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Dell'Agli, Betania Alves Veiga. "Aspectos afetivos e cognitivos da conduta em crianças com e sem dificuldade de aprendizagem." [s.n.], 2008. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/251795.
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Previous issue date: 2008<br>Resumo: Embasados na teoria psicogenética que preconiza a existência de paralelismo entre aspectos afetivos e cognitivos da conduta, a presente pesquisa teve como objetivo verificar as relações entre esses aspectos em crianças com e sem queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem. A amostra foi constituída por 12 crianças que cursavam a 3a série do ensino fundamental de uma escola da rede pública do interior do estado de São Paulo, sendo seis com queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem e seis sem queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem, segundo a informação da professora responsável. Os participantes são de ambos os sexos com idade entre 9 anos e 1 mês a 10 anos e 10 meses. O procedimento de coleta de dados pautou-se em observações em sala de aula com a turma toda, tanto nas tarefas escolares como nas atividades lúdicas. As tarefas escolares foram aquelas dadas pela professora e para as atividades lúdicas foram oferecidos jogos de regras. A fim de coletar informações a respeito das condutas das crianças no ambiente escolar e familiar, realizou-se uma entrevista com a professora e uma entrevista com a família. Aos participantes da pesquisa foram aplicadas individualmente as provas operatórias clássicas piagetianas e o jogo Descubra o Animal. Para a análise dos dados foram criadas categorias afetivas e cognitivas a partir das observações e das entrevistas. Os aspectos afetivos da conduta foram comparados entre os dois grupos e relacionados com o índice de operatoriedade, com o desempenho em conteúdos escolares e com o desempenho cognitivo no jogo. Ao comparar os aspectos afetivos em tarefas escolares e em atividades lúdicas, os resultados demonstraram que existem diferenças entre os grupos. Nas tarefas escolares, predominaram aspectos afetivos positivos nas crianças sem queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem, enquanto que nas crianças com queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem, predominou a ausência de afetos positivos. Nas tarefas lúdicas, em ambos os grupos, evidenciou-se predomínio de afetos positivos. No que se refere às relações entre os aspectos afetivos e cognitivos analisados, os resultados demonstraram a existência de relações entre esses aspectos nas tarefas escolares nos dois grupos. Já nas atividades lúdicas, no grupo com queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem, essa relação não se manteve, isso porque esse tipo de atividade parece mobilizar condutas afetivas positivas, garantindo o interesse, sem, contudo, modificar os aspectos cognitivos. Por ser um estudo empírico, essa pesquisa contribuiu para melhor compreender a relação entre afetividade e cognição em crianças com e sem queixa de dificuldade de aprendizagem assim como compreender que aspectos afetivos e cognitivos são complementares, indissociáveis e irredutíveis<br>Abstract: Based on the theory of psycho-genetics that shows the existence of a parallel between affective and cognitive aspects of behavior, the objective of this research is to verify the relationship between these aspects in children with and without learning disabilities. Twelve boys and girls with ages ranging from 9 years and 1 month to 10 years and 10 months were chosen to be observed. The children were attending 3rd grade in a public primary school in a suburban town in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Based on the assessment by their teacher, half of the children showed gaps in learning and the other half had no learning disabilities. The test group was observed with other students in a classroom environment, performing teacher directed learning activities and playing activities such as rule games. In order to get further information about the children¿s behavior in school and in their family environment, both the teacher and family members were interviewed. Classical operational Piaget tests and the game Find the Animal were applied individually to all twelve participants engaged in the research. By analyzing the data obtained from observation and interviews some affective and cognitive categories were set. The affective aspects of the behavior were compared between the two groups and then were related to operational index, performance in school content and cognitive performance in the game. Comparing the affective aspects occurring in school work and in playful activities, it was shown that there were some differences between the groups. Children with no learning disabilities displayed more positive affective aspects concerning school work whereas the children with learning disabilities showed a lack of positive affection. It was clear that in both groups the positive affect was predominant in regard to playful activities. Regarding the relationship between analyzed affective and cognitive aspects the results showed that there was correlation between the aspects observed in the school work of both groups. However, with the group that exhibits learning disabilities, the relationship did not exist with the playful activities because these kinds of activities seem to require positive affective behavior, which guarantees interest without modifying cognitive aspects. Because this was an empirical study it contributes to a better understanding of the relationship between affection and cognition in children with and without learning disabilities as well as an understanding that affective and cognitive aspects are complementary, inseparable and irreducible<br>Doutorado<br>Psicologia, Desenvolvimento Humano e Educação<br>Doutor em Educação
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Percy, Lucelia McClain. "Seeing learning disability through a re/claimed book : a narrative inquiry drawing on arts-based methodologies to visually represent experiences of learning disabilty." Thesis, University of Bristol, 2017. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.730884.
