Made available in DSpace on 2014-11-10T11:09:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2014-04-11Bitstream added on 2014-11-10T11:58:28Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 000789050.pdf: 2570495 bytes, checksum: a866ca05ff835b4dc29e9e20c57549bf (MD5) / A escrita é uma habilidade manual típica do ser humano, indispensável para que o indivíduo se integre e se adapte ao meio social. É uma habilidade bastante complexa que envolve uma combinação de componentes perceptivos, motores, cinestésicos e cognitivos. A avaliação da escrita é o primeiro desafio encontrado pelas professoras que atuam no processo de alfabetização. O presente estudo teve como objetivo validar e adaptar transculturalmente, para o contexto brasileiro, o Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA), instrumento elaborado por Judith Reisman e utilizado nos Estados Unidos da América do Norte para avaliação da qualidade da escrita manual. Participaram do estudo 448 crianças matriculadas nos 2º e 3º anos do sistema público de ensino e duas professoras de escola que foram examinadoras. O método de validação proposto foi o “Cross-Cultural Adaptation” e a validação foi feita com base no estilo de escrita de forma. Em um primeiro momento, foi realizada a equivalência de conceitos, semântica e idiomática resultantes da tradução e retradução do MHA. A seguir, a fidedignidade desse instrumento de avaliação da qualidade da escrita foi verificada pelo Coeficiente de Correlação Intraclasse (CCI). Posteriormente, as crianças foram solicitadas a copiar uma frase com todas as letras do alfabeto brasileiro. Finalmente, duas professoras aplicaram o instrumento traduzido e adaptado para validação do mesmo. O CCI do teste-reteste foi 0,92 para legibilidade, 0,90 para forma, 0,99 para alinhamento e 0,89 para espaçamento, sendo significativo em todas as categorias. Com relação a fidedignidade entre avaliadores, o CCI foi 0,89 para legibilidade, 0,99 para alinhamento, 0,98 para tamanho e 0,90 para espaçamento, alcançando nível de significância em todas estas categorias. O CCI da categoria forma foi 0,53, não atingindo nível de significância, resultado esse que pode estar relacionado à variabilidade do padrão... / Writing is a typical hand human skill, which is essential for individuals to integrate and adapt to the social environment. It is a fairly complex skill that involves a combination of perceptual, motor, kinesthetic and cognitive components. The assessment of writing is one of the several challenges encountered by teachers in the literacy process. The present study aimed to validate and adapt transculturally, for the Brazilian context, the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA), an instrument developed by Judith Reisman and used in the United States of America. Participated in the study 448 children enrolled in the 2nd and 3rd school years from the public school system and two school teachers who served as examiners. The validation method proposed was the Cross-Cultural Adaptation and was applied for the validation only of the discrete D’Nealian style of handwriting. First, the equivalence of concepts, semantics and resulting idiomatic translation and retranslation of the MHA was done. Then, trustworthiness of this instrument for assessing the quality of the writing was verified. Next, children were asked to copy a sentence with all letters of the Brazilian alphabet. Finally, two teachers applied the adapted instrument for validation. The Intraclass Correlation Coefficient (ICC) for the trustworthiness test-retest was 0.92 for readability, 0.90 for form, 0.99 for alignment and 0.89 for spacing, being significant in all categories. With respect to reliability among evaluators, the ICC was 0.89 for readability, 0.99 for alignment, 0.98 for size, and 0.90 for spacing, reaching level of significance in these categories. The ICC 0,53 of form category did not reach level of significance what can be related to variability of the handwriting pattern of the Brazilian children. The cross-cultural adaptation proposed and the satisfactory results obtained from the validation of the discrete D’Nealian style of handwriting allow for the statement...

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This study explored the beliefs of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers about project-based learning (PBL), as they encountered a project-based learning high school where they implemented a project-based unit of instruction. A qualitative study was conducted with one undergraduate cohort in a higher education science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) national initiative that has 40 U.S. replication sites. Using teaching philosophy statements and focus group discussions, the beliefs of STEM pre-service secondary teachers are made visible. The findings from this study reveal a recurring theme: the process of how these pre-service teachers seemed to evolve and mature as teachers, from novice toward becoming an expert, as they asked themselves internal questions that are common to developing teachers. These pre-service STEM teachers experienced 1) internal questions about their own growth as a potential teacher, as evidenced through their verbal and written statements; 2) tension between PBL content and pedagogy; and 3) tension between practice and theory. The findings also infer that there are potential critical variables that may contribute to pre-service teachers’ beliefs. Those variables identified were the following: 1) the sequence of when the project-based instruction (PBI) course was taken; 2) time, as related to when the participant took the PBI course in relationship to the final semester when they were engaged in apprentice teaching; and 3) the field placement location during the apprentice teaching semester.

