The purpose of this action research study was to explore the use of informational text in kindergarten through sixth grade classrooms in one elementary school. The research was based on analyzing responses given by teachers on a self-report survey; which addressed various aspects of their use of informational texts. The survey included questions about the sources teachers used to find informational texts, the criteria used in selection of such texts, and the frequency and purposes for informational text use. These data were then compared according to teachers' years of teaching experience and grade level taught to see the influence of such groupings. Findings indicated that teachers tend to use the sources for informational texts that are most readily available within a school. Further, findings indicated that not all teachers use the same selection criteria for picking informational texts to use in their classrooms and teachers value different criteria for selection of such texts. Next, frequency of use of informational texts varied from teacher to teacher, with some teachers using informational texts often and some using informational texts very little. The use of such texts was almost always tied to specific content, but the purposes for use of informational texts varied from teacher to teacher, with some teachers being very specific in their purpose, to others being very vague about their purpose for the use of such texts. Finally, findings show that there were differences in the ways teachers in two grade-level groups selected and used informational texts.

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The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of the achievement and personality traits of a selected group of pupils to determine differences and relationships existing between these important factors, and to study their significance for the classroom teacher.

The problem of this study is to determine the cause for the reading difficulties and offer remedial suggestions for the sixth-grade children in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas.

The purpose of this study is fourfold: (1) to determine the relationship between sociometric status and specific physique types; (2) to determine the relationship between personal appearance and sociometric status; (3) to determine the relationship between sociometric status and physical defects; (4) to determine the relationship between sociometric status and chronic absenteeism.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of three different types of in-service or preservice training on the attitudes of sixth-grade teachers in selected Texas school districts toward the "new" social studies. The types of preparation compared are the following: completion of a social studies methods course within the last two years, attendance at a social studies in-service training session at least three hours in length within the past year, a major or minor in one of the social science disciplines, or combinations of these. Additional variables such as age, teaching experience, classroom organization, degrees held, and textbooks being used are also considered. Three hundred twenty-four respondents from thirteen school districts completed a two-part questionnaire. Part A seeks biographical, educational, and experiential information. Part B contains thirty-nine statements about social studies education to which the participants respond on a six-point Likert-type scale. Data are treated with a one-way analysis of variance, and hypotheses are retained or rejected at the .05 level of significance. When a significant F-ratio is found on data having more than two groups, the Fisher's t for multi-type comparisons is applied to determine where the significant differences occur.

The thesis deals with the critical points of teaching Czech language at the elementary school. The aim of the work was to identify the citical points of teaching Czech language to the sixth grade of the elementary level. The identification of the critical points was done through a qualitative analysis of the discussions lead with teachers of Czech language. The theoretical part of the work characterizes the Czech language curriculum in the sixth grade and its didactic apporoach in commonly used textbooks. Conceptions, such as the cricital point and the mistake are defined. The practical part of the work contains the analysis and the interpretation of the discussions carried out with the teachers. The program Altas.ti was used for the evaluation of the obtained data. The critical points of Czech language in the sixth grade of the elementary school were found to be the phenomena in the realm of syntax, morphology, and spelling. In the realm of syntax, the critical spots of the greatest weight were: the ability to think logically, the knowledge of the basic linguistic phenomena, the understanding of the syntactic relationships and the terminology. In morphology, the ability to distinguish between the parts of speech, the case determination, and the recognition of the number of the collective and the...

