Papers by Alexandrina Stoyanova
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This paper analyzes the impact on academic achievement of implementing a flipped classroom method... more This paper analyzes the impact on academic achievement of implementing a flipped classroom methodology in an undergraduate advanced course of Economics. The performance on the midterm exam of two sections with partially flipped lectures is compared to a control group following traditional lecturing. The results reveal a negative effect of the flipped classroom design, suggesting that the effectiveness of this active learning methodology in advanced courses may be different compared to introductory courses. The size of this effect depends on the extension of the flipped classroom format, being less important when the course is flipped to a higher extent. We also find that women perform better, both the students' GPA and their grade goal for the course are positively associated with the midterm grade, while working has a negative effect on academic performance. Further work is needed to reach more robust conclusions.
Assessing Active Learning Methodologies in Higher Education from a Cost-Benefit Perspective
ICERI proceedings, Nov 1, 2019
Revista d'innovació docent universitària, Jan 30, 2017
Aquest article proposa l'ús de l'aula invertida i l'aprenentatge en equip per millorar les actitu... more Aquest article proposa l'ús de l'aula invertida i l'aprenentatge en equip per millorar les actituds d'aprenentatge de l'alumnat en els Grups d'Intensificació d'Estudis (GIE) a la Universitat de Barcelona. El GIE està dissenyat per a aquell alumnat que repeteix una assignatura en algun dels graus impartits a la Facultat d'Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona. Hem implementat dues metodologies en tres GIE impartits per la secció de Teoria Econòmica del Departament d'Economia de la Universitat de Barcelona. Els resultats obtinguts en els anys acadèmics 2013-2014 i 2014-15 revelen millores significatives en el rendiment dels estudiants que van seguir aquestes metodologies.
Flipped Classroom and Team Based Learning: Stimulating Learning in Students That Retake the Course
ICERI2014 Proceedings, 2014
Social Science Research Network, 2020
One of the most claimed links in the health and education literature is that education prevents f... more One of the most claimed links in the health and education literature is that education prevents from the risk of overweight, and the negative link between education and BMI is up to now out of questioning. More educated adults tend to have lower body mass index (BMI) and a lower risk of overweight and obesity. However, recent literature started questioning the mechanism behind this education gradient in BMI. A more recent and alternative explanation is that the BMI-education gradient hides a selection mechanism, which makes adolescents with higher BMI are less likely to plan for, attend, and complete higher levels of education. In this paper we test for the selection mechanism behind the link between education and BMI by estimating the impact of adolescents' BMI on medium-longterm educational expectations and short-term school choices, while controlling for the potential endogeneity of BMI. Our IV estimates indicate that individuals high higher BMI have lower academic aspirations and are less likely to attend high school after finishing compulsory education, which is a pre-condition of the intentions to go college. These results support the selection (reverse causality) mechanism.
Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació, Jun 29, 2022
The Universitat de Barcelona research group in teaching innovation GIDTAAVE organized the 2nd Int... more The Universitat de Barcelona research group in teaching innovation GIDTAAVE organized the 2nd International Conference in Experiences in Active Learning in Higher Education, which was held online on 5 November, 2021. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for high-quality research in teaching innovation in higher education, focusing on active learning methodologies. The event provided an excellent opportunity for lecturers from different universities to discuss their work in a relaxed atmosphere and to develop long-term collaborative relationships. Specifically, twelve papers were presented by authors from
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Mar 1, 2008
One of the most persistent and lasting debates in economic research refers to whether the answers... more One of the most persistent and lasting debates in economic research refers to whether the answers to subjective questions can be used to explain individuals' economic behavior. Using panel data for twelve EU countries, in the present study we analyze the causal relationship between self-reported housing satisfaction and residential mobility. Our results indicate that: i) households unsatisfied with their current housing situation are more likely to move; ii) housing satisfaction raises after a move, and; iii) housing satisfaction increases with the transition from being a renter to becoming a homeowner. Some interesting cross-country differences are observed. Our findings provide evidence in favor of use of subjective indicators of satisfaction with certain life domains in the analysis of individuals' economic conduct.
