Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities

Perlines, Felipe Hernández; Moreno‐Garcia, Juan; Yáñez-Araque, Benito

doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3752-6

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“…This fosters improvement for both students and teachers [7]. Therefore, learning is more than just absorbing knowledge [8]; fundamentally, learning enables or induces specific changes in the brain [9].…”

Section: Theoretical Foundationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neuroscience-Based Information and Communication Technologies Development in Elementary School Mathematics through Games: A Case Study Evaluation

Procopio,

Fernández-Cézar,

Fernandes-Procopio

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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Universities play a pivotal role in knowledge production and in transforming teaching methodologies across various subjects. This research is a case study detailing the pedagogical implementation of a game-based methodological approach in a dual-degree program for primary and early childhood education teachers. The focus is on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT) tools for mathematics, specifically Scratch and GeoGebra, underpinned by principles of neuroscience. Based on a sample of 28 students, this study adopted game-based learning (GBL) in mathematics exercises, aimed at equipping student-teachers with strategies for educating future students (ages 7 to 11) in the 3rd to the 6th grade. Key areas of focus included plane and spatial geometry, requiring student-teachers to design game-like activities, emulating the problem-solving approaches of children. The culmination of this study involved presentations by the student-teachers, demonstrating how neuroscience principles can enhance the creation of educational games for primary school students. The findings highlight a significant divergence between the reality of teaching mathematics and the preconceived notions held by the student-teachers. This study opens avenues for integrating neuroscience into education, particularly through GBL, but also highlights the need for comprehensive understanding and application of neuroscientific principles to maximize learning outcomes.

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Neuroscience-Based Information and Communication Technologies Development in Elementary School Mathematics through Games: A Case Study Evaluation

Procopio,

Fernández-Cézar,

Fernandes-Procopio

et al. 2024

Education Sciences

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“…On the other hand, working mathematics with students who have special needs requires that the training of future teachers goes to another level. It is necessary to know how they learn to be able to teach (Fernández Bravo, 2010;NAYEC and NCTM, 2013;Hernández-Perlines et al, 2016), as well as to know how the brain can retain knowledge. This implies that knowing certain bases of neuroscience, one of which is neuroeducation, is fundamental for future teachers to contemplate the teaching of logical-mathematical thinking in an inclusive way, making it suitable for their diverse students, including students with SEN.…”

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Cooperative work and neuroeducation in mathematics education of future teachers: A good combination?

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In order to respond to the new approaches in higher education, this paper presents the didactic experience of the implementation of a methodological approach based on cooperative learning and the literature review on neuroeducation in 53 students enrolled in the 3rd year of the degree in Early Childhood Education in the subject of Development of Logical-Mathematical Thinking and its Didactics II. The application of cooperative learning in combination with the literature review on neuroeducation aimed to teach future teachers how they should act with their future pupils (aged 3 to 6 years) with special educational support needs (SEN) at school. The design of the proposal to be used was also adjusted to the didactic resources available. The represented contents worked on were magnitudes, time, length, weight, and geometry. The data collected were the activities of the teacher training students (didactic proposals) adapted to the early childhood development stage. They were to be created, so that the main objective was that the undergraduate students would be able to solve the exercises as children would. The students were even challenged to make an exhibition in which they had to act as teachers and their classmates would be the children with SEN. The proposals were evaluated according to a rubric, with an emphasis on the students’ teachers’ awareness of students with SEN. To conclude, the degree of satisfaction of the student teachers with this methodology was high. This shows that learning neuroeducation and cooperative work makes future teachers know how to teach mathematics also to students with SEN.

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“…The measurements were performed using the scales proposed by Cohen and Levinthal [19] and Lane et al [25]. This scale was validated by Flaten et al [66] and by Hernández-Perlines et al [85]. ("Management expects employees to have information beyond/outside our industry/sector.")…”

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Moderating Effect of Proactivity on Firm Absorptive Capacity and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Spanish Firms

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The purpose of this study was to understand how proactivity can affect the relationship between absorptive capacity and organisational performance. Most previous studies have ignored the role of proactivity in this relationship and have not considered the multidimensional nature of absorptive capacity. A questionnaire was sent to 800 CEOs of Spanish companies from different sectors, procuring a response rate of 38.25%. A structural equation model was applied to test the hypothesis. This study confirms the positive effect that absorptive capacity has on business performance and the moderating role of proactivity in this relationship. Companies that develop their capacity to absorb information from the environment achieve better results. Furthermore, if they engage in proactive behaviour within their company, this relationship is stronger. Future research should include more capacities that are related to knowledge and business performance (i.e., learning capability, innovation capacity, etc.). This study contributes to the understanding of how to manage a company’s knowledge in an appropriate way. It sheds new light on how knowledge management should be conducted, emphasising not only the gathering of information but also the promotion of a proactive attitude on the part of employees to achieve the goal of better performance.

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Training and business performance: the mediating role of absorptive capacities

Cited by 11 publications

References 83 publications

Neuroscience-Based Information and Communication Technologies Development in Elementary School Mathematics through Games: A Case Study Evaluation

Neuroscience-Based Information and Communication Technologies Development in Elementary School Mathematics through Games: A Case Study Evaluation

Cooperative work and neuroeducation in mathematics education of future teachers: A good combination?

Moderating Effect of Proactivity on Firm Absorptive Capacity and Performance: Empirical Evidence from Spanish Firms

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