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- Analysis of the alterations induced by working memory tasks in the electroencephalogramPublication . Franco, Joana; Tavares, Diana; Sucena, AnaThe working memory (WM) is an essential cognitive function with limited capability that allows the temporary storage and manipulation of information used in complex cognitive tasks. The Fluid Intelligence (FI) is the ability to engage and respond to new situations, regardless of previous knowledge.
- Assessing coping, emotional regulation, and psychosocial perceptions of academic stress in undergraduatesPublication . Teixeira, Ricardo J.; Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Barreto, João Francisco; Sucena, Ana; Martins, Helena; Magalhães, AndreiaLiterature suggests most college students appear to lack the knowledge and skills to effectively cope with stressful academic experiences (Gall, Evans, & Bellrose, 2000). Ineffective coping strategies may increase students’ health problems, demand for health services, and attrition rates (Morrison & O’Connor, 2005). This study aims to examine the associations, and processes between psychosocial variables deemed important in academic transitions.
- Assessing reading abilities of mechanical engineering college students: a prospecting studyPublication . Sucena, Ana; Carneiro, J. Falcão; Gomes de Almeida, F.Reading is a basic competence that students have to master to be successful. Despite this fact, recent studies show that there may be a significant decline in the reading abilities of college students, one of the most educated segments of any population. This work is a prospecting study regarding the assessment of reading abilities of college students, namely in the context of Engineering education. Based on an existing screening test for assessing reading difficulties of children and teenagers, this work presents the results obtained by administrating that test to students at a top engineering institution in Portugal. An outcome of this study is the determination of a time range suitable for a massive, time limited, use of the previously mentioned test to assess college students, thus enabling a basic tool that will permit, in future works, to screen reading abilities in wider college populations. This work also shows evidence that ca. 20% of college students present a poor reading performance, revealing a strong need for monitoring college students’ reading abilities along different generations.
- Child friendly app for spelling trainingPublication . Sucena, Ana; Silva, Ana Filipa; Garrido, Cristina; Marques, Cátia; Santos, Raquel; Carneiro, João Falcão; Abreu, Paulo; Restivo, TeresaSpelling 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.
- Coping, positive/negative affect, and academic goal attainment in first-year students from ESTSP-IPPPublication . Teixeira, Ricardo; Martins, Helena; Dores, Artemisa Rocha; Barreto, João Francisco; Santos, Andreia; Sucena, AnaLiterature 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.
- Developmental dyslexia in an orthography of intermediate depth: the case of european portuguesePublication . Sucena, Ana; Castro, São Luís; Seymour, PhilipFifteen Portuguese children with dyslexia, aged 9-11 years, were compared with reading and chronological age controls with respect to five indicators related to the phonological deficit hypothesis: the effects of lexicality, regularity, and length, implicit and explicit phonological awareness, and rapid naming. The comparison between groups indicates that Portuguese children with dyslexia have a phonological impairment which is revealed by a developmental deficit in implicit phonological awareness and irregular word reading (where younger reading level controls performed better than dyslexics) and by a developmental delay in decoding ability and explicit phonological awareness (where dyslexics matched reading level controls). These results are discussed in relation to the idea that European Portuguese is written in an orthography of intermediate depth.
- “I Read”: reading and writing skills promotion softwarePublication . Sucena, Ana; Marques, Cátia; Silva, Ana Filipa; Ramalho, Ana; Machado, Ana Rita; Santos, Ana Raquel; Santos, Cláudia; Garrido, Cristina; Freitas, Helena; Santos, Inês; Rangel, Isabel; Mata, Maria José; Sucena, AnaPersistent difficulties in reading and writing learning are a risk factor for motivation in school and for children's schools learning. In this way, ludic instruments have been developed to face these difficulties. "I read" is a software that seeks through a systematic training and with different games, to develop and train reading and writing skills in a playful and complementary way. It should be used with children who are at the beginning of their school journey and who show difficulties in reading and / or writing or who have special educational needs. This article presents the goals and the structure of this software, as well as results of its use by 244 children between 5 and 7 years old. The results indicate that 58.2% completed the stage dedicated to the study of simple consonants (alphabetical decoding), 41.8% were able to reach the last stage of the game, dedicated to the study of the combined consonants (orthographic decoding), of these 15.2% finished the game. It is concluded that early qualified, continuous and systematic training seems to have an effect on reducing the difficulties of reading and writing.