El impacto diferencial del capital social sobre la salud de la población autóctona y los inmigrantes residentes en Cataluña
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2009
ABSTRACT
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, Apr 1, 2016
IREA) in Barcelona was founded in 2005, as a research institute in applied economics. Three conso... more IREA) in Barcelona was founded in 2005, as a research institute in applied economics. Three consolidated research groups make up the institute: AQR, RISK and GiM, and a large number of members are involved in the Institute. IREA focuses on four priority lines of investigation: (i) the quantitative study of regional and urban economic activity and analysis of regional and local economic policies, (ii) study of public economic activity in markets, particularly in the fields of empirical evaluation of privatization, the regulation and competition in the markets of public services using state of industrial economy, (iii) risk analysis in finance and insurance, and (iv) the development of micro and macro econometrics applied for the analysis of economic activity, particularly for quantitative evaluation of public policies. IREA Working Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. For that reason, IREA Working Papers may not be reproduced or distributed without the written consent of the author. A revised version may be available directly from the author. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of IREA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions.
Disentangling the link between health and social capital: A comparison of immigrant and native-born populations in Spain
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics, 2013
An increasing body of research has pointed to the relevance of social capital in studying a great... more An increasing body of research has pointed to the relevance of social capital in studying a great variety of socio-economic phenomena, ranging from economics growth and development to educational attainment and public health. Conceptually, our paper is framed within the debates about the possible links between health and social capital, on one hand, and within the hypotheses regarding the importance of social and community networks in all stages of the dynamics of international migration, on the other hand. Our primary objective is to explore the ways social relations contribute to health differences between the immigrants and the native-born population of Spain. We also try to reveal differences in the nature of the social networks of foreign-born, as compared to that of the native-born persons. The empirical analysis is based on an individual-level data coming from the 2006 Spanish Health Survey, which contains a representative sample of the immigrant population. To assess the relationship between various health indicators (self-assessed health, chronic conditions and long-term illness) and social capital, controlling for other covariates, we estimate multilevel models separately for the two population groups of interest. In the estimates we distinguish between individual and community-level social capital. While the Health Survey contains information that allows us to define individual social capital measures, the collective indicators come from other official sources. In particular, for the subsample of immigrants, we proxy community-level networks and relationships by variables contained in the Spanish National Survey of Immigrants 2007. The results obtained so far point to the relevance of social capital as a covariate in the health equation, although, the significance varies according to the specific health indicator used. Additionally, and contrary to what is expected, immigrants’ social networks seem to be inferior to those of the native-born population in many aspects; and they also affect immigrant’s health to a lesser extent. Policy implications of the findings are discussed. Keywords: health status, social capital, immigration, Spain
Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació, Jun 28, 2022
INTRODUCTION. This paper contributes to the study of peer interactions in the university classroo... more INTRODUCTION. This paper contributes to the study of peer interactions in the university classroom. METHOD. We evaluate the effects of teamwork on individual academic performance in four Team Based Learning (TBL) courses in the degrees of Economics and Business Administration. RESULTS. We found that the average grade of the rest of the team members has a significant and positive association with the grade of the individual student. The student’s personal test score increases about 0.65 points for every 1-point increase in the average score of their teammates. This association remains positive and significant even when we include socio-demographic variables to control for individual characteristics. We also tested the heterogeneity of peer effects in relation to the ability of individual and team performance. DISCUSSION. The results suggest there is no heterogeneity in individual ability; however, we found a positive or slightly negative difference in the magnitude of the peer effect...
