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Cognitive and linguistic development in children and adolescents
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Ribeiro, Iolanda; Lorusso, Maria Luisa[Excerpt] Cognitive development encompasses the mental processes involved in acquiring, organizing, and utilizing knowledge [1]. A substantial body of research has provided evidence that a range of factors influence cognitive growth, including individual and environmental influences [2,3]. Moreover, particular attention has been paid to the intricate relationship between cognitive and linguistic development. Re...
Teachers’ beliefs and practices to support emergent literacy development in pre...
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Alves, Diana; Mendes, Sofia; Pinto, Patrícia; Cruz, JoanaThe main goal of this study was to explore the relationship between emergent literacy beliefs and practices among Portuguese preschool teachers and to investigate the moderating role of experience and training (initial and continuous). The participants were 266 preschool teachers working in Portugal. The results indicate higher levels of holistic beliefs than technicist beliefs regarding emergent literacy. Prac...
Exploring teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education: Role of self‐efficac...
Azevedo, Helena; Barat, Beatriz; Coelho, Vera; Machado, Francisco; Soares, Mónica; Dias, Paulo; Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Peixoto, CarlaTeachers' attitudes towards inclusive education are among the most relevant predictors of successful inclusion. Several factors related to child, teacher and environment predict teacher attitudes. This study aims to analyse the relationship between teachers' attitudes towards inclusive education, their perception of selfefficacy, and perceived school climate. A total of 463 teachers (81.4% female) participated ...
How personal, professional, and contextual factors influence Portuguese princip...
Flores, Maria Assunção; Day, Christopher; Gu, Qing; Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Machado, Eusébio André; Fernandes, Eva Lopes; Ferreira, Fernando IlídioBuilding on the results of a three-year research project, this paper examines how principals across Portugal perceive the influences on their school leadership. A total of 379 principals participated. Results showed that leadership training was the most significant perceived influence on their practices related to redesigning the organization, using data, and making observations. School type is the least predic...
The Georgia School Personnel Survey of school climate: validity evidence from a...
Mendes, Sofia Abreu; Sinval, Jorge; Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Rodrigues, Bruna; Inman, Richard; Neves‐McCain, Jesslynn RochaThis 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 ...
Executive functioning in different types of reading disabilities
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Rodrigues, Bruna; Ribeiro, Iolanda; Martín-Aragoneses, María TeresaStudents with reading disabilities form a heterogeneous group: some struggle with accurate and fast reading (dysfluent readers), others with comprehension (poor comprehenders), and some face challenges in both areas (poor readers). Research has indicated a link between executive functioning skills and reading performance; yet, further studies are necessary to fully understand the executive profiles in various t...
Aquisição precoce do léxico e morfossintaxe no português europeu. Um olhar sobr...
Lima, Rosa Maria; Cadime, Irene Maria DiasA aquisição da linguagem humana ocorre de forma «natural», acompanhando o gradual desenvolvimento neurofisiológico e psicolinguístico da criança. A identificação precoce de desvios significativos em relação à norma é determinante para o sucesso de qualquer intervenção. Os relatos parentais são uma das formas para esta identificação precoce. Neste artigo é apresentada uma análise e respectivos resultados, relati...
Living the first years in a pandemic: children's linguistic development and rel...
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Santos, Ana Lúcia; Ribeiro, Iolanda; Viana, Fernanda Leopoldina; Martín-Aragoneses, María TeresaThis retrospective study provides insights on linguistic development in exceptional circumstances assessing 378 children (between 2;6 and 3;6) who lived their first years during the COVID-19 pandemic and comparing it with normative data collected before this period (CDI-III-PT; Cadime et al., 2021). It investigates the extent to which linguistic development was modulated by a complex set of factors, including s...
Psychological assessment in school contexts: ethical issues and practical guide...
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Mendes, Sofia A.Background Psychological assessment in school settings involves a range of complexities and ethical dilemmas that practitioners must navigate carefully. This paper provides a comprehensive review of common issues faced by school psychologists during assessments, discussing best practices and ethical guidelines based on codes from various professional organizations. Methods We examine the entire assessment proce...
Does reading fluency mediate the relationship between cognitive-linguistic skil...
Cadime, Irene Maria Dias; Freitas, Tânia; Martín-Aragoneses, María Teresa; Ribeiro, IolandaResearch has consistently revealed the existence of an interconnection between reading comprehension, word reading, reading fluency, vocabulary and rapid naming. The main goal of this study was to explore the possible mediating role of reading fluency in the relationship between reading comprehension and the remaining skills, and to test whether the magnitude of these relationships was similar across different ...