This mixed methods study examined assistive technology and its role in the world early writers. It investigated the function of word predictive and speech synthesis software in the early primary, mainstream classroom. A technology based writing intervention with 27 first grade students was carried out to assess how the use of Co:writer software affected the content of student writing. It looked at how the length of the writing sample, word use and sentence complexity was affected by this writing intervention. It also investigated how students interacted with the software and how they felt about its effect on their writing. The hypothesis was that the use of assistive technology while writing would aid students in creating more sophisticated, content rich writing samples and give students a positive feeling about their writing. Using a pre-post design, participant writing samples were analyzed for length, word use and sentence complexity. Targeted interviews and field notes revealed how students interacted with the software and how they felt about its effect on their writing. The data shows that within this study participants improved the length, and sentence complexity in their written samples. Qualitatively participants reported that the software helped to improve their vocabulary, length of writing sample, spelling, reading and editing. This study lays groundwork for more research into the use of assistive writing technology in early mainstream participants. / Thesis (Master, Education) -- Queen's University, 2011-04-24 02:12:01.196

This study evaluated the effect of an explicit comprehension read-aloud routine of science content on first grade students’ listening comprehension.The read-aloud routine taught the structures common in the informational text (compare, contrast, and compare-contrast) and found in first grade science big books with the goal of improving understanding of the science content. Students who received the intervention showed improvements in their ability to understand the compare-contrast text structures compared to students who were taught the same content without the routine or students who were taught typical science read-aloud content without the routine. Observations revealed that teachers who were most consistent in implementing high quality comprehension strategies during the read aloud had students who made the best gains in listening comprehension of the content, regardless of whether the teachers used explicit text the compare-contrast text structure routine.The results demonstrated that even though the instruction of the compare-contrast text structures was not necessary to produce listening comprehension of science content, the compare-contrast instruction added value to the high quality comprehension instruction for students assigned to the intervention group. The results of the study are discussed in terms of the available research on instruction of informational text structures in the early grades. Recommendations for future research are provided.

The purposes of this study were (a) to examine early elementary grade teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs and their teaching practices in public schools in Bangkok, (b) to explore the functioning of developmentally appropriate practice in the two chosen early elementary schools, and (c) to determine the factors that influence the teachers' implementation of developmentally appropriate practice in the selected early elementary schools. This study was a mixed-methods investigation, integrating two main phases: Phase One (survey method) and Phase Two (case studies). In the first phase, 335 early elementary grade teachers from 35 public schools in Bangkok were examined for their developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. Three surveys modified from Buchanan, Burts, Bidner, White, and Charlesworth (1998)--Teacher Demographic Questionnaire, Teacher Belief Scale (TBS), and Instructional Activity Scale (IAS)--were administered to the participating teachers. As the scores of the completed surveys were computed, two schools demonstrating the highest mean on Teacher Belief Scale (TBS) were chosen for the further case studies. In Phase Two, ten early elementary grade teachers from two selected schools were investigated. A case study design was employed to research the participating teachers' implementation of developmentally appropriate practice. Data sources included teacher interviews, classroom observations, and related document analyses. All collected data were coded and categorized in order to analyze the emergent themes and findings. Among the 335 teachers from 35 schools, the findings revealed that there was a significant difference of the teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs; however, the results of data analyses showed that no significant difference of the teachers' developmentally appropriate teaching practices was found. The findings also suggested that there was a low positive correlation between the teachers' self-reported developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. The scores of the teachers' developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices are varied across the classroom characteristics (i.e., grade levels taught, class size, and number of children with special needs) and the teacher characteristics (i.e., educational levels, majors/areas of expertise, years of graduation, and years of teaching experience). In the case studies, the observed teaching practices of the teachers from the two selected schools were not consistent with their reported developmentally appropriate beliefs and teaching practices. The teachers reported their partial application of developmentally appropriate practice. The factors that both supported and delayed the implementation included: the class-size of the classroom (number of students), parental involvement, and administrative systems. Also, the supporting factors were teachers' professional attitudes and the fact that teachers taught in self-contained classrooms, whereas the teachers' workload, the children's lack of readiness, and the limited school physical environment were noted as delaying factors. Recommendations for further research and practices are detailed.

