TY - JOUR AU - Arnaiz-Sánchez, Pilar AU - de Haro, Remedios AU - Alcaraz, Salvador AU - Mirete Ruiz, Ana Belén PY - 2020 M3 - Original Research TI - Schools That Promote the Improvement of Academic Performance and the Success of All Students JO - Frontiers in Psychology UR - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02920 VL - 10 SN - 1664-1078 N2 - The movement for effective schools and school improvement has enjoyed a long history, at both the theoretical and practical level. The contextual variables focused on the educational process of the classrooms have been identified in numerous investigations, concluding that the improvement of academic performance is a key element of the movement. The main objective of this research is focused on verifying the effectiveness of the treatment based on collaborative/cooperative learning methodologies and projects to improve the linguistic and mathematical competence as an enhancing element of academic performance. The sample consists of 228 students belonging to two public schools located in the city of Murcia (Spain), selected through judgmental or discretionary sampling. A quasi-experimental design with pretest and post-test and control group was employed, verifying the effectiveness of the treatment, and how it influences the improvement of the academic performance of the students in the experimental group. It concludes by pointing out the importance of learning strategies and applied teaching methodologies, understanding both within the conglomerate of process factors in the improvement of academic performance. ER -