Inom den automatiserade bearbetande metallindustrin är ett sätt att effektivisera produktionen, och följaktligen stärka konkurrenskraft, att cykeltidsoptimera CNC-maskiner. I avsikt att denna typ av optimeringsarbeten inte ska ske ostrukturerat, utan med systematik, syftar detta arbete till att arbeta fram ett förslag på en projektmetod avsedd för cykeltidsoptimering av CNC-maskiner. Vidare har intervjuer, arbetsuppföljning och observationer vid Scania CV ABs vevaxelproduktion tillsammans med relaterade litterära studier analyserats och filtrerats; och sedan använts för att tillhandahålla svar på arbetets frågeställningar: (1) Kan onödiga aktiviteter i CNC-cykler identifieras och kan dessa i sådant fall minimeras eller uteslutas? (2) Hur kan en projektmetod vara uppbyggd och vad kan den uppbyggnaden innefatta? Åtta stycken täckande aktiviteter i CNC-cyklar med optimeringspotential noterades. Där innefattas exempelvis väntetider, långsamma och onödiga sekvenser samt aktiviteter som kanske parallellt men ej gör det. Även praktisk arbetsgång för cykeltidsoptimering av CNC-maskiner och metoder för annan optimering identifierades. Sammanvägningen av de empiriska resultaten och de relaterade studierna visade att fasindelning och innehållet i en projektmetod kan skilja beroende på om metoden är generell eller specifikt anpassad. Efter att ha arbetat samtliga empiriska resultat och relaterade studier konstruerades ett förslag på projektmetod. Metoden har fem faser (potential, initiering, planering, utförande och avslutning) och presenteras i ett användargränssnitt. Gränssnittet tydliggör vad som ska utföras i respektive fas och hur. I ett utökat arbete kan gränssnittet utvecklas och optimeringsaspekter som kräver mer omfattande lösningar kartläggas samt definieras kopplat till hur de bör hanteras. / Within the automated metalworking industry, one way to make production more effective, and consequently strengthen and maintain competitiveness, is to optimize the cycle time of CNC machines. With the intention that this type of optimization work should not be done unstructured, but systematically, this work aims to develop a proposal for a project method intended for cycle time optimization of CNC machines. Furthermore, interviews, workfollow-up and observations at Scania CV AB's crankshaft production together with related literary studies have been analyzed and filtered; and then used to provide answers to the work's research questions: (1) Can unnecessary activities in CNC cycles be identified and, if so, can these be minimized or excluded? (2) How can a project method be structured and what can that structure include? Eight covering activities in CNC cycles with optimization potential were noted. This includes, for example, waiting times, slow and unnecessary sequences and activities that can take place parallelly but do not. Practical workflow for cycle time optimization of CNC machines and methods for other types optimization were also identified. The balance of the empirical results and the related studies showed that the phasing and content of a project method can differ depending on whether the method is general or specifically adapted. After working through all the empirical results and related studies, a proposal was put together for a project method. The method has five phases (potential, initiation, planning, execution and termination) and is presented in a user interface. The interface clarifies what must be done in each phase and how. In an extended work, the interface can be further developed and optimization aspects that require more comprehensive solutions can be mapped and defined in connection with how they should be handled.

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This theses concern with project-based learning with an emphasis on the subject Czech language and literature on higher level of czech primary school and secondary schools. It's purpose is to comprehend ideas of this teaching method and current state of its use, as well as to prepare analysis of chosen projects (or project ideas for teaching) in the Czech language and literature. The final goal of this thesis is to design own projects, which could be used by teachers in their praxis. Theses thus consists of two parts. The first on is theoretical and focuses on project-based learning in general, the history of project-based learning, it's planning and preparation. The second part, which is empirical, describes on a qualitative level and critically evaluates some projects and suggests own projects too. This theses could provide valuable material for both experienced and novice teachers in the preparation and implementation of project education at Czech schools. Key words project-based teaching/project-based learning, project, project method, czech language and literature, higher level of czech primary school, secondary school

