AFFILIATIONSPontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
ORCID0000-0003-3764-0397
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR9
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Enhancing Grit and Critical Thinking in Rural Primary Students

    Open AccessCarla Gallardo-Estrada, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    This study examined the impact of a targeted educational intervention on enhancing grit and critical thinking skills among 10-year-old primary school students in rural Chile. The intervention, involving 153 students from six public schools, used a language classroom model with structured reading activities. Grit and critical thinking were measured pre- and post-intervention. Results showed improvements in the intervention group. The intervention’…

  • Happiness at School and Its Relationship with Academic Achievement

    Open AccessHernán Hochschild Ovalle, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2024

    This study contributes to the growing body of research on the relationship between subjective well-being and academic performance in schools by providing a context-specific analysis of Chilean students. Using 2022 SIMCE data—a national standardized assessment in Chile—from 4th and 10th graders (N = 292,725), the research employs hierarchical linear modeling to explore how students’ school happiness relates with performance in language and mathema…

  • The Use of Physically Active Academic Lessons During the Transition to Face-to-Face Classes

    Open AccessVagner Beserra, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2024Cited by: 1References: 80

    Schools are pivotal stakeholders in increasing the amount of student physical activity, an attribution especially relevant while the COVID-19 pandemic is not overcome. This article evaluates how the use of physically active academic lessons impacted mathematics learning and the amount of physical activity during the transition to face-to-face classes. The objective was also to analyze students, parents, and teachers' perceptions of this experienc…

  • Developing Critical Thinking in Technical and Vocational Education and Training

    Open AccessFelipe Lopez, Mayra Contreras et al.ARTICLEEducation Sciences2023

    Critical thinking has been difficult to develop in technical and vocational education and training, where acquiring practical skills is often the priority. This study looks at whether tried-and-tested methods for developing critical thinking in higher education are also effective in this educational context. To test this, an intervention was carried out as part of a compulsory, semester-long “Basic Communication Skills” class for 149 first year e…

  • The impacts of scaffolding socially shared regulation on teamwork in an online project-based course

    Open AccessCatalina Cortázar, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLEThe Internet and Higher Education2022

  • Using scaffolded feedforward and peer feedback to improve problem-based learning in large classes

    Open AccessMaría Fernanda Rodríguez, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLEComputers & Education2022

  • Promoting critical thinking in an online, project-based course

    Open AccessCatalina Cortázar, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLEComputers in Human Behavior2021

  • Teaching through dance

    Open AccessVagner Beserra, Miguel Nussbaum et al.ARTICLETeaching and Teacher Education2021Cited by: 3References: 2

  • What to Learn? Socialization of the Subject Hierarchy in Schools

    Daniel Serey Araneda, Daniel Araneda et al.ARTICLEEducational Studies2021Cited by: 1References: 37

    The role of the school curriculum is in tension with two points: socializing the essential knowledge needed for life and reflecting the inequalities of society. The present study looks at the effectiveness of this socialization by comparing learner interests with the national curriculum. 442 10th grade students in Chile were divided into 4 groups based on their socioeconomic status and academic achievement. The students were asked to design two i…