Objectivos Académicos e Variáveis Psicológicas em Estudantes da ESTSP-IPP: O Papel do Coping e da Regulação Emocional na Experiência com Diferentes Modelos Pedagógicos

Comunicação apresentada no 9º Congresso Nacional de Psicologia da Saúd

Prova de Consciência Morfológica (PCM): contributos para a sua validação

The relationship between phonological awareness and morphological awareness and the independent contribution of each one for reading achievement has been an issue of debate in the literature. Some authors argue that morphological awareness does not contribute independently of phonological awareness for learning to read. Others found evidence to suggest that morphological awareness has a specific role in the reading acquisition process. Nevertheless, studies results’ are fragile, as there is no possibility to compare them, due to the too wide range of assessment tasks. Another factor concurring to the fragility of the results presented so far in the literature is the lack of validity and reliability studies regarding the assessment tasks. This study presents an analysis of the psychometric properties of the PCM – Morphological Awareness Test. We assessed 243 children attending the 2nd (n = 79), the 3rd (n = 83) and the 4th (n = 81) grades in public urban schools in Porto (city in the north of Portugal). Results indicate that the PCM has a high internal consistency (? = .95). In the factor analysis a single factor was extracted with eigenvalue equal to 10.88, which explains 54.42 % of the total variance of the results. The items are all saturated in the factor, with values ranging from a minimum of .42 to a maximum of .91.Keywords: morphological awareness, metalinguistic assessment, morphology.A relação entre consciência fonológica e consciência morfológica e a contribuição independente de cada uma para a aprendizagem da leitura não reúnem ainda consenso na literatura. Alguns autores argumentam que a consciência morfológica não contribui de forma independente da consciência fonológica para a aprendizagem da leitura. No entanto, outros encontraram dados que indicam que a consciência morfológica tem um papel específico na progressão da aprendizagem da leitura. Todavia, para além da variedade de tarefas usadas não permitir a comparação de resultados, a ausência de estudos prévios sobre a validade e a fidelidade das mesmas conduz a resultados cuja confiabilidade pode ser posta em causa. Este estudo tem como objetivo apresentar uma análise das qualidades psicométricas da PCM - Prova de Consciência Morfológica. A amostra é constituída por 243 crianças do 2.º (n = 79), 3.º (n = 83) e 4.º (n = 81) anos frequentando escolas públicas, urbanas, do distrito do Porto (norte de Portugal). Os resultados revelaram que a PCM possui uma elevada consistência interna (? = .95). Na análise em componentes principais, foi extraído um único fator, com valor próprio igual a 10.88, que explica 54.42% da variância total dos resultados. Os itens são todos saturados no fator, variando as saturações fatoriais entre um mínimo de .42 e o máximo de .91.Palavras-chave: consciência morfológica, avaliação metalinguística, morfologia

Coping, positive/negative affect, and academic goal attainment in first-year students from ESTSP-IPP

[Introduction: Literature claims that dispositional affect can be an antecedent of important life outcomes, such as experiences of (un)success (Lyubomirsky et al, 2005). In academic contexts, literature supports the relationship between dispositional affect and indicators of goal achievement (Chartier et al, 2011). However, little is known about the processes that might be conducive to this effect.]N/

Framework for Climate Change Adaptation of Agriculture and Forestry in Mediterranean Climate Regions

