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O objetivo deste estudo é apresentar as vantagens e os contributos em contexto escolar do Teste de Compreensão Emocional (TEC) para a população portuguesa, desenvolvido a partir da versão brasileira, que tem por base o instrumento desenvolvido por Harris, Pons e seus colaboradores. No nosso estudo participaram 766 crianças (381 raparigas), com idades compreendidas entre 3 e 13 anos (M = 7.21, DP = 1.95), de diferentes extratos socioeconómicos. Os resultados mostram que o instrumento tem consistência interna aceitável e que é possível isolar as diferentes fases de desenvolvimento emocional propostas pelos autores. Os componentes que medem relacionam-se com diferentes variáveis importantes em contexto escolar (idade, estatuto socioeconómico, inteligência fluída), e explicam uma parte do rendimento académico e da retenção escolar. (AU)
The aim of this study was to present the advantages and contributions of the Emotional Comprehension Test (ECT) - Brazilian version, based on the instrument developed by Harris, Pons et al., in the school context of the Portuguese population. The sample comprises 766 children (381 girls), aged between 3 to 13 years (M = 7.21, SD = 1.95), from different socioeconomic backgrounds. The results show that the instrument has acceptable internal consistency and that it is possible to identify the different stages of emotional understanding proposed by the authors. The components measured relate to different important variables in school context (age, socioeconomic status, fluid intelligence), and explain part of the academic performance and school retention. (AU)
El objetivo de este estudio fue presentar ventajas y aportes en el contexto escolar del Test de Comprensión Emocional (TEC) en la población portuguesa, desarrollado a partir de la versión brasileña, que tiene por base el instrumento desarrollado por Harris, Pons y colaboradores. En nuestro estudio participaron 766 alumnos (381 niñas) con edades comprendidas entre los 3 y 13 años (M = 7.21, DT = 1.95), de diferentes extractos socioeconómicos. Los resultados muestran que el instrumento tiene consistencia interna aceptable y que es posible separar las diferentes etapas de desarrollo emocional propuesta por los autores. Los componentes de medición se relacionan con diferentes variables importantes del contexto escolar (edad, estatuto socioeconómico, inteligencia fluida) y explican una parte del rendimiento académico y de la retención escolar. (AU)
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Humans , Female , Child, Preschool , Child , Adolescent , Students/psychology , Underachievement , Emotions , Emotional Intelligence , Emotional Regulation , Portugal , Socioeconomic Factors , Education, Primary and SecondaryABSTRACT
This study analyzes the relationship between emotion understanding and school achievement in children of primary school, considering age, gender, fluid intelligence, mother's educational level and social competence. In this study participated 406 children of primary school. The instruments used were the Test of Emotion Comprehension, Colored Progressive Matrices of Raven, Socially Action and Interpersonal Problem Solving Scale. The structural equation model showed the relationship between the emotion understanding and school performance depends on a mediator variable that in the context of the study was designated social competence. Age appear as an explanatory factor of the differences found, the mother's educational level only predicts significantly social emotional competence, fluid intelligence is a predictor of emotion understanding, school achievement and social emotional competence. Regarding the influence of sex, emotional understanding does not emerge as a significant predictor of social emotional competence in girls or boys. Multiple relationships between the various factors associated with school achievement and social emotional competence are discussed as well as their implications in promoting child development and school success.
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Science education plays a critical role as political priority due to its fundamental importance in engaging students to pursue technological careers considered essential in modern societies, in order to face scientific development challenges. High-level achievement on science education and positive attitudes toward science constitutes a crucial challenge for formal education. Several studies indicate close relationships between students' attitudes, cognitive abilities, and academic achievement. The main purpose of this study is to analyze the impact of student's attitudes toward the school discipline of Physics and Chemistry and their reasoning abilities on academic achievement on that school subject, among Portuguese 9th grade students using the data collected during the Project Academic Performance and Development: a longitudinal study on the effects of school transitions in Portuguese students (PTDC/CPE-CED/104884/2008). The participants were 470 students (267 girls - 56.8% and 203 boys - 43.2%), aged 14-16 years old (µ = 14.3 ± 0.58). The attitude data were collected using the Attitude toward Physics-Chemistry Questionnaire (ATPCQ) and, the Reasoning Test Battery (RTB) was used to assess the students reasoning abilities. Achievement was measured using the students' quarterly (9-week) grades in the physics and chemistry subject. The relationships between the attitude dimensions toward Physics-chemistry and the reasoning dimensions and achievement in each of the three school terms were assessed by multiple regression stepwise analyses and standardized regression coefficients (ß), calculated with IBM SPSS Statistics 21 software. Both variables studied proved to be significant predictor variables of school achievement. The models obtained from the use of both variables were always stronger accounting for higher proportions of student's grade variations. The results show that ATPCQ and RTB had a significantly positive relationship with student's achievement in Physics-chemistry, indicating that both attitudinal and cognitive variables should be taken into account on science education as well as in educative intervention.
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RESUMOA compreensão emocional é uma componente-chave da competência emocional, que se tem vindo a constatar ser importante para um melhor entendimento do desenvolvimento infantil. Este artigo faz uma revisão teórica desse construto, situando-o nos estudos sobre inteligência emocional e clarificando a sua definição. Apresentam-se, igualmente, os diferentes instrumentos que existem para a sua avaliação assim como os estudos que trazem evidências sobre o seu desenvolvimento. Concluiu-se que está demonstrada a existência de importantes mudanças na compreensão emocional da criança entre os 18 meses e os 12 anos. No entanto, é ainda necessário: a) reduzir a inconsistência conceptual presente nesse construto; b) determinar o que prediz; c) determinar se o seu ensino tem um efeito desejável no comportamento dos indivíduos.
ABSTRACTEmotional understanding is a key component of emotional competence, which has been singled out to be important for a better comprehension of child development. This paper is a theoretical review of this construct, placing it in the studies of emotional intelligence and clarifying its definition. It also presents the different existing tools towards its assessment as well as the array of studies providing evidence on its development. This theoretical research paper accounts for significantchanges inemotional understandingof childrenaged between 18 monthsand 12 years. Nonetheless, it is still necessary to: a) reduce theconceptualinconsistencyevidenced in thisconstruct; b) determine what it predicts; c) give an account whether its teachinghas adesirable impact on subjects' behaviour.
