Maria Cristina Rodrigues Azevedo Joly

Avaliação da compreensão de leitura pelo Sistema Orientado de Cloze (SOC)

The Cloze Oriented System (COS) is a procedure that adequate texts due to their level of difficulty in order to evaluate the reading comprehension. This study evaluate the reading comprehension of middle school students. There were 331 students from the 6th to the 9th grade, 51,7% of them female. Three texts, in which the COS was applied, were used with different omission criteria. The students answered the instruments collectively, in two sessions. The results showed significant differences due to gender and grade, the girls and the higher grade students had the best performance. There were found correlation of moderate magnitude and highly significant between the tests, showed a direct relation between the different types of test.

Learning Potential in Narrative Writing: Measuring the Psychometric Properties of an Assessment Tool

Objective: The Computerized and Dynamic Writing Test (TIDE) is designed to examine the learning potential of adolescents in narrative writing. This was a validation study of the TIDE based on its internal structure. Learning potential is responsible for cognitive modifiabilty according to the Theory of Cognitive Structural Modifiability (CSM) developed by Feüerstein. Method: Included 304 participants between 10 and 17 years of age from schools in the South of Brazil. The data collection involved student groups that were divided according to age and school grade. Each participant reponded to the TIDE for an average of 50 min in the schools computer lab. The participants selection criteria were: being regularly enrolled in the fifth to eighth grade and providing an informed consent form signed by a responsible caregiver. The exclusion criteria included: neurological problems, having been held back in school for two or more years, not cooperating, not completing the test for any reason and physical conditions impeding the assessment. Results: The Kendall test indicated agreement between two evaluators, who corrected the participants first and second texts that resulted from applying the TIDE. The TIDE is divided into three modules. Factor analysis was applied to the first module (pre-test), which revealed a division in two factors, and to the second module (instructional module), which was divided in three factors. The reliability of the TIDE items was verified using Cronbachs Alpha with coefficients >0.7. The analysis of the third module (post-test) was based on McNemars Test and showed statistically significant results that demonstrated an evolution in the participants learning potential. Conclusion: The TIDE proved to be valid and is considered a relevant tool for speech, language, hearing, psychological and educational assessment. The original nature of the tool presented here is highlighted, based on the dynamic assessment method, offering data on a narrative writing learning method as well as its possible adaptation to other contexts and languages. In addition, the computer-based nature of the tool is emphasized, enabling its more precise application and analysis of participant performance, in addition to its lower cost, reduced application bias and ability to test more than one person simultaneously.

Competência de estudo para uma amostra universitária da área de exatas

This article reports on the perception of 126 students on the use of self-regulation strategies to study. They studied in math and science area of a secluded private Minas Gerais college, aged between 17 and 48 years, and 81% were male. The Competence Scale in Study (ECE-C & T) was used to assess the students’ perception about strategic behavior of planning, monitoring and self-evaluation. The students self-regulated their learning and the planning of study strategies are the most used. Women used more planning strategies than men and there was no statistically significant difference between the math and science courses and age groups. It was found that, although the participants reveal they use selfregulatory strategies, these are often geared more for planning the study that indicates the need for greater use of monitoring strategies and self-assessment for competent study.Este estudo avaliou a percepcao de 126 universitarios sobre a utilizacao de estrategias de autorregulacao de estudo. Os estudantes eram da area de exatas de uma faculdade isolada particular mineira, com idade entre 17 e 48 anos, e 81% deles eram do sexo masculino. Utilizou-se a Escala de Competencia em Estudo (ECE-CaT) para avaliar a percepcao dos estudantes acerca de comportamentos estrategicos de planejamento, de monitoramento e de autoavaliacao. Os alunos indicaram que a autorregulacao de sua aprendizagem e as estrategias de planejamento de estudo sao as mais utilizadas. As mulheres utilizaram mais estrategias de planejamento que os homens e nao houve diferenca estatisticamente significativa entre os cursos de exatas nem entre diferentes grupos de idade. Assim se conclui que, embora os alunos apresentem estrategias autorregulatorias, essas estao voltadas mais frequentemente para o planejamento do estudo, o que revela a necessidade de maior utilizacao de estrategias de monitoramento e autoavaliacao para um estudo competente.