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Denna studie undersöker matematikångest ur ett lärarperspektiv och betonar dess påverkan på elevers lärande i grundskoleutbildningen. Studien strävar efter att fördjupa förståelsen för matematikångest genom att undersöka dess effekter och identifiera förebyggande åtgärder. Genom att identifiera dessa faktorer som bidrar till uppkomsten av matematikångest och dess inverkan på elevers förmåga att lära sig, erbjuder studien insikter för lärare, föräldrar och beslutsfattare. Metodiken inkluderar en enkätundersökning bland flera lärare på grundskolenivå, i syfte att samla in deras uppfattningar och strategier gällande matematikångest. Valet av metod i studien är en enkät med kvalitativa ansatser. Resultatet avslöjar en avsevärd påverkan av matematikångest på elevers engagemang, deltagande och prestationer i matematik. Lärarna framhävde vikten av positiv förstärkning, stödjande lärmiljöer och anpassade undervisningsmetoder som avgörande för att minska eller motverka matematikångest.  Slutsatserna från denna studie understryker behovet av att hantera matematikångest genom ett gemensamt engagemang från lärare, föräldrar och beslutfattare. Genom att skapa en lärandemiljö som prioriterar förståelse, tålamod och anpassade undervisningsmetoder, siktar studien på att skapa en mer gynnsam matematikundervisning. Ambitionen är att förbättra utbildningskvaliteten och främja elevers välbefinnande i matematikämnet.

This exploratory, qualitative multiple-site case study examined principals’ expectations of teaching practices and children’s learning for early elementary grade levels (K, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd). Specifically, this study investigated principals’ understanding of developmentally appropriate practices regarding instructional methods, curriculum content, and assessment strategies. This study also examined how these constructs impact leadership decisions and offered contextual examples to exemplify their influence in real-life situations. Data collection included different school configurations (i.e., PreK-1st grade, PreK-3rd grade, K-5th grade, PreK-8th grade), and consisted of multiple data sources – school observations, teacher and principal interviews, questionnaires, teacher evaluations, a video clip, and artifacts. The twelve guidelines of Developmentally Appropriate Practices (DAP) and the Professional Standards of Educational Leaders (PSEL) provided a framework for thematic analysis. Results indicate principals have minimal training in early childhood pedagogy which may impact teacher evaluations and hiring practices. Results also suggest principals’ explicit leadership decisions conflict with DAP (utilization of external rewards, elimination of art, elimination of play, insufficient reporting measures, etc.). These leadership decisions may inhibit student growth, learning, and development including opportunities for self-regulation. Principals’ implicit leadership decisions may also be promoting inappropriate instructional practices (i.e., prescribed curriculum, teacher-directed whole group instruction, lengthy computerized testing, etc.), but data suggests external influences could be a factor as well. Policy implications and practice recommendations are included.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:48:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Paula Hanke da Silveira Gualdi.pdf: 778523 bytes, checksum: 6b5a9ae8565b43bd9b42f865483e51e2 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-09-04 / The construction of mathematical knowledge occurs in the daily experiences of student, at times when it uses personal strategies to solve its problems. Mathematics is present in its lives from birth and they are in contact with it at all times. However, for the student to have initiative to solve challenges, in addition to its interest, it s necessary interest from the teacher, who should assume the role in encouraging and guiding this process of knowledge construction, which the students should be the center of learning. Given the gaps in teacher's initial education to teach mathematics and believing in the importance of using the problem solving in the student learning process, the focus of this research is Teaching of Mathematics through problem solving, with the central question in this research: how to use problem solving in first grade of the elementary school, promoting teacher development and improving the educational practices in math classes? The research aims to analyze teacher s conceptions of the use of problem solving in first grade of the elementary school, and based on this information, to develop a training proposal, using problem solving as a teaching methodology. In addition, the specific objectives of the research are: conduct a theoretical survey of authors who work in the area of problem solving; identify and analyze the national and state legal texts that describe the elementary school and the teaching of mathematics in the early years; and set priorities with regard to work with problem solving in first grade of elementary school, based on consultation with teachers. The research was conducted as a qualitative research and it used as data collection instrument the bibliographical and documentary research, besides the application of questionnaires to teachers who work in first grade of elementary public school, which belongs to Diretoria Leste 1 in the city of São Paulo. The questionnaire was used to know the understanding of these teachers, in relation to work in mathematics and problem solving. Based on the analysis of their responses, it was proposed a continuing education program in order to organize the conditions to qualify school education in first grade, with an emphasis on mathematics. Continuing education should occur in one semester, using the moments of collective work in the school for the discussion of mathematics and the use of problem solving as a teaching methodology in the classroom, providing study opportunities, discussion, preparation, implementation, and analysis of the resolutions / A construção do conhecimento matemático ocorre nas vivências cotidianas do aluno, nos momentos em que utiliza estratégias pessoais para resolver seus problemas. A matemática está presente em sua vida desde que nasce e ele está em contato com ela a todo o momento. No entanto, para que ele tenha iniciativa para resolver desafios, é necessário que seu interesse seja mobilizado pelo professor, que deve assumir o papel de incentivador e orientador desse processo de construção de conhecimento centrado no aluno. Considerando as lacunas na formação inicial do professor para ensinar matemática e acreditando na importância de utilizar a resolução de problema no processo de aprendizagem do aluno, o tema central desta pesquisa é o Ensino da Matemática por meio da resolução de problema, tendo como questão central da investigação: como utilizar a resolução de problemas no 1º ano do ensino fundamental - Ciclo I, fomentando o desenvolvimento docente e aperfeiçoando as práticas educativas nas aulas de matemática? A pesquisa tem por objetivo analisar as concepções dos professores em relação à utilização da resolução de problema no 1º ano e, com base nessas informações, elaborar uma proposta de formação, utilizando a resolução de problema como metodologia de ensino. Além disso, são objetivos específicos da pesquisa: realizar um levantamento teórico de autores que abordem o tema da resolução de problema; identificar e analisar os textos legais nacionais e estaduais que descrevem o ensino fundamental e o ensino de matemática nos anos iniciais; e estabelecer prioridades com relação ao trabalho com a resolução de problema no 1º ano, baseado na consulta aos professores. A investigação foi desenvolvida na forma de pesquisa qualitativa e utilizou como instrumento de coleta de dados a pesquisa bibliográfica e documental e a aplicação de questionários às professoras que atuam nos 1º anos do ensino fundamental de uma Escola Estadual, que pertence à Diretoria Leste 1 da cidade de São Paulo. O questionário foi utilizado para conhecer a compreensão dessas professoras, em relação ao trabalho em matemática com a resolução de problema. Com base na análise de suas respostas, foi proposto um programa de formação continuada, com o intuito de organizar as condições para qualificar a educação escolar no 1º ano, com ênfase na matemática. A formação continuada deve ocorrer em um semestre letivo, utilizando os momentos de trabalhos coletivos na escola, para a discussão sobre a matemática e a utilização da resolução de problema como metodologia de ensino em sala de aula, propiciando oportunidade de estudo, discussão, elaboração, realização e análise das resoluções

