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Call to publish scientific articles that will be received between June 20 and November 20, 2019, referring to:

University Pedagogy: With topics such as public policies in higher education, legislative system and reforms, academic programs, comparative policies, massification processes, quality assurance, legal professions, and others in higher education as a general field, referring to the Chilean and international context .

Didactics of Law: With topics whose centrality is related to processes of innovation, learning, curriculum, innovations, teaching experiences, students and teachers characterization , among others in legal education in the Chilean and international context.

Ethical and citation standards (Chicago-deusto) must be taken care of, in addition to the originality of the research or innovation.

CODICE-Derecho measuring instrument and its application in the Faculty of Law of Universidad de Chile

Authors

  • Marcela Cabrera Pommiez Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Abstract

It presents the features and the design of the instrument called CODICE-Derecho, which measures the reading comprehension and the writing of students in the first academic year of Law degree. This instrument is specifically aimed to law students, as the selection of texts comes from specialized textbooks and journals in the area in order to fulfil the requirement of linking communication skills to discipline. In addition, main results in reading comprehension and writing of the 2011 cohort are presented and these results are interpreted in the light of the performance levels described for each section.

Keywords:

Reading comprehension, evaluation, academic discourse