Evidências de Validade de Critério da BILOv3 em Crianças Gaúchas

Avaliar precocemente o desempenho de criancas em compreensao da linguagem oral e fundamental para diagnosticar possiveis dificuldades e intervir. Assim sendo, objetivou-se buscar evidencias de validade de criterio da Bateria Informatizada de Linguagem Oral (BILO v3 ), considerando-se idade, genero e escolaridade. Participaram 474 criancas de 10 escolas gauchas, do primeiro ao quinto ano do ensino fundamental, entre 6 e 11 anos. Administrou-se a BILO v3 coletivamente e cada crianca utilizou um microcomputador. A aplicacao durou, aproximadamente, 35 minutos. Houve diferencas estatisticamente significativas em relacao ao genero nas provas Completar Historias (CH) e Interpretar Historias (IH), a idade para Completar Frases (CF) e CH e quanto a escolaridade, para CF, CH, IH. A BILO v3 apresenta-se sensivel para captar diferencas entre o genero, as series escolares e idade dos estudantes e, portanto, com evidencias de validade de criterio. Isso sugere a possibilidade de sua utilizacao clinica e escolar, visando a identificacao precoce de dificuldades linguisticas.

Competency in study for a sample of the math and science area in the university

This article reports on the perception of 126 students on the use of self-regulation strategies to study. They studied in math and science area of a secluded private Minas Gerais college, aged between 17 and 48 years, and 81% were male. The Competence Scale in Study (ECE-C & T) was used to assess the students’ perception about strategic behavior of planning, monitoring and self-evaluation. The students self-regulated their learning and the planning of study strategies are the most used. Women used more planning strategies than men and there was no statistically significant difference between the math and science courses and age groups. It was found that, although the participants reveal they use selfregulatory strategies, these are often geared more for planning the study that indicates the need for greater use of monitoring strategies and self-assessment for competent study.Este estudo avaliou a percepcao de 126 universitarios sobre a utilizacao de estrategias de autorregulacao de estudo. Os estudantes eram da area de exatas de uma faculdade isolada particular mineira, com idade entre 17 e 48 anos, e 81% deles eram do sexo masculino. Utilizou-se a Escala de Competencia em Estudo (ECE-CaT) para avaliar a percepcao dos estudantes acerca de comportamentos estrategicos de planejamento, de monitoramento e de autoavaliacao. Os alunos indicaram que a autorregulacao de sua aprendizagem e as estrategias de planejamento de estudo sao as mais utilizadas. As mulheres utilizaram mais estrategias de planejamento que os homens e nao houve diferenca estatisticamente significativa entre os cursos de exatas nem entre diferentes grupos de idade. Assim se conclui que, embora os alunos apresentem estrategias autorregulatorias, essas estao voltadas mais frequentemente para o planejamento do estudo, o que revela a necessidade de maior utilizacao de estrategias de monitoramento e autoavaliacao para um estudo competente.

