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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Geographical information systems (GIS) as a tool to provide information to disadvantaged communities

Kuiters, Brenda 13 July 2006 (has links)
Please read the abstract in the section 00front of this document / Dissertation (MA (Information Science))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Information Science / unrestricted
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NORMATIVE DATA FOR FOUR NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS IN A SAMPLE OF ADULTS WHO ARE ILLITERATE AND FROM LATIN AMERICA

Morlett Paredes, Alejandra 01 January 2018 (has links)
Neuropsychological tests are standardized tasks used to measure psychological functioning that is associated with a particular brain structure. These tests often are used in diagnosing a cognitive deficiency resulting from brain injuries. Currently, there are a limited number of studies that have focused on standardization of neuropsychological tests in Latin America. Therefore, the vast majority of cognitive tests used in the evaluation of patients with brain damage have no normative parameters adjusted to the cultural characteristics of Latinos and Latinas. As a result, neuropsychological diagnoses among this population may be inadequate, and evaluation of rehabilitation program effectiveness limited. The importance of culturally appropriate indices of neurological tests cannot be overstated; of all the problems presented by individuals with brain injuries, cognitive disorders are the leading source of disability for adequate work, family, and social reintegration among this group. There is an urgent need to standardize neuropsychological tests in Latin America, among Latinos in the US and any other regions where neuropsychological test have not been standardized. An important population subgroup in Latin America severely lacking in norms for many neuropsychological tests are those deemed illiterate or unable to read or write. Developing normative data for individuals who are illiterate will allow neuropsychologists to have a more accurate comparison when attempting to diagnose cognitive deficits among this group in Latin America. This dissertation is unique, as no other studies have looked at the normative data and standardization of neuropsychological tests within this population in Latin America.
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Monitoramento metacognitivo em adultos analfabetos funcionais e absolutos / Metacognitive monitoring in functional and fully illiterate adults

Fujie, Márcia Akemi 15 March 2017 (has links)
Submitted by Aelson Maciera (aelsoncm@terra.com.br) on 2017-09-06T18:51:39Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DissMAF.pdf: 890318 bytes, checksum: db8d31a4a8b322924c03f6f0c0b7c9d7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2017-09-25T14:08:02Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissMAF.pdf: 890318 bytes, checksum: db8d31a4a8b322924c03f6f0c0b7c9d7 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Ronildo Prado (ronisp@ufscar.br) on 2017-09-25T14:08:11Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DissMAF.pdf: 890318 bytes, checksum: db8d31a4a8b322924c03f6f0c0b7c9d7 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-09-25T14:11:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DissMAF.pdf: 890318 bytes, checksum: db8d31a4a8b322924c03f6f0c0b7c9d7 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-15 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Self-regulation refers to thoughts, feelings and actions that are planned and cyclically adapted so as to make the individual reach their goals. Within the self-regulation is the metacognitive monitoring, the ability with which the individual follows and evaluates their own cognition. The present study was divided into two studies, both aimed to investigate the metacognitive monitoring of illiterate adults using the metacognitive judgement, a measure of the metacognitive monitoring, in cognitive tasks that evaluate the general factor of intelligence, processing speed and short-term memory. The relation between the real performance and the estimated performance was also investigated, including in which cognitive task the real performance related more to the estimated performance. In addition, we investigated which type of judgment model – the only difference between the two studies – was the most accurate. The participants of Study (1) included 34 functional or fully illiterate adults, from both genders, and age between 40 and 60 years old; and participants of Study (2) included 15 functional or fully illiterate adults, from both genders, and age between 20 and 74 years old. The instruments utilized were: Initial Interview, R-1 Test and subtests Digit Symbol-Coding, Symbol Search and Digit Span from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III (WAIS III), Judgment Register from 0 to 10, Judgement Register from 0 to 100 and Judgement Register with the use of a metric object. Results indicated that the real performance of the subjects, in both studies, were lower when compared to subjects with a greater level of education, and, according to the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, there was a significant correlation between the real performance and the estimated performance in the subtest Digit Symbol-Coding in Study 1, and significant correlation between real and estimated performance in the subtests Digit Symbol-Coding, Digit Span and Symbol Search in Study 2. In addition, results indicated that the judgment made with a metric object presented he most accurate measures. / A autorregulação refere-se aos pensamentos, sentimentos e ações que são planejados e ciclicamente adaptados para o alcance dos objetivos traçados pelo indivíduo. Dentro dessa totalidade, encontra-se o monitoramento metacognitivo, que é a habilidade pela qual o sujeito “acompanha” e avalia sua própria cognição. Foram realizados dois estudos, ambos com o objetivo investigar o monitoramento de adultos analfabetos, por meio do julgamento, entendido como uma medida do monitoramento metacognitivo, sobre o desempenho em tarefas cognitivas que avaliam o fator geral de inteligência, a velocidade de processamento e a memória de curto prazo. Também foi investigada a existência de diferenças nas relações entre desempenhos reais e estimados e em quais tarefas cognitivas o desempenho real mais se relaciona ao desempenho estimado. Além disso, investigou-se qual o modelo de registro de julgamento foi o mais acurado, sendo o tipo de modelo utilizado a única diferença entre os estudos. Participaram do Estudo (1) 34 analfabetos funcionais ou absolutos, de ambos os gêneros e com idade entre 40 e 60 anos, e, no Estudo (2), 15 analfabetos funcionais ou absolutos, de ambos os gêneros e com idade entre 20 e 74 anos. Os materiais utilizados para a coleta de dados foram: Entrevista Inicial (EI), Teste R-1 e os subtestes Código, Procurar Símbolos e Dígitos da Escala Wechsler de Inteligência para Adultos III (WAIS III), Registro de Julgamentos de 0 a 10, Registro de Julgamentos de 0 a 100 e Registro de Julgamentos a partir de um objeto de medida. Os resultados indicaram que, em ambos os estudos, os escores reais dos participantes foram mais baixos quando comparados com sujeitos de maior escolaridade das amostras normativas dos instrumentos. A partir das correlações de Pearson, observou-se no Estudo 1 uma correlação significativa entre o desempenho real e o julgamento do desempenho no subteste Códigos; e, no Estudo 2, correlações significativas entre o desempenho real e o julgamento de desempenho nos subtestes Códigos, Dígitos e Procurar Símbolos. Ainda, os resultados indicaram que o julgamento de desempenho a partir de um objeto de medida foi o que apresentou as medidas mais acuradas.
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Formação de conceitos em adultos iletrados: em busca de indícios de oralidade letrada

