Ensino de leitura de frases com compreensão a alunos de 1ª série de escolas públicas de Belém

• Ano de defesa: 2008
• Autor(a) principal: HABER, Gabriella Mendes
• Orientador(a): BAPTISTA, Marcelo Quintino Galvão
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal do Pará
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Programa de Pós-Graduação em Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento
• Departamento: Núcleo de Teoria e Pesquisa do Comportamento
• País: Brasil
• Palavras-chave em Português: Psicologia educacional; Leitura; Teste de equivalência; Pará - Estado; Amazônia brasileira; Aprendizagem; Ensino fundamental; Fracasso escolar
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::PSICOLOGIA::PSICOLOGIA EXPERIMENTAL::PROCESSOS DE APRENDIZAGEM, MEMORIA E MOTIVACAO
• Link de acesso: http://www.repositorio.ufpa.br:8080/jspui/handle/2011/1912

School failure is a nationwide alarming fact, increasing the necessity for improved teaching techniques. The equivalence paradigm has been useful in understanding the behavior processes related to the acquisition of linguistic repertories and cognitive abilities. Research into the learning of reading by means of this paradigm hasaided in the identification of variables controlling both correct and incorrect responses, as well as the analysis of procedures that are efficient in eliciting responses under the control of printed stimuli. In this study, the teaching of sentences composed of demonstrative pronouns, nouns, adjectives, and intransitive verbs was investigated. There were five students with reading difficulties. All were tested on selected sentences at the beginning of the study. Stimuli in the auditory modality (syllables, words, and spoken sentences) were designated as letter A; visual stimuli for figures as B (written syllables, words, sentences, and figures representing words and sentences); the letter C refers to printed stimuli in the visual-auditory modality. Training in conditional discrimination was provided for spoken words/sentences and figures (relations AB), for spoken syllables/words/sentences and for printed stimuli (relations AC, Acp and Acf). There were differential consequences (social reinforcement) for correct responses, and corrective and other special procedures for incorrect responses. We sought to investigate whether, after teaching these prerequisite relations, equivalent relations would emerge (printed words, figures, and vice versa), and whether the participants would show generalized performance. No differential consequences were programmed prior to testing. At the end of each session, participants received prizes. The experiment was conducted in four phases. In Phase I, the stimuli were printed words with substantive function. In Phase II, sentences formed by words with substantive and adjective functions. In Phase III, the demonstrative pronoun was added to the sentences. In Phase IV, the verbs intransitives were added to the sentences. All participants, except one, learned the baseline units. On tests of equivalence and generalized learning, contrary to results from previous studies, the level of variability increased. All participants evinced reading comprehension in at least one of the phases involving sentences. During the stage of generalized reading in Phase II, only one participant emitted correct responses at the 100% level. The remaining students showed partial generalized reading or no recombinative reading, making it necessary to use a special procedure in order to raise the level of performance. Overall, the equivalence paradigm was considered to be eficacious in teaching reading comprehension. Procedural changes were suggested in order to make experimental control more rigorous. Results indicated that the stimulus equivalence paradigm is especially effective for teaching comprehension involving such grammatical classes as articles, adverbs, direct transitive verbs, and objects.