Effects of Justifications Presented in Children's Stories on Students Following Descriptive Rules

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Trends Psychol.

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2019-01

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Resumo O estudo investigou os efeitos de justificativas, apresentadas em histórias infantis, sobre a instalação e manutenção dos comportamentos alvos: copiar, responder e apresentar o exercício e atividades concorrentes. Quatro crianças foram expostas a três fases. Na Fase 1, linha de base, era feito o registro de eventos dos comportamentos alvos. A Fase 2 era constituída de seis passos. Em cada passo, no início, a experimentadora lia uma história infantil com justificativa do Tipo 5 que indicava as vantagens de se estudar matemática, nos Passos 1, 2 e 5, e português, nos Passos 3, 4 e 6. Depois, a professora escrevia o exercício na lousa e pedia para os alunos copiarem, responderem e apresