Catarina Liane Araújo

• PhD in Children´s Studies - Special Education
• Professor at University of Minho/Polytechnic Institute of Viseu

This study aims to know, to describe and to analyze the impact of the self-regulated strategy development approach, in writing. Therefore, I conducted a quasi-experimental study, with an experimental and a control group of participants from a sample of 39 students who were enrolled in one school in the city of Braga. The students from the experimen...

O processo de aprendizagem da escrita é exigente, lento e complexo. O modelo Self-Regulated Strategy Development tem ajudado os alunos a lidarem com as suas dificuldades de escrita. Também se têm verificado cada vez mais a inclusão das TIC no contexto educativo, proporcionando experiências de ensino mais ajustadas à realidade social. Contudo nem se...

Este estudo pretendeu analisar a importância do contexto sociofamiliar entre os jovens com comportamento antissocial, através de autorrelatos e baseado na etiologia da delinquência juvenil. Nesse sentido pretendemos testar se os adolescentes que auto relatam comportamento delinquente também relataram diferentes práticas educativas familiares face a...

Squeak Etoys has been considered as an environment ”that enables the discovery and understanding of strategies that facilitate the integration of ICT in child education in a natural, potentiating and sustainable way” (Valente, 2011: 1). However, despite allowing endless forms of analysis as ”open resource” and accessible to inexperienced programmer...

The research regarding the model of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) in writing has proved its effectiveness, mainly in improving the writing and the development of metacognitive skills in students who struggle with writing. Similarly, according to research, well known technological tools can benefit the learning of writing skills. Today,...

Students’ perceptions can influence their performance in writing. In the Portuguese context, the number of studies on this subject is still small and has not provided a clear overview of typical perceptions, for example, of students by year of schooling. Even more significant is the gap in international and national research on the relationships be...

This article is the result of work carried out within the scope of Erasmus+ project Kit@: Media competency training for professionals in day-care centres and comparable institutions in rural areas of Europe. Its main objective is to describe ECE systems, curriculum guidelines, pre-service teacher training curricula and teacher profiles related to m...

A Escola Superior de Educação de Viseu, em parceria com o Centro de Estudos em Educação e Inovação (CI&DEI), o Centro de Competências do TIC do Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (CCTICIPV) e o Centro de Competências do TIC da Universidade do Minho (CCTIC-UM), organizou nos dias 21 e 22 de outubro de 2022 (em formato online), o SENTIDOS - CONGRESSO...

Resumo: Este artigo apresenta uma reflexão teórica sobre o contributo que a aplicação da Checklist de Envolvimento: Crianças/Criança e Ambientes/Facilitadores (Strawhacker & Bers, 2018) poderá ter para a promoção de experiências de aprendizagem com tecnologia que fomentem o desenvolvimento positivo da criança (Bers, 2018). Tendo por base um modelo...

This paper presents a training program for teachers and the procedures for its evaluation in the domain of computational thinking, programming and robotics in basic education. This training was conducted within the scope of Project KML II-Laboratory of programming and robotics technologies and learning for preschool and primary school (1st CEB) and...

Promoting writing practices in the classroom that enhance the development of all students in a primary school classroom, respecting their rhythms, needs, characteristics and potential isn´t an easy task. Understanding the diversity of the primary classroom context and how the teacher and students can interact to increase the effectiveness of learni...

This research intends to study how to integrate programming and robotics in kindergartens and primary schools, through a transversal intervention in all the areas of knowledge. This will allow the development of a theoretical framework based on research, able to support the formulation of a proposal of intervention extended to the Portuguese nation...

Squeak Etoys has been considered as an environment "that enables the discovery and understanding of strategies that facilitate the integration of ICT in child education in a natural, potentiating and sustainable way" (Valente, 2011, p. 1). However, despite allowing endless forms of analysis as "open resource" and accessible to inexperienced program...

This research aimed to contribute to the development of knowledge about perceptions and interventions in writing, with and without using ICT, in the context of a preventive educational model. A quantitative investigation was carried out involving teachers from the 1st Cycle of Basic Education and from students who attend the 4th year of school in p...

A investigação tem estudado a relação entre as perceções dos alunos sobre o seu conhecimento de escrita no seu desempenho, no entanto em Portugal existe a necessidade de desenvolver escalas de medida para avaliar estas perceções, especialmente no 1.º Ciclo. Esta investigação pretendeu validar a Escala de Perceção do Conhecimento de Escrita ao conte...

This project aim to analyze the impact of using the SRSD and SRSD+ICT model in the performance of writing opinion essays for 4th grade students (text elements, quality of text, text length and use of linking words).

This research is about the application of ICT and the SRSD model in order to improve the writing of opinion essays by students, particularly those struggling with writing tasks and with learning difficulties. This quasi-experimental study will be based on an observational study of ten 4th grade classrooms (n=178). It seeks to compare the groups and...

This study were to descriptive and evaluate the average performance of 4th grade students attending school in the city of Braga (Portugal) in the area of writing opinion essays, as well as their perceptions in relation to their knowledge of writing, motivation and self-efficacy. Araújo, C. L., Martins, A. P. & Osório, A. J. (2017, August). The SRSD...

The process of learning how to write is demanding, slow, and complex. Primary school students often experience problems in writing and therefore, teachers should provide scientifically validated strategies to empower their performance, such as Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD). Reflecting on the changes in the social reality and students´...

Os professores assumem um papel determinante na decisão das atividades desenvolvidas em sala de aula. Nesse sentido, realizou-se um estudo descritivo sobre as opiniões dos professores do 1.º Ciclo do Ensino Básico (CEB) relativamente aos documentos orientadores do processo de ensino-aprendizagem e de que modo estes influenciam as suas práticas em s...

O professor é um agente chave na construção de processos de ensino-aprendizagem significativos para os seus alunos. O seu conhecimento, atitudes e perceção de autoeficácia podem assumir um papel determinante nas decisões em sala de aula, incluindo nas práticas de escrita dos seus alunos. Assim, realizou-se um estudo descritivo sobre as perceção de...

O uso das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TIC) para apoiar alunos com Dificuldades de Aprendizagem Específicas (DAE) na escrita é cada vez mais estudada. Deste modo torna-se pertinente descrever e analisar as práticas bem-sucedidas da utilização das TIC para melhorar o processo e atitudes de escrita junto destes alunos. Assim recorremos a...

Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar, descrever e analisar o impacto das estratégias de autorregulação (SRSD) na escrita de textos de opinião junto de 39 alunos do quarto ano de uma escola de Braga, Portugal. Realizou-se um estudo com um design quasi-experimental, utilizando duas turmas (uma como grupo experimental e outra como grupo de contr...

This study aimed to analyze the importance of the socio-familial context between the young people with antisocial behavior, through self-reports and based on the etiology of juvenile delinquency. In this sense, we intend to test whether self-reported adolescents delinquent behavior also reported different family educational practices in relation to...

Nas escolas portuguesas existem alunos com Dificuldades de Aprendizagem Específicas (DAE) que dificilmente experienciam o sucesso na composição de textos argumentativos de opinião e profissionais que não dispõem de recursos adequados para os apoiarem. A investigação do Modelo de Utilização de Estratégias de Autorregulação (MUEA) tem revelado a sua...

This study aims to identify, describe and analyze the impact of Self-Regulated Strategy Development (SRSD) for opinion writing. We used the mnemonics: Pick my idea, Organize my notes and Write and say more and Topic sentence, Reasons, Explain reasons and Ending (POW+TREE) strategies with 39 fourth grade students from Braga, Portugal. We adopted a q...