Orientador: Jair Lopes Junior / Banca: Sergio Dias Cirino / Banca: Silvia Regina Quijadas Aro Zuliani / Banca: Lucia Helena Sasseron / Banca: Fernando Bastos / Resumo: No estudo que se segue assumimos a importância do diálogo entre os resultados de pesquisas acadêmicas e as práticas de ensino efetivamente dispostas em sala de aula, em específico, a relevância dos estudos sobre o processo da Alfabetização Científica nos anos iniciais como orientação das propostas de formação inicial de professores que irão ministrar Ciências Naturais. Sendo assim, investigamos a luz da mediação teórica proposta pelo Behaviorismo Radical, como se manifestam na prática de ensino das licenciandas em Pedagogia, ações comprometidas com o desenvolvimento de indicadores da Alfabetização Científica. Tal objetivo foi proposto considerando atividades voltadas para ampliação do repertório das licenciandas de interpretar funcionalmente os registros das interações discursivas produzidas em sala de aula, bem como atividades de observação em sala de aula de atividades de estágio desenvolvidas pelas licenciandas. Participaram deste estudo duas licenciandas em Pedagogia. Os dados coletados demonstraram que a concepção de Alfabetização Científica está distante da realidade formativa das participantes desta pesquisa no que se refere ao planejamento de condições adequadas de ensino para o desenvolvimento de repertórios vinculados com a produção de medidas comportamentais consistentes com os indicadores da Alfabetização Científica. Sendo assim, as atividades de interpretação funcional dos registros das interações discursivas produzidas em sala de aula pelas licenciandas constituíram-se em um recurso didático relevante para a aquisição e o desenvolvimento de repertórios comportamentais que definem a atuação profissional das futuras professoras do Ensino Fundamental, uma vez que verificamos o distanciamento entre as medidas produzidas e os indicadores que definem a Alfabetização Científica. Contudo, estudos futuros poderiam... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônicos abaixo) / Abstract: In the study that follows we assume the importance of dialogue between the results of academic research and teaching practices effectively arranged in the classroom, in specific, the relevance of studies on the process of scientific literacy in the early years as a guidelines of the proposed training Initial teacher who will teach the natural sciences. Thus, we investigated according to the theoretical mediation proposed by the Radical Behaviorism, as is manifested in practice teaching of undergradutates in pedagogy, shares commited to the development of indicators of Scientific Literacy. This objective was proposed considering activities for expanding the repertoire for future teachers to interpret functionally the records of the discursive interactions produced in the classroom and observation of stage's activities developed by the student. The study included two undergraduates in pedagogy. The collected multimídeaed that the conception of scientific literacy are far from reality literacy are far from reality training of participants in this study regarding to the planning of appropriate conditions of education for the development of repertories linked with the production of behavior measures consistent with indicators of Scientific Literacy. Thus, the activities of functional interpretation of the records of the discursive interactions produced in the classroom bu students constituted themselves into a teaching resource material for the acquisition and development of behavioral repertoires that define the professional performance of future teachers of elementary school, onde found that distance between the measurements produced and indicators that define the Scientific Literacy. However, future studies could verify the proposition that investigations could also facilitate the planning, implementation and evoluation of new situations of teaching the natural sciences committed to science education / Doutor

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