Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:31:44Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2011-03-03Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:42:48Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 brito_mc_dr_mar.pdf: 702905 bytes, checksum: e05611c0e88bf426de2ff05191ec241f (MD5) / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) / Para a construção de um ensino inclusivo de qualidade é imprescindível compreender as condições de acolhimento de todos os alunos e promover adequações que favoreçam o ambiente social das escolas. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar o meio social em ambiente educacional inclusivo de alunos com síndrome de Asperger. Para isso foi realizada análise do meio atitudinal (estudo I) e análise do meio interacional (estudo II). No estudo I foram investigadas as atitudes sociais de professores e alunos, que compõem o ambiente escolar de alunos com síndrome de Asperger, acerca da inclusão. O estudo II consistiu na investigação do ambiente interacional de alunos com síndrome de Asperger, por meio de um estudo sociométrico com os colegas de classe e por meio da análise de situações de sala de aula. Esta pesquisa contou com 189 participantes entre educadores e alunos, de quatro escolas públicas de Ensino Fundamental, sendo duas escolas com alunos com síndrome de Asperger, do 5º. ano, gênero masculino, com 10 anos de idade, que participaram dos estudos I e II e duas escolas sem experiência de inclusão, participantes apenas do estudo I. Para caracterização dos participantes focais (P1 e P2), isto é, os alunos com síndrome de Asperger, foram utilizadas uma ficha informativa, as Provas de Pragmática e de Vocabulário e a Escala de Avaliação de Traços Autísticos. Para caracterização de suas professoras e das escolas utilizou-se uma ficha informativa e um roteiro de entrevista. No estudo I, a coleta de dados referente às atitudes sociais de 73 educadores frente à inclusão, foi realizada por meio da Escala Likert de Atitudes Sociais em relação à Inclusão. As atitudes sociais de 116 alunos foram mensuradas por meio de uma Escala Infantil de Atitudes Sociais, entre os quais, dois eram os participantes focais, 51 seus colegas de classe sem deficiências... / For building an inclusive education of quality it is essential to understand the conditions of reception for all students and promote adaptations that promote the social environment of schools. Thus, the aim of this research was to investigate the social environment in inclusive educational environment for students with Asperger syndrome. This study was conducted through analysis of attitudinal (study I) and analysis of the interaction means (study II). In study I, we investigated the social attitudes of teachers and students, who were part of the school environment for students with Asperger syndrome, about inclusion. Study II consisted of interactive research environment for students with Asperger syndrome, through a sociometric study with classmates and by the analysis of situations in the classroom. This research included 189 participants, comprising educators and students of the four public elementary schools; two schools with students with Asperger syndrome, 5th grade pupils, males, 10 years old, males, who participated in studies I and II and two schools with no experience of inclusion, which participated in study I only. For characterization of focal participants (P1 and P2), that is, students with Asperger syndrome, we used an information form, Pragmatic and Vocabulary Tests and the Scale for the Assessment of Austistic Behaviour. To characterize their teachers and schools we used a fact sheet and an interview guide. In study I, the collection of data concerning the social attitudes of 73 educators concerning inclusion, was done using the Likert scale of social attitudes to inclusion. Social attitudes of 116 students were measured through a range of Children's Social Attitudes, among which two were the focal participants, 51 classmates without disabilities and 63 students in control schools. The collection of data for the second study was done by the application of a sociometric... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Sadao Omote / Banca: Sandra Regina Gimeniz-Paschoal / Banca: Maria de Lourdes Morales Horiguela / Banca: Kester Carrara / Banca: Ana Lúcia Rossito Aiello / Resumo: Para a construção de um ensino inclusivo de qualidade é imprescindível compreender as condições de acolhimento de todos os alunos e promover adequações que favoreçam o ambiente social das escolas. Assim, o objetivo desta pesquisa foi investigar o meio social em ambiente educacional inclusivo de alunos com síndrome de Asperger. Para isso foi realizada análise do meio atitudinal (estudo I) e análise do meio interacional (estudo II). No estudo I foram investigadas as atitudes sociais de professores e alunos, que compõem o ambiente escolar de alunos com síndrome de Asperger, acerca da inclusão. O estudo II consistiu na investigação do ambiente interacional de alunos com síndrome de Asperger, por meio de um estudo sociométrico com os colegas de classe e por meio da análise de situações de sala de aula. Esta pesquisa contou com 189 participantes entre educadores e alunos, de quatro escolas públicas de Ensino Fundamental, sendo duas escolas com alunos com síndrome de Asperger, do 5º. ano, gênero masculino, com 10 anos de idade, que participaram dos estudos I e II e duas escolas sem experiência de inclusão, participantes apenas do estudo I. Para caracterização dos participantes focais (P1 e P2), isto é, os alunos com síndrome de Asperger, foram utilizadas uma ficha informativa, as Provas de Pragmática e de Vocabulário e a Escala de Avaliação de Traços Autísticos. Para caracterização de suas professoras e das escolas utilizou-se uma ficha informativa e um roteiro de entrevista. No estudo I, a coleta de dados referente às atitudes sociais de 73 educadores frente à inclusão, foi realizada por meio da Escala Likert de Atitudes Sociais em relação à Inclusão. As atitudes sociais de 116 alunos foram mensuradas por meio de uma Escala Infantil de Atitudes Sociais, entre os quais, dois eram os participantes focais, 51 seus colegas de classe sem deficiências... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: For building an inclusive education of quality it is essential to understand the conditions of reception for all students and promote adaptations that promote the social environment of schools. Thus, the aim of this research was to investigate the social environment in inclusive educational environment for students with Asperger syndrome. This study was conducted through analysis of attitudinal (study I) and analysis of the interaction means (study II). In study I, we investigated the social attitudes of teachers and students, who were part of the school environment for students with Asperger syndrome, about inclusion. Study II consisted of interactive research environment for students with Asperger syndrome, through a sociometric study with classmates and by the analysis of situations in the classroom. This research included 189 participants, comprising educators and students of the four public elementary schools; two schools with students with Asperger syndrome, 5th grade pupils, males, 10 years old, males, who participated in studies I and II and two schools with no experience of inclusion, which participated in study I only. For characterization of focal participants (P1 and P2), that is, students with Asperger syndrome, we used an information form, Pragmatic and Vocabulary Tests and the Scale for the Assessment of Austistic Behaviour. To characterize their teachers and schools we used a fact sheet and an interview guide. In study I, the collection of data concerning the social attitudes of 73 educators concerning inclusion, was done using the Likert scale of social attitudes to inclusion. Social attitudes of 116 students were measured through a range of Children's Social Attitudes, among which two were the focal participants, 51 classmates without disabilities and 63 students in control schools. The collection of data for the second study was done by the application of a sociometric... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Doutor