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Walmsley, Janette Susan. "Gender, caring and learning disability." n.p, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/.
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Walmesley, Janette Susan. "Gender, caring and learning disability." Thesis, Open University, 1994. http://oro.open.ac.uk/57504/.
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The thesis explores the meaning of caring in the lives of a group of people who are labelled as dependants, adults with learning difficulties. Through biographical interviews and documentary research the author examines how care for people with learning difficulties has developed over time in one local area; and the understandings people on the receiving end have of the care offered them by families and staff. The findings suggest that dependency is not acknowledged by the majority of people interviewed who present themselves as givers of care as much as recipients of care. The research identifies gender as an important variable in the way care and caring are understood and experienced. The research makes a contribution to the literatures on gender and caring; family; peer and staff relationships of adults with learning difficulties; the history of learning disability; and qualitative research with marginalised groups.
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Fitzgerald, Suzanne. "Evaluation of the 'Risk Assessment Protocol for Intellectual Disabilites' in community services for adults with a learning disability." Thesis, Cardiff University, 2012. http://orca.cf.ac.uk/37145/.
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Review of the research literature on the prevalence of physical aggression in community teams for adults with a learning disability (CLDTs) suggests that services are managing people who are physically aggressive, which impacts on services. This suggests that there is a need for services to use risk assessment instruments of physical aggression to support teams to accurately identify those who will be physically aggressive to others. Established risk assessment instruments are resource intensive and so a screen, such as The Risk Assessment Protocol for Intellectual Disabilities (RAPID), developed in forensic psychiatric patients with a learning disability (LD), could support services to target their limited resources. The predictive validity of the RAPID to predict physical aggression, property aggression and verbal aggression, in a community sample of adults with a LD was evaluated. The RAPID was compared to an established risk assessment instrument, the VRAG, in order to assess its concurrent validity. The predictive validity of the items of the RAPID were analysed to provide a measure of construct validity. The RAPID was also compared to a Risk Rating made by staff, to assess incremental validity. In addition, the ability of the RAPID to be easily and reliably scored was evaluated. The RAPID predicted incidents of physical aggression with a large effect size. The RAPID was highly correlated with the VRAG, which suggests that it has good concurrent validity. Some of the items of the RAPID predicted physical aggression, which suggests some construct validity. It was not possible to establish that the RAPID has incremental validity above the VRAG or the Risk Rating. The RAPID was found to have good inter-rater reliability. The findings of the study suggest that the RAPID could be used to support CLDTs to make informed decisions about the completion of risk assessment instruments, risk management plans and interventions that aim to reduce the risk of physical aggression.
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Baldrey, Sarah Patricia. "Computer assisted learning and learning disability : an evaluation." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2125.