The diploma thesis: "Project method at primary school" deals with the development of new knowledge and skills through the project method, analysis of the quality of its use and possibilities of its application in practice. The work discusses how teachers work on projects with new information, how they develop new knowledge and skills of their students when using the project method. Furthermore it brings author's own project the purpose of which was to allow students to invent new knowledge on their own. The project method at the first school can be carried out by either short-term or long-term projects. Effectivity and quality of teaching is influenced by versatile development of personality of each student. Results of the questionnaire survey proves that the teachers are trying to ensure students enough opportunities for development of key competencies. They strive to put students in the working mood and try to build rich information background. Teachers knowingly consider these aspects however they are not convinced whether it is sufficient for the students. Results of student questionnaire captures how students perceive the work with new information acquired during the project. The project awakens students' interest in these information even for the future. When working on the project students...

The purpose of this study was to identify (1) the effectiveness of the Intel Essentials model of project-based learning based on student Florida Comprehensive Assessment test (FCAT) reading scores; (2) the differences in student engagement between students in classes with teachers trained in the Intel Essentials model of project-based learning and teachers not trained in the model as measured by the Beliefs about Classroom Structures Survey; (3) the level of implementation (high, average, or low) of teachers trained in the Intel Essentials model of project-based learning; and (4) any correlation between the level of implementation and the level of student engagement. A total of 32 teachers participated in the study. The teachers were split into 2 groups: the experimental group (N = 16) that participated in the Intel Essentials Training, and the control group (N = 16) that did not participate in the training. The results for this study were mixed. The students of the experimental group teachers (N = 780) had significantly higher (p < .05) FCAT scores than that of the control group students (N = 643). The control group with the exception of Motivating Tasks subscale had significantly higher levels of engagement. The correlation between level of implementation and student engagement produced a moderate negative correlation, meaning that the Intel trained teachers with the highest levels of implementation had the lowest levels of engagement. / by Jeremy R. Wright. / Thesis (Ed.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2009. / Includes bibliography. / Electronic reproduction. Boca Raton, Fla., 2009. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T16:33:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ana Claudia Caldas de Arruda Leite.pdf: 161304 bytes, checksum: 3fcc7f1788ee6fb26577233250e14dfe (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-08-08 / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / This work, carried through from social sciences circumscribed education issues, has as object of study the concept of project, its introduction in the educational context, and its relation with modernity. Moreover, it is based on the project method , developed in 1918 by William Heard Kilpatrick, due to its contribution for the understanding of the nexuses established between psychology and education. Also, this method allows analyzing the input of the education and psychology in the history of teaching based on projects. The conception of project in modernity reveals two main features from the XVI century: the ascension of the individual and the development of the capitalism. From the hypothesis that the concept of projects evidences the lack of synchronism produced in this period, between the emphasis on the individual and on the transformations of the modes of production. Thus, it turns the making of this self-governing reasoning oriented person unachievable. In order to analyze the idea of project, Kilpatrick essays on the project method were used as primary reference source. Finally, the theoretical referential which support this work were Karl Marx and the authors of the critical theory / Este trabalho, realizado a partir de problemas circunscritos às ciências sociais da educação, tem como objeto de estudo a noção de projeto, sua relação com a modernidade e introdução no contexto educacional, com base no método de projeto , elaborado em 1918 por William Heard Kilpatrick. A escolha por esta concepção justifica-se na medida em que o método de projeto contribui para o entendimento dos nexos estabelecidos entre a psicologia e a educação, bem como possibilita analisar a entrada de ambas na história do ensino por projetos. Na modernidade, a noção de projeto relaciona-se com dois aspectos constituídos desde o século XVI, quais sejam: a ascensão do indivíduo e o desenvolvimento do capitalismo. Baseia-se na hipótese de que o conceito de projeto evidencia o descompasso, produzido neste período, entre a centralidade atribuída ao indivíduo e as transformações no modo de produção. Os conceitos básicos que orientam a análise do material são: experiência, formação, liberdade e indivíduo, definidos com base nos autores da teoria crítica e em Karl Marx. No intuito de analisar a noção de projeto, em particular sua introdução na educação, no início do século XX, utilizaram-se os ensaios de Kilpatrick sobre o método de projeto