Competencia de estudio para una muestra universitaria del área de exactas

This article reports on the perception of 126 students on the use of self-regulation strategies to study. They studied in math and science area of a secluded private Minas Gerais college, aged between 17 and 48 years, and 81% were male. The Competence Scale in Study (ECE-C & T) was used to assess the students’ perception about strategic behavior of planning, monitoring and self-evaluation. The students self-regulated their learning and the planning of study strategies are the most used. Women used more planning strategies than men and there was no statistically significant difference between the math and science courses and age groups. It was found that, although the participants reveal they use selfregulatory strategies, these are often geared more for planning the study that indicates the need for greater use of monitoring strategies and self-assessment for competent study.Este estudo avaliou a percepcao de 126 universitarios sobre a utilizacao de estrategias de autorregulacao de estudo. Os estudantes eram da area de exatas de uma faculdade isolada particular mineira, com idade entre 17 e 48 anos, e 81% deles eram do sexo masculino. Utilizou-se a Escala de Competencia em Estudo (ECE-CaT) para avaliar a percepcao dos estudantes acerca de comportamentos estrategicos de planejamento, de monitoramento e de autoavaliacao. Os alunos indicaram que a autorregulacao de sua aprendizagem e as estrategias de planejamento de estudo sao as mais utilizadas. As mulheres utilizaram mais estrategias de planejamento que os homens e nao houve diferenca estatisticamente significativa entre os cursos de exatas nem entre diferentes grupos de idade. Assim se conclui que, embora os alunos apresentem estrategias autorregulatorias, essas estao voltadas mais frequentemente para o planejamento do estudo, o que revela a necessidade de maior utilizacao de estrategias de monitoramento e autoavaliacao para um estudo competente.

ANÁLISE DA PRODUÇÃO CIENTÍFICA EM ARTIGOS SOBRE ESTUDOS TRANSCULTURAIS NA AVALIAÇÃO PSICOLÓGICA EM BASES ONLINE

Advances in Psychological Assessment, as a specialization indicates the need for studies to analyze and characterize their scientific production in order to guide future research. Along these lines, this study examined the national and international publications of transcultural studies on Psychological Assessment from 1992 to 2010 found in electronic databases. The descriptors to be searched were: psychological assessment, psychometrics, psychological and transcultural testing. 239 abstracts of articles were analyzed, of which 79 were related to the research topic. The highest number of publications was found in the B2 Qualis Psychology System making up 8% of the total publications analyzed..Most of the papers were written by both men and women, and between 2006 and 2010 the highest number of publications took place. The field research was the most common method used by the authors. It is necessary to standardize the publication of abstracts of scientific papers since most of them have incomplete information, making it difficult to achieve a full recovery and prevents the possibility of a thorough analysis of the production in this area.

ANÁLISIS DE LA PRODUCCIÓN CIENTÍFICA DE ESTUDIOS TRANSCULTURALES EN EVALUACIÓN PSICOLÓGICA ENCONTRADOS EN BASES DE DATOS EN LÍNEA

Advances in Psychological Assessment, as a specialization indicates the need for studies to analyze and characterize their scientific production in order to guide future research. Along these lines, this study examined the national and international publications of transcultural studies on Psychological Assessment from 1992 to 2010 found in electronic databases. The descriptors to be searched were: psychological assessment, psychometrics, psychological and transcultural testing. 239 abstracts of articles were analyzed, of which 79 were related to the research topic. The highest number of publications was found in the B2 Qualis Psychology System making up 8% of the total publications analyzed..Most of the papers were written by both men and women, and between 2006 and 2010 the highest number of publications took place. The field research was the most common method used by the authors. It is necessary to standardize the publication of abstracts of scientific papers since most of them have incomplete information, making it difficult to achieve a full recovery and prevents the possibility of a thorough analysis of the production in this area.

ANALYSIS OF SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION OF TRANSCULTURAL STUDIES ON PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT FOUND ON ONLINE DATABASES

Advances in Psychological Assessment, as a specialization indicates the need for studies to analyze and characterize their scientific production in order to guide future research. Along these lines, this study examined the national and international publications of transcultural studies on Psychological Assessment from 1992 to 2010 found in electronic databases. The descriptors to be searched were: psychological assessment, psychometrics, psychological and transcultural testing. 239 abstracts of articles were analyzed, of which 79 were related to the research topic. The highest number of publications was found in the B2 Qualis Psychology System making up 8% of the total publications analyzed..Most of the papers were written by both men and women, and between 2006 and 2010 the highest number of publications took place. The field research was the most common method used by the authors. It is necessary to standardize the publication of abstracts of scientific papers since most of them have incomplete information, making it difficult to achieve a full recovery and prevents the possibility of a thorough analysis of the production in this area.