Table of Contents:
  • Student achievement, motivation and academic engagement / Susana Rodríguez, Antonio Valle, Isabel Piñeiro, Bibiana Regueiro and Iris Estévez
  • Engagement : a new perspective for reducing dropout through self-regulation / Ángela Antúnez, Antonio Cervero, Paula Solano, Inmaculada Bernardo and Raúl Carbajal
  • Programs to promote self-regulated learning in different educational stages / Estrella Fernández, Paula Solano, Ellián Tuero, Natalia Suárez and Pedro Rosário
  • From ability to multiple intelligences : implications for assessment and intervention in learning difficulties / Trinidad García, Estrella Fernández, Patricia García, Marisol Cueli, Debora Areces and Celestino Rodríguez
  • Using metacognitive scaffolding to develop problem solving skills in K-12 computer-based learning environments / Daniell DiFrancesca and John L. Nietfeld
  • Parental support in early childhood and its importance for the brain / María Banqueri, Marta Méndez and Jorge L. Arias
  • Review of the partnership between school and family : a shared responsibility / Lucía Álvarez-Blanco and Raquel-Amaya Martínez-González
  • Homework and academic achievement : student, teacher and parent involvement / Bibiana Regueiro, Natalia Suárez, José Carlos Núñez, Antonio Valle and Joyce L. Epstein
  • Learning difficulties in computer-based learning environments / Rebeca Cerezo, María Esteban, Lucía Rodríguez, Ana Bernardo, Miguel Sánchez-Santillán, Natalia Amieiro and Ana Pereles
  • Learning difficulties in mathematics : an intervention proposal / Marisol Cueli, Debora Areces, Trinidad García, Celestino Rodríguez, David Álvarez-García and Paloma González-Castro
  • Variables affecting academic performance, achievement, and persistence of Roma students / Ángela Antúnez, María del Henar Pérez-Herrero, José Carlos Núñez, Joaquín-Lorenzo Burguera and Pedro Rosário
  • Adolescent violence and drug use / Ma del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes, Ma del Mar Molero and José Jesús Gázquez
  • University dropout : definition, features and prevention measures / Ana Bernardo, María Esteban, Julio A. Gonzalez-Pienda, Jose C. Núñez and Alejandra Dobarro
  • First year retention monitoring at the university / Ana Casaravilla and Alfonsa García
  • Poverty, inequity and education : correlation and prospects / José Luis García, Olivia Leyva and Rafael Arestegui
  • Beating the odds in university, labor market and life : the role of higher education in times of socioeconomic change / Sílvia Monteiro, Amanda R. Franco, Diana Lopes Soares, Adela García Aracil and Leandro S. Almeida
  • Research in education : good practices / Paula Fernández, Ellián Tuero and Pablo Esteban Livacic-Rojas.