Skills of the Thought and Academic Performance in university students of the careers of Engineering and Architecture

Authors

  • Rosario Arias Barahona Guzmán Instituto Peruano de Psicología y Educación. Lima, Perú
  • Ana Sofía Aparicio Pereda Universidad de Sao Paulo. Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v21i1.15113

Keywords:

Thinking skills, academic performance, university entrant

Abstract

The study sought to establish the relationship between the skills of thinking and their factors with academic performance in a group of university entrantsof the careers of engineering and architecture. The total sample was of 113 participants, with whom all the analyzes referring tothinking skills, distribution of factors and levels were carried out.The analysis of the relationship between performance and thinking skills was carried out with 98 participants who counted on the final averages of the ratings. The results show that the participants are distributed mostly in the Normal Lower an3d Normal level and the existence of a moderate positive association with the academic performance. No differences were found according to gender, age and /or specialty.

Author Biographies

  • Rosario Arias Barahona Guzmán, Instituto Peruano de Psicología y Educación. Lima, Perú
    Presidenta del Instituto Peruano de Psicología y Educación
  • Ana Sofía Aparicio Pereda, Universidad de Sao Paulo. Brasil
    Docente Universidad de Sao Paulo.

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Published

2018-09-13

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Section

Investigaciones

How to Cite

Arias Barahona Guzmán, R., & Aparicio Pereda, A. S. (2018). Skills of the Thought and Academic Performance in university students of the careers of Engineering and Architecture. Revista De Investigación En Psicología, 21(1), 67-78. https://doi.org/10.15381/rinvp.v21i1.15113