@article{Andrés_Anchetta_Barboza-Robles_Peraza-Delgado_2020, title={Pedagogical mediation strategies of educational materials in the Costa Rican Distance Education University}, volume={12}, url={https://revistas.uned.ac.cr/index.php/cuadernos/article/view/2940}, DOI={10.22458/urj.v12i1.2940}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Educational materials for distance education require pedagogical strategies to mediate between students and the learning content.. <strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze pedagogical strategies of the didactic materials of a university from three educational approaches. <strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed, through a questionnaire, 31 didactic books in the areas of Health, Accounting, Human Rights, Education, Statistics, Math, Marketing, Agronomy, Natural Resources Management, English, Criminology, Chemistry and Psychology. <strong>Results:</strong> In 90% of the materials, the editors and authors apply schemes, daily life problem solving, self-evaluation exercises, explicative speech and learning objectives. In 70% we identified argumentative discourse, reflection on the learning, signalers, icons, pedagogical orientations, illustrations and incentives to self-regulation. The strategies that are seldom used are KWL charts, timelines, analogies, flowcharts, collaborative work, double column tables, advanced organizers, auxiliary columns and synoptic tables. <strong>Conclusions:</strong> The most widely used strategies favor the construction of meaningful learning, self-regulation and self-evaluation. We recommend to analyze the strategies used under 70% to identify its relevance.  </p>}, number={1}, journal={UNED Research Journal}, author={Andrés, Carmen and Anchetta, Gloriana and Barboza-Robles, Yansin and Peraza-Delgado, Mercedes}, year={2020}, month={May}, pages={e2940} }