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The aim of this thesis is to evaluate the use of computer-assisted learning with people who have severe and profound learning disabilities. Theories of learning are central to our understanding of learning disability and contributions from the cognitive and behavioural schools are reviewed and related to methods of education and training for people with learning disabilities. This framework provides a rationale for understanding the premises of computer-assisted learning. A review of the literature reveals a lack of evidence for the efficacy of computer-assisted learning. Evaluation studies to date appear to be characterised by a lack of a methodologically sound framework. An evaluation survey of software designated for use with people with severe learning disabilities is presented which finds that much educational software lacks a sound grounding in established and effective principles of learning and teaching, although its use is still supported by instructors. Thus, the need for empirical research investigating the use and efficacy of computer-assisted learning in learning disability is identified. Psychological models provide an appropriate method of such an inquiry, though methodological problems inherent in evaluative research with a special population appear to act as a barrier to the development of effective knowledge in the area. Within these limitations, three experiments are presented. The first compares conventional teaching with computer-assisted teaching. The computer was as effective as the teacher, though the conventional measures of achievement used were not sensitive to any differences between the two methods. The second developed a more finegrain analysis which revealed a difference between the quality of participants' interaction with computer and teacher instruction. Specifically, attentional behaviour was increased in the computer-taught condition, yet there was no concomitant increase in learning. The reliance of educational software on sensory reinforcement was postulated as underlying the ability of computer-assisted learning to maintain attention to the task. The third experiment directly addressed the ability of three different sensory reinforcers typical of those found in educational software to support learning a simple discrimination task. It was found that sensory reinforcers were not effective in supporting learning, though they did maintain attention and performance on the task. It is suggested that the multiple modalities used by software may interfere adversely with the coding of relevant information involved in the discrimination of stimulus dimensions and that this may account for the discrepancy between measures of performance and measures of learning on computer-assisted tasks.
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Sinason, Valerie Elaine. "Learning disability as a trauma and the impact of trauma on people with a learning disability." Thesis, St George's, University of London, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.406793.
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Hames, Annette. "Young children's understanding of learning disability." Thesis, Northumbria University, 2002. http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/1925/.
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While it is certainly true that children - and adults - with learning disabilities have become more visible within society, we still have inadequate knowledge of people's understanding of learning disability. In particular, there is little or no information about the development of understanding among siblings of children with learning disabilities. The five studies presented here seek to provide relevant information. The first study forms part of a longitudinal investigation of siblings' conceptions (a) of their brothers' and sisters' disabilities; and (b) of the implications of these disabilities upon themselves and their disabled brothers and sisters. The next three studies compare (a) understanding of learning disability; (b) perceived social acceptability of children with learning disabilities; and (c) attainment of the normative concept of ability, amongst the siblings of children with severe and profound disabilities, children who have contact with others with disabilities in school and children who have no contact. These three studies identify children as young as 4 who are able to predict the difficulties that will be experienced by a child with severe learning disabilities, and children as young as 5 who can use adult-type explanations for why these difficulties occur. Having an older brother or sister with a learning disability promotes understanding. It is suggested that children's social experiences, - particularly language - facilitate early understanding, and that children who possess greater understanding of a disabled child's difficulties are consequently more likely to rate this child as having lower perceived social acceptability. The findings from these studies may help families and teachers who are concerned about young children's understanding and acceptance of other children with learning disabilities. The final study considers the adult general public's understanding of learning disability and was conducted in order that investigation with children could be considered within the context of adults' understanding.
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Murray, Victoria Louise. "The moving landscapes of learning disability." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2018. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/8709/.
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Most adults are able to take some control over where they live and are able to reflect on their migration histories, those places where they have lived and worked, and those places where they might aspire to live in the future. These life altering decisions have been negotiated either autonomously or in conjunction with significant others in their lives. For some adults, most notably those with learning disabilities, these life decisions are partially, if not wholly, made for them by others. It is therefore the aim of this thesis to uncover more about the decision-making opportunities afforded to people with learning disabilities regarding their home-spaces as they navigate ‘moving landscapes’ which they have perhaps not envisaged for themselves. Through the themes of decision-making, movement and belonging, this thesis works towards an up-close and in-depth study of residential spaces for people with learning disabilities as they traverse landscapes not always suited to their physical, mental and political needs.
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Morrison, Colin Arthur. "From disability to capability : sex and relationship learning for children and young people with a learning disability." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2011. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/2910/.
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This study focuses on sex and relationships learning and is concerned with the securing of sexual rights for people with learning disabilities. The intent is to identify the characteristics of effective sex and relationship learning as well as address the broader role that adults can play to enable safe, happy and fulfilling personal relationships for children and young people with learning disabilities. What will result is an understanding of what social justice means in the lives of people with a learning disability and how this might be applied to personal and sexual relationships. What will be claimed is the right to (and the experience of) relationships lived as an integral part of a life lived with human dignity.