The relationships between sociometric status and selected performance variables for counselors in training were investigated. Gender differences in sociometric status were also investigated. Research participants were master's level counseling students. The point-biserial correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between sociometric status and grades. The SPSS 13.0 crosstabulation procedure was used to examine gender differences in sociometric status. The results indicated a moderate relationship between sociometric status and grades earned in a group counseling course. A small to negligible relationship between sociometric status and pre-practicum and practicum grades was found. No gender difference in sociometric status was found. The study provides some support for the use of sociometric measurements in predicting group counseling performance, but more research is needed.

[pt] Neste trabalho apresentamos algumas contrubuições ao estudo dos modelos de avaliação estatística usados nas ciências sociais. As contribuições originais são: i ) uma descrição unificada sobre como a teoria da medição evoluiu nas diversas disciplinas científicas; ii ) uma resenha abrangente sobre os métodos de estimação por máxima verossimilhança empregados na medição estatística; iii ) uma formulação geral do métodos da máxima verossimilhan ça tendo em vista a aplicação em modelos não-lineares; e principalmente, iv ) a apresentação do método da aproximação estocástica na estimação dos modelos estatísticos de avaliação e medição. Os modelos não-lineares ocorrem freqüentemente nas ciências sociais onde é importante a modelagem de variáveis de resposta dicotômicas ou ordinais. Em particular, este trabalho trata dos modelos da teoria da resposta ao item, dos modelos de regressão logística e dos modelos de componentes aleatórias em geral. A estimação destes modelos ainda é objeto de intensa pesquisa. Não se pode afirmar que exista um método de estimação inteiramente confiável. Os métodos aproximados produzem estimativas com viés acentuado nas componentes de variância, enquanto os métodos de integração numérica e os métodos bayesianos podem apresentar problemas de convergência em muitos casos. O método da aproximação estocástica se baseia na maximização da verossimilhança e emprega o algoritmo de Robbins- Monro para resolver a equação do escore. Como um método estocástico ele gera um processo de Markov que se aproxima das estimativas desejadas e portanto pode ser considerado um MCMC (Monte Carlo Markov chain) freqüentista. Nas simulações realizadas o método apresentou um bom desempenho, produzindo estimativas com viés pequeno, precisão razoável e raros problemas de convergência. / [en] This work presents a study of statistical models used for assessment and measurement in the social sciences. The main contributions are: i ) a unified description of how evaluation, assessment, and the theory of measurement evolved within several branches of science; ii ) a review of estimation methods currently employed in nonlinear models; iii ) a general formulation of the maximum likelihood estimation method; and particularly, iv the presentation of the stochastic approximation method for estimation of non linear statistical models in measurement and assessment. Non linear models occurs frequently in the social sciences where it is important to model binary or ordinal response variables. This work deals with item response theory models, logistic regression models and general models with random components. The estimation of these models has been the subject of several recent simulation studies. One cannot say there is a best estimation method. The approximate methods are known to produce biased estimates, numerical integration methods and bayesian methods can present convergence problems in many cases. Stochastic approximation method is a maximum likelihood method that uses the Robbins-Monro algorithm to solve the score equation. As a stochastic approximation method it generates a Markov chain that converges to the desired estimates and can be considered a frequentist MCMC. A simulation study and a comparative estimation study show a good performance, the method producing small bias for the estimates, good precision, and very rare convergence problems.

