This study focuses on the adaptation of the Georgia School Personnel Survey (GSPS) to assess perceptions of school climate among Portuguese educational professionals, including teachers and support staff. Data from two samples (n1 = 1965; n2 = 2884) were analysed in the study. Through confirmatory factor analysis, the survey's structure was validated, revealing a second-order factor composed of six first-order ...
A leitura proficiente vai além do reconhecimento automático de palavras; ela envolve a capacidade de ler um texto sem esforço, com expressividade, entonação, pausas adequadas e precisão. Diversos estudos apoiam a ideia de que a prosódia é a habilidade mais proeminente na fluência de leitura devido à sua forte conexão com a compreensão de leitura. O presente estudo buscou expandir o conhecimento sobre a associaç...
The years preceding school entry are pivotal for children to develop fundamental skills that bolster their learning in literacy and math in the following years. Skills like counting and subitizing stand as key predictors of future math abilities. Hence, the availability of universal screening tools is vital to promptly identify children who are lacking in these skills, allowing for tailored classroom practices ...
Proficient reading goes beyond the automatic recognition of words; it involves the ability to read a text effortlessly, with expressiveness, intonation, appropriate pauses, and accuracy. Several studies support the idea that prosody is the most prominent skill in reading fluency due to its strong connection with reading comprehension. The present study sought to expand knowledge on the association of prosody wi...
A leitura é uma ferramenta essencial para o acesso ao conhecimento e a uma cidadania ativa. As dificuldades de aprendizagem na leitura podem afetar decisivamente a aprendizagem noutras áreas, levando a desigualdades e obstáculos escolares ao longo do tempo. Neste sentido, as escolas devem adotar um modelo de prevenção que garanta um ensino de qualidade (prevenção primária), intervenções validadas para alunos qu...
O conhecimento científico produzido nas últimas décadas no que concerne ao ensino da leitura e da escrita deve ser apropriado por quem tem a complexa tarefa de ensinar estas competências básicas e deve ser transformado em práticas refletidas. Esta obra, que resultou da implementação, num Agrupamento de Escolas, de um projeto de investigação-ação, pretende contribuir para essa apropriação. O projeto tinha os seg...
Trans-abdominal pre-peritoneal (TAPP) hernia repair is a complex procedure that presents several challenges. Even though, due to the high prevalence of inguinal hernia, TAPP technique is increasing in frequency and robotic Abdominal Wall Surgery (rAWS) is emerging as a valuable tool in this regard. Although inguinal TAPP procedure principles have been published and simulation is needed, the availability of vali...
With the start of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the global education system has a faced immense challenges and disruptions resulting in and the necessity for an immediate redesign of teaching and learning in the school context. Face-to-face classroom instruction had to be replaced by ‘emergency remote teaching’, requiring teacher to adapt their daily routines to a new and unprecedented educational realit...
Deficits in oral reading fluency (ORF) impair reading comprehension and tend to persevere throughout schooling. Therefore, the assessment and monitoring of the students’ performance in ORF across time should be routinely performed to guide the instruction and intervention. The goal of this work was to develop and validate a test of ORF for Portuguese students from grades 1 to 6 (TAF – Teste de Avaliação da Fluê...
Deficits in oral reading fluency (ORF) impair reading comprehension and tend to persevere throughout schooling. Therefore, the assessment and monitoring of the students’ performance in ORF across time should be routinely performed to guide the instruction and intervention. The goal of this work was to develop and validate a test of ORF for Portuguese students from grades 1 to 6 (TAF – Teste de Avaliação da Fluê...