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Este trabalho teve como escopo detectar mecanismos presentes no processo de produção escrita de alunos que chegam ao sexto ano do Ensino Fundamental sem o domínio ortográfico esperado nesse nível de escolaridade, considerando o sexto ano como momento nodal para um apoio fundamentado àqueles que apresentem defasagem. Para tanto, analisa produções de quatro alunos de uma escola pública estadual da capital paulista, com base em postulados da Fonética e da Fonologia, em que são observadas as possíveis relações entre a consciência fonológica do português brasileiro e os processos de escrita. Reflexões da Psicolinguística concorrem para o entendimento de que os erros dos alunos são índices a serem considerados para intervenção didático-pedagógica. Para sintonizar intervenções na escola, postulados da Teoria da Atribuição Causal, voltados para a educação, são propostos com o intuito de compreender a disposição dos alunos diante das dinâmicas de ensino e aprendizagem. Uma sistematização das normas ortográficas do português embasa sugestões de abordagens em sala de aula para superação dos problemas apontados. / This dissertation aims to describe the mechanisms involved when sixth-grade students do not achieve expected levels in orthography. The sixth-grade is considered a critical time to provide appropriate support for those students who are under-achieving. Psycholinguistics have postulated that student errors are indicators of the need for pedagogical didactic intervention. The study analyses the written work of four students from a public school in the State of Sao Paulo, from a Phonetic and Phonologic perspective. A relationship between phonological awareness of Brazilian Portuguese and writing processes was observed. To understand the engagement of students with teaching and learning, the Attribution Theory is suggested in order to adjust school interventions. A system of Portuguese orthographic norms was part of the research, along with suggestions for practical intervention.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-27T14:48:47Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Renata Sales de Moraes Borges.pdf: 588499 bytes, checksum: 8a22db0cd2b4294a11411135e183c879 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-11-10 / Secretaria da Educação do Estado de São Paulo / This study discusses the transition of students from the fifth to the sixth grade of elementary school, considering the expectations in relation to this reality, to demonstrate to teachers who work with these groups the need to adopt a professional stance based on a differentiated formation, since this transition can still be characterized by its ruptures and discontinuities in the pedagogical work. In this sense, the research aims to: build a proposal for continuing education, to be developed along the teachers of elementary school II, reflecting on the passage of pupils from the fifth to the sixth grade. And specific objectives: Enumerating the difficulties teachers experience in relationship with the students of the sixth grade; Identify the characteristics of the students, which are desirable for teachers from early years of elementary school II; Reflect on the processes of change necessary for the reconstruction of teacher-student relationships. The investigation was developed in the form of bibliographic and documentary research, and supported in consultation with professors in the sixth year of a school in the State schools, by the application of a questionnaire, to the construction of the proposed continuing education. The research has revealed, throughout the process, that there are several factors that, directly or indirectly, influence the transition from the fifth to the sixth grade, both for students and for teachers who receive them. One aspect, however, stood out among the others: the student is alone in this passage, because it is not understood as a new space in the process of schooling. The children, most of the time, feel and suffer in silence, or defend themselves inappropriately because it is a transition invisible and unknown by their teachers / Este estudo aborda a transição dos alunos do quinto para o sexto ano do ensino fundamental, considerando as expectativas em relação a esta realidade escolar, para demonstrar aos professores que atuam com esses grupos a necessidade de adotar uma postura profissional apoiada em uma formação diferenciada, pois esta transição ainda pode ser caracterizada por suas rupturas e descontinuidades no trabalho pedagógico. Nesse sentido, a pesquisa tem por objetivo geral: construir uma proposta de formação continuada, a ser desenvolvida junto a professores do ensino fundamental II, refletindo sobre a passagem dos alunos do quinto para o sexto ano. E por objetivos específicos: Enumerar as dificuldades que os professores vivenciam na relação com os alunos do sexto ano; Identificar as características dos alunos, que são desejáveis para os professores dos anos iniciais do ensino fundamental II; Refletir sobre os processos de mudança necessários à reconstrução da relação professor-aluno. A investigação foi desenvolvida na forma de pesquisa bibliográfica e documental, e apoiou-se na consulta aos professores do sexto ano de uma escola da rede estadual de ensino, pela aplicação de um questionário, para a construção da proposta de formação continuada. A pesquisa permitiu revelar, ao longo do processo, que vários são os fatores que, diretamente ou indiretamente, influenciam essa transição do quinto para o sexto ano, tanto para os alunos como para os professores que os recebem. Um aspecto, porém se destacou entre os demais: o aluno está sozinho nessa passagem, porque ela não é entendida como um novo espaço no processo de escolarização. As crianças, na maioria das vezes, sentem e sofrem em silêncio, ou se defendem de forma inadequada, porque se trata de uma transição invisível e desconhecida por seus professores