- Incidence of burnout among medical dosimetrists in portugalPublication . Gonçalves, Dina; Sucena, AnaBurnout is a pathologic response to chronic occupational stress resulting from the lack of coping strategies that assist the individual to comply with the working demands. Burnout is a cause of serious consequences for both the individual and the organization. Given the lack of studies on the incidence of this disease in medical dosimetrists in Portugal, this study aims to compensate for this gap. The method used for data collection was a survey divided into three parts. The first part was designed to evaluate the sociodemographic and professional conditions of the sample. The second part of the survey was based on the Copenhagen Burnout Inventory (CBI) and the third part was based on the Maslach Burnout Inventory (MBI). The survey was distributed to all medical dosimetrists working in public and private institutions in Portugal which gave the authorization to participate in this study. We evaluated 17 medical dosimetrists (physicists and radiation therapists), engaged in six Portuguese public and private institutions. Our results reveal an incidence of burnout between 35.3% (CBI) and 88.2% (MBI), manifested by worrying results on the sub-scales of personal burnout, work-related burnout, emotional exhaustion and personal accomplishment. For this study, the questionnaires were adapted and tested, having been considered valid for the Portuguese population, however, more detailed formal validation should be carried out in future studies.
- Intervenção precoce nas dificuldades de aprendizagem da leitura com recurso ao software Graphogame1Publication . Sucena, Ana; Silva, Ana Filipa; Viana, Fernanda LeopoldinaNeste estudo avaliou-se o impacto de um software de apoio às dificuldades de aprendizagem da leitura – o Graphogame – ao nível das relações letra-som, consciência fonémica, leitura de palavras e leitura de pseudopalavras. Os participantes eram 57 crianças, a frequentar o 1º ano de escolaridade, falantes nativos do português europeu, identificadas como em risco de virem a apresentar dificuldades de aprendizagem da leitura. As crianças foram divididas em três grupos: (a) intervenção com recurso a software – treino com software Graphogame, (b) intervenção mista – treino com recurso ao software Graphogame e a sessões de competências pré-leitoras e leitoras orientadas por técnico de educação e (c) ausência de intervenção para lá daquela prevista no sistema regular de ensino. Os resultados revelam efeitos positivos de ambos os tipos de intervenção em relação ao grupo controlo. Revelam ainda um efeito mais pronunciado para o grupo de intervenção mista do que para o grupo de intervenção com recurso exclusivo ao software.
- Is Redshirting Beneficial for Reading Acquisition Success?Publication . Sucena, Ana; Marques, Cátia; Silva, Ana Filipa; Garrido, Cristina; Pimenta, RuiThe controversy around the effect of academic redshirting on reading acquisition continues receiving attention in the international literature. However, few studies are known with non-English speaking children. In this study we intend to understand this phenomenon with 698 Portuguese speaking first graders, 360 girls (51.6%), aged between 5 years old and 8 months and 7 years old and 6 months (M = 6.3 months, SD = 3.9 months). Reading acquisition precursors were assessed namely phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge. Results reveal that 5.9% of first graders are redshirted. Clusters analysis indicated two clusters per variable. Cluster 1 with low phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge and low socioeconomic status, cluster 2 with high phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge and medium-high socioeconomic status. The cluster results suggest a prevalence of 24.5% children at risk of having learning difficulties. The MANOVA indicated that only socioeconomic status has an effect on phonemic awareness and letter-sound knowledge, with children from medium-high level presenting higher results. It is concluded that redshirting did not bring additional advantages for reading acquisition success. Implications about the importance of education in order to lessen those differences, as well as prevent difficulties are presented.
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