Este artículo propone el uso del aula invertida y el aprendizaje en equipo para mejorar las actit... more Este artículo propone el uso del aula invertida y el aprendizaje en equipo para mejorar las actitudes de aprendizaje del estudiante en los Grupos de Intensificación de Estudio (GIE). Los GIE están diseñados para aquel estudiante que repite una asignatura en alguno de
International Journal of Educational Innovation and Research
Today’s new teaching and learning methodologies in higher education have moved the center from te... more Today’s new teaching and learning methodologies in higher education have moved the center from teacher to student and from teaching to learning. Since Team-Based Learning (TBL) is one of the most frequently used active learning methodologies that have emerged, the objective of this paper is to analyze and evaluate students’ perception of this methodology. To that end, first we study the positive and negative aspects of TBL considered by students. Then, we define a synthetic indicator to evaluate the degree of satisfaction of students with this methodology and analyze it according to sociodemographic variables. Finally, we analyze whether there is any correlation between the degree of satisfaction of each student and their individual final grade in global terms. The analysis is performed using a database (which includes information of 657 students) created by merging two datasets: an online questionnaire answered by students, and academic and sociodemographic information of the stude...
Flipping the Classroom in Advanced Courses: Is It Effective?
ICERI2022 Proceedings
REIRE Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació
The Universitat de Barcelona research group in teaching innovation GIDTAAVE organized the 2nd Int... more The Universitat de Barcelona research group in teaching innovation GIDTAAVE organized the 2nd International Conference in Experiences in Active Learning in Higher Education, which was held online on 5 November, 2021. The aim of the conference was to provide a forum for high-quality research in teaching innovation in higher education, focusing on active learning methodologies. The event provided an excellent opportunity for lecturers from different universities to discuss their work in a relaxed atmosphere and to develop long-term collaborative relationships. Specifically, twelve papers were presented by authors from different Spanish Universities (Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Cantabria, Universidad de Navarra, Universidad Juan Carlos I and Universidad Carlos III, to name a few), who had the opportunity to share their experiences with other colleagues. Each session was followed by fruitful discussions among the participants. The keynote speech of the conference was given ...
REIRE Revista d'Innovació i Recerca en Educació
INTRODUCTION. This paper contributes to the study of peer interactions in the university classroo... more INTRODUCTION. This paper contributes to the study of peer interactions in the university classroom. METHOD. We evaluate the effects of teamwork on individual academic performance in four Team Based Learning (TBL) courses in the degrees of Economics and Business Administration. RESULTS. We found that the average grade of the rest of the team members has a significant and positive association with the grade of the individual student. The student’s personal test score increases about 0.65 points for every 1-point increase in the average score of their teammates. This association remains positive and significant even when we include socio-demographic variables to control for individual characteristics. We also tested the heterogeneity of peer effects in relation to the ability of individual and team performance. DISCUSSION. The results suggest there is no heterogeneity in individual ability; however, we found a positive or slightly negative difference in the magnitude of the peer effect...
El 27 d’octubre de 2017 va tenir lloc a la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Bar... more El 27 d’octubre de 2017 va tenir lloc a la Facultat d’Economia i Empresa de la Universitat de Barcelona la Primera Conferència Internacional d’Experiències en l’Aplicació de Mètodes d’Aprenentatge Actiu a l’Educació Superior. Va ser un fòrum per a la recerca d’alta qualitat en estratègies d’innovació a l’educació superior centrat en metodologies d’aprenentatge actiu, com la classe inversa, l’aprenentatge basat en equips o els experiments a l’aula.The 1st International Conference in Experiences in Active Learning in Higher Education was held on 27 October 2017 at the Faculty of Economics and Business of the University of Barcelona. It provided a forum for high-quality research in innovation in higher education focusing on active learning methodologies such as flipped classroom, team-based learning and problem-based learningLa Primera Conferencia Internacional de Experiencias en la Aplicación de Métodos de Aprendizaje Activo en Educación Superior se celebró el día 27 de octubre de 201...
Assessing Active Learning Methodologies in Higher Education from a Cost-Benefit Perspective
ICERI Proceedings, 2019
Team-Based Learning in Economics in Comparative Perspective
ICERI2018 Proceedings, 2018
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Papers by Alexandrina Stoyanova