Barros Filho, Delma 08 1900 (has links)
Submitted by Delma Barros Filho (delmab@gmail.com) on 2015-11-16T22:53:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Delma Barros_Dissertação.pdf: 9789741 bytes, checksum: 7553c5c82a7277e7b0aef79dd79424bf (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Oliveira Santos Dilzaná (dilznana@yahoo.com.br) on 2016-01-27T13:35:45Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Delma Barros_Dissertação.pdf: 9789741 bytes, checksum: 7553c5c82a7277e7b0aef79dd79424bf (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-01-27T13:35:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Delma Barros_Dissertação.pdf: 9789741 bytes, checksum: 7553c5c82a7277e7b0aef79dd79424bf (MD5) / CNPq / Este trabalho tem o objetivo de compreender a maneira como adultos iletrados pertencentes a sociedades letradas manejam conceitos no que diz respeito a diferentes níveis de abstração. No campo de estudos sobre o desenvolvimento cognitivo de adultos, os autores que se dedicam a investigar o funcionamento cognitivo de pessoas em diferentes contextos têm concordado quanto à ideia de que o processo de escolarização promove o treinamento sistemático em operações teóricas, aspecto que envolve a aquisição de ferramentas culturais que subsidiam a organização do pensamento. O tema tem sido pesquisado através da comparação da cognição de iletrados com a de pessoas formalmente escolarizadas. O interesse tem sido investigar possíveis consequências cognitivas do uso da linguagem escrita e compreender as inter-relações entre as linguagens oral e escrita. Os estudos considerados apontam que a aquisição da escrita é avaliada, por um lado, como promovendo efeitos homogêneos; por outro, como sendo caracterizada pelas práticas sociais de uso desta habilidade, não devendo ser tomada por efeitos gerais. O presente trabalho é uma proposta de estudo sobre as relações entre o pensamento não escolarizado e o escolarizado tomando como base os desenvolvimentos teóricos de Vigotski, especificamente o tópico da formação de conceitos (cotidianos ou científicos). No pensamento orientado por conceito cotidiano, palavras codificam informações com base nos atributos perceptuais dos referentes. No pensamento orientado por conceito científico a estrutura do significado de palavra é abstrata, não dependendo do reflexo imediato da realidade. Para Vigotski o objetivo principal da escolarização seria a ascensão do pensamento empírico para o teórico. Este estudo propõe levar em conta uma rota alternativa de desenvolvimento, configurada para aqueles que não foram escolarizados, permanecendo iletrados. O conceito de oralidade letrada, considerado neste estudo, aponta para o fato de que, em sociedades letradas, a ascensão ao pensamento teórico pode acontecer fora da escola, através, por exemplo, de demandas sociais do trabalho. Foram examinadas as respostas de dois grupos de participantes (iletrados: adultos que nunca frequentaram a escola ou o fizeram rudimentarmente por poucos anos, permanecendo, portanto, não-alfabetizados ou semi-analfabetos; e letrados: estudantes universitários ou pessoas com nível superior concluído) a testes sobre formação de conceitos (com vistas a identificar a estrutura conceitual predominante) e a testes sobre medidas de habilidades cognitivas. A consideração da estrutura conceitual leva em conta a maneira como o participante organizou as respostas aos testes: os critérios subjacentes a essa organização e a forma de ligação das palavras, no conjunto formulado. Esta análise permite classificar a estrutura do seu pensamento como orientada predominantemente por conceito cotidiano ou científico. Entre os resultados da análise comparativa entre o padrão de respostas encontrado para os dois grupos de participantes, destacam-se, conforme esperado: a) o predomínio da utilização de conceitos cotidianos entre iletrados; b) o predomínio do uso de conceitos científicos entre letrados. No entanto, o fato de os participantes dos dois subgrupos terem formulado os dois tipos de conceitos permite discutir questões