Orientador: Célia Maria Giacheti / Banca: Jacy Perissinoto / Banca: Larissa Cristina Berti / Resumo: A Comunicação Humana envolve habilidades de recepção (entrada) e expressão (saída) da linguagem, que o indivíduo desenvolve, sejam elas relativas à fala, à escrita ou por meio de gestos. A avaliação da comunicação humana tem por objetivo levantar hipóteses diagnósticas e pode ser feita com o uso de testes padronizados. O Preschool Language Assessment Instrument - Second Edition (PLAI-2) é um instrumento norte-americano recém-traduzido e adaptado para o Português Brasileiro. Trata-se de um teste formal, utilizado para avaliar habilidades comunicativas em nível de recepção e expressão de crianças em idade pré-escolar. As habilidades comunicativas do PLAI-2 estão de acordo com quatro níveis de habilidade comunicativa: (1) escolha, que é a habilidade comunicativa mais elementar, somente vinculada a objetos tangíveis; (2) análise seletiva, item em que a criança deve responder a aspectos mais seletivos mediante uma situação controlada; (3) análise perceptual, que exige que a criança resista aos demais componentes e responda de acordo com as suas experiências o que está de acordo com a ordem solicitada; (4) raciocínio, que é a habilidade mais complexa da habilidade comunicativa e corresponde ao que a criança pensa sobre o que poderia, pode ou que aconteceria diante de determinadas condições. Este estudo teve como objetivos (1) verificar o desempenho de crianças com distúrbios de comunicação na versão brasileira do PLAI-2 e comparar com o desempenho de crianças com desenvolvimento tí... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: The Human Communication involves receiving skills (input) and expression (output) of language, the individual develops these skills, whether spoken, written or through gestures. The assessment of human communication aims to raise diagnostic hypotheses, and can be done with the use of standardized tests. The Preschool Language Assessment Instrument - Second Edition (PLAI-2) is an American instrument newly translated and adapted to Brazilian Portuguese. This is a formal test used to assess communication skills in both inbound and expression of children in preschool age. The PLAI-2 communication skills according to four levels of communication skills:(1) choice, which is the most basic communication skills, only linked to tangible objects; (2) selective analysis item in which the child must answer more selective aspects through a controlled situation; (3) perceptual analysis, which requires the child to resist other components and respond according to their experiences which is in accordance with the order being requested; (4) reasoning, which is the most complex skill of communicative ability and corresponds to what the child thinks about what might, could or would happen before certain conditions. This study aimed to (1) verify the performance of children with communication disorders in the Brazilian version of PLAI-2 and compare the performance of children with typical development; (2) verify that the Brazilian version of PLAI-2 discriminates children with language disorder o... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

With the purpose of finding the motives behind use, production and reuse of Open Educational Resources (OER), the writer has conducted a qualitative survey. The three main questions in this two years master‟s thesis are: • Why do people use others‟ unmodified OER? • Why do people produce OER? • Why do people alter and reuse OER? The theoretic framework is built around Manuel Castells‟ network society, with its social and efficiency seeking dimension, along with the Knowledge commons. Some pedagogy is included as well. A web survey was distributed to 796 users of the Connexions OER repository. 95 responses were received. The results reveal the users, producers and reusers to be a diverse crowd. The belief in sharing knowledge and information is put forth as a motive behind taking part in the OER circuit, as are more practical thoughts about use in teaching or learning situations. Continuing reuse of own material is popular. The quality of material and user interfaces are claimed to be barriers against use. The verdict is not un-animous however, and there are possible signs of improvement ahead. Furthermore, the community around OER is described with warmth and surprise by several respondents. Among faculty the support for OER is varied, but on the internet the communication and encouragement is glob-al.