Planning the adaptation of agriculture and forestry landscapes to climate change remains challenging due to the need for integrating substantial amounts of information. This information ranges from climate scenarios, geographical site information, socio-economic data and several possible adaptation measures. Thus, there is an urgent need to have a framework that is capable of organizing adaptation strategies and measures in the agriculture and forestry sectors in Mediterranean climatic regions. Additionally, this framework should provide a cause effect relation with climate vulnerability to adequately support the development of adaptation planning at municipal and local (farm) level. In this context, we propose to test and evaluate a framework for climate adaptation of the agriculture and forestry sectors, based on the local causal-effect relation between adaptation strategies and measures and the level of vulnerability reduction achieved for Mediterranean areas. The framework was developed based on the combination of the DPSIR (Driving forces, Pressures, State, Impacts, Responses) and Vulnerability frameworks and reviewed 162 practical adaptation measures, further organized into strategies, complemented by a set of efficacy indicators. The framework was tested with 70 stakeholders in six stakeholder workshops for the planning of two farms and one municipal climate adaptation study, that are now in actual implementation and monitoring. The framework is composed by a set of eight adaptation strategies in which adaptation measures are clustered and assessed using efficacy indicators. In the evaluation of the adaptation framework, 96% of stakeholders considered its content as good or very good and 89% considered the final outcomes as good or very good. Finally, the framework was also used to assess and compare the adaptation strategies and measures presented in the climate adaptation plans of the three case studies. On average, 52.2% of the adaptation measures selected by the three case studies are dedicated to Ecosystem Resilience, 30.9% to Adaptive Capacity, 9.1% to Microclimates, 7.4% to Protection, and 0.3% to Mitigation strategies. This framework was considered effective in supporting adaptation planning at farm and municipal levels and useful to assess and compare adaptation plans in the frame of vulnerability reduction. Future studies can further contribute to support adaptation planning in these sectors by using, developing and streamlining this framework to additional and different socio-ecological contextsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

A avaliação da leitura: necessidades, complexidades e instrumentos

Neste capítulo, especialmente dedicado à avaliação da leitura, são descritos os fundamentos subjacentes à elaboração de provas de avaliação da leitura nas duas vertente - descodificação e compreensão - e são analisadas as propriedades psicométricas de provas publicadas em Portugal.CIEC - Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, IE, UMinho (UI 317 da FCT), PortugalFundos Nacionais através da FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia) e cofinanciado pelo Fundo Europeu de Desenvolvimento Regional (FEDER) através do COMPETE 2020 – Programa Operacional Competitividade e Internacionalização (POCI) com a referência POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007562info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Child Friendly App for Spelling Training

Spelling skills are usually more difficult to acquire than reading skills. Nonetheless research based intervention proposals are scarce for spelling skills. In this study the impact of a child friendly spelling app on spelling skills is assessed. Results indicate an increase on spelling skills after training with the app

Assessing coping, emotional regulation, and psychosocial perceptions of academic stress in undergraduates

Comunicação apresentada no 33rd Stress and Anxiety Research Society International Conferenc

Framing the application of Adaptation Pathways for agroforestry in Mediterranean drylands

Adaptation Pathways is a decision support tool designed to create adaptation policies under different climate change scenarios. This tool has been used successfully in several sectors and contexts such as coastal and river adaptation, urban heat waves, floods and rural livelihoods but its use in natural resource management, has faced several challenges and limitations. In the sector of agroforestry its use has seldom been done or documented and one of the reasons for this may due to some of its specific challenges. In this study, these challenges were addressed when using the Adaptation Pathways for the adaptation planning of three case studies in the semi-arid Alentejo region, a Mediterranean dryland of southern Portugal. This tool was integrated in a participatory approach combined with the Scenario Workshop method, to plan the adaptation of the agriculture and forestry sector of one municipality (Mértola) and two agroforestry farms (221 ha and 1000 ha). The methodology included, for each case study, 20 interviews, two workshops, literature review, expert analysis and the use of indicators of efficacy of adaptation measures, to define tipping points. The adaptation process and the resulting adaptation plans were evaluated by questionnaire and expert review. This combination of methods has supported the choice of effective adaptation measures for the case studies and when combined with several adaptation pathways and a landscape approach it supported the creation of integrated climate change adaptation plans that are now in implementation. We discuss how this combination of methods deals with limitation to Adaptation Pathways identified in the literature, conclude that the method was able to create adaptation plans that are now under implementation and present avenues for future research.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio