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The objective is to design and validate a student dropout prevention programme at the Specialized University of the Americas in Veraguas, Panama. The research has a quasi-experimental design, pre-test and post-test, with a descriptive and explanatory type of study, which allowed us to respond to the research problem, hypotheses and objectives. The population consisted of sixty-six (66) students. The students' need to know the level of development of multiple intelligences and learning styles was proven, and that, based on this knowledge, they learn to use the most appropriate learning strategies for them, in addition to structuring their study habits. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article communicates the research that studies whether or not a ontinuous training program (CTP) for teachers of mathematics, based on reflective learning, favors a change to «learner-centered» teaching of athematics. This study forms part of and uses the results of an extended research on the Panamanian teacher‘s educational strategies and beliefs in mathematics at secondary level. Evidence of the possibilities and difficulties of change in their teaching practices is shown from the quantitative and ualitative data analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]