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- ItemMegaincendios en Chile: daños, comunidades y respuestas estatales desde una perspectiva restaurativa(Dykinson, 2025) Bolívar Fernández, Daniela Angélica; Álvarez, Cristián
- ItemAnalysing PIAAC Data with the IDB Analyzer (SPSS and SAS)(Springer Nature, 2020) Sandoval-Hernández, Andrés; Carrasco Ogaz, DiegoThis chapter provides readers with a step-by-step guide to performing both simple and complex analyses with data from the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) using the IEA International Database (IDB) Analyzer. The IDB Analyzer is a Windows-based tool that generates SPSS and SAS syntax. Using this syntax, corresponding analyses can be conducted in SPSS and SAS. The chapter presents the data-merging module and the analysis module. Potential analyses with the IDB Analyzer are demonstrated—for example, the calculation of percentages, averages, proficiency levels, linear regression, correlations, and percentiles.
- ItemValidity Evidence of the University Admission Tests in Chile: Prueba de Selección Universitaria (PSU)(Springer, 2021) Manzi Astudillo, Jorge; Carrasco Ogaz, DiegoThis chapter analyzes and summarizes the evidence regarding the university’s entry admissions evaluation that is part of the Unified Admissions System (SUA from the acronym in Spanish of Sistema Único de Admisión) established by the universities of the Council of Rectors in Chile. It summarizes the antecedents that led to the adoption of this test (PSU) in the early 2000s, aligning it to the secondary education curriculum. After indicating its main intended uses, we identify the most relevant forms of evidence for a test that primarily serves admission purposes. Results show that the tests have adequate reliability and that at least two of them (mathematics and science) have good predictive validity evidence when considering both academic performance and student’s persistence in tertiary education. The chapter concludes by identifying challenges for the future admission system that will be established based on the recent Higher Education Law in Chile, which, among other changes, transfers the admission system to the Ministry of Education.
- ItemWillingness to Act Pro-environmentally: Conceptualization and Country Comparisons(Springer Nature, 2025) Villalobos, Cristóbal; Carrasco Ogaz, DiegoThis chapter introduces and discusses the concept of willingness to act pro-environmentally, as an important component of a wider set of non-cognitive outcomes of education for sustainable development. The relationship between citizenship, sustainable development, and willingness to act pro-environmentally is explored, elucidating how the latter might account for newer forms of citizenship and the role of educational systems in this process. Building upon these considerations and utilizing data from the International Civic and Citizenship Education Study (ICCS) 2016, the differences between countries in the willingness of eighth graders to act pro-environmentally in the future is analyzed and compared with various other participatory intentions. The chapter provides insights into the percentage of students willing to make efforts to sustain the environment when they become adults across all participating educational systems in ICCS 2016 and explores the relationship of this distribution with key country attributes, such as national richness and pollution indices.
- ItemLos deberes de los proveedores financieros con relación al cumplimiento de las obligaciones de alimentos: un problema de oportunidad(Thomson Reuters, 2025) Goldenberg Serrano, Juan Luis