relacionadas com o desenvolvimento da oralidade letrada no subgrupo dos participantes iletrados. This study has the objective of understanding the way how illiterate adults belonging to literate societies handle concepts respecting to different levels of abstraction. In the field of studies about cognitive development, the authors dedicated to investigate the cognitive operation of people in different contexts have agreed on the idea that the schooling process promotes the systematic training in theoretical operations, aspect that encompass the acquisition of cultural tools that support the organization of thought. The subject has been investigated by comparison between the cognition of illiterates and of formally schooled persons. The objective has been the investigation possible cognitive consequences about the use of written language and understanding the inter-relations between oral and written languages. The studies here considered point that the acquisition of writing is evaluated, at one hand, as promoting homogeneous effects; and on the other hand, as being characterized by the social practices of this skill’s usage, should not be taken as general effects. This present work is a study proposal about the relationships between unschooled and schooled thought based on the Vygotsky’s theoretical developments, specifically the topic about word meaning structure (WMS) (the description of the system of relationships of words - the connections between symbols - that characterizes the semiotically mediated thought). There are hierarchical levels of language utilization, that is WMS. In this work we study two of these levels: everyday concept and scientific concept. In thought organized/ oriented by everyday concept, words code information based on the related sensitive’s attributes. In thought oriented by scientific concept the structure of word meaning is abstract, not depending on reality’s immediate reflex. To Vygotsky the main objective of schooling would be the ascension of empirical thought to theoretical thought. This study proposes to have in account an alternative route of development, configured the people who didn’t went through school, remaining illiterates. The concept of literate orality, considered in this study, points out to the fact that, in literate societies, the ascension to theoretical thought can happen outside the school, by means of, for example, working social demands. There have been examined the answers of two groups of participants (illiterates: adults which never attended to school or did it poorly in few years, remaining, thus, unlettered or semi-lettered; and literates: university students or persons which concluded the high school) to tests about word meaning structure (concepts formation) (intending to identify the predominant conceptual structure) and to tests about cognitive skills measurement. The consideration about the conceptual structure has in account the way how the participant organized the answers to the tests: the underlying criterions to this organization and the form of binding words, inside the formulated series. This analysis enables to classify the structure of the thought as predominantly oriented by everyday or scientific concept. Among the results of the comparative analysis between the patterns of answers found on the two groups of participants, excel out, as expected: a) the predominance of everyday concepts utilization among illiterates; b) the predominance of scientific concepts among literates. However, the fact that the participants of both subgroups formulated the two types of concepts allows the discussion of questions related with the development of literate orality inside the subgroup of illiterate participants.
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The Traveling Memories Project: A Digital Collection of Lived Experiences of Teachers Who Served in the 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign

Waller, Kimberly 10 May 2022 (has links)
No description available.

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