The purpose of this research was to examine what relationships existed between selected sociometric variables and measures of academic performance for students in a counselor training program. The sociometric variables included counseling ability, counseling knowledge, and friendship. Academic performance measures included subject GPAs, group counseling participation and final grades, prepracticum grades, and practicum grades. Data was collected from sociometric questionnaires and academic records from the years 1991 to 2004, for 840 subjects who participated in a group counseling class at the University of North Texas. Counseling knowledge had the highest correlations with all academic measures except group counseling final grades, in which counseling ability had the highest strength. The strongest correlations for all three sociometric variables occurred with group counseling final grades; correlations were r = 0.42 for counseling ability, r = 0.40 for counseling knowledge, and r = 0.30 for friendship. The sociometric variable of friendship had the lowest correlations in all academic measures, but was more significant than expected. The friendship sociometric variable may account for likeability as a factor in making sociometric choices. Combined sociometric scores led to increased correlation strength and explained variances that reached the large level of 30% with group counseling final grades. A statistically significant difference was found between A and B grade students in group counseling, on all three sociometric variables. Effect sizes were generally large. Standard deviations for the A and B grade subjects were also large and could limit predictability of grades, based on sociometric scores alone. Results strongly suggested that all three sociometric variables would be a valuable source of information regarding counselor preparation. Results also validated that individual sociometric perceptions of others tended toward agreement. Significant correlations were found over a variety of academic measures and over a time-span of 14 years, suggesting a degree of consistency and stability in sociometric measures.

This study investigates whether the learning strategy of Peer Presentations may positively influence an English Language Learner’s (ELL's) relationship with peers, and personal perspec-tives with pertinence to the sciences, public discourse, and their institution. Data collection in-struments included a developed pre- and post-sociometric survey to quantitate each classroom's social status, and a pre- and post-qualitative oral interview to acquire individual perceptions con-cerning enjoyment and contentment of academic topics. Three ELLs from two learning environ-ments participated with the eight day intervention, comprising of 45 minute instructive sessions to become proficient with demonstrating an arrangement of invigorating yet harmless scientific experiments. After the Peer Presentation, analysis of pre- and post-sociometric results demon-strated an overall increase of more intimate friendships. Examination of the ELLs' oral inter-view responses indicated growth of enjoyment regarding their institution and public discourse. Overall recommendations and suggestions of utilizing Peer Presentations are discussed for those involved with educating students.

The thesis ``Activising methods in education and their influence on the climate in class{\crqq} is based on activising methods and their influence on the climate in class. The purpose of this work is measuring the climate on class, using of activising methods and then a consequent measuring of the climate in class. The results have been compared, the hypothesis analyzed and so found the influence on the climate in class. In the theoretical part are explained the basic terms connected with the subject (education method, activising education methods, environment, atmosphere, climate in class). Then is the problematic of researching the climate characterized, other methods of observation etc. The practical part offers a review of methods of investigating the climate, subscription of some chosen methods and the process of the research. The obtained entries are utilized, analyzed and enlisted in charts and graphs, which provide better evaluation of the whole climate in class and the particular parameters of the climate in class (concern of the student for school work, relationships between the schoolmates, teacher{\crq}s help to the students, orientation of the students on homework, arrangement and organization, clearness of the rules). The object of exploration have been especially the finding and comparing of the whole climate in class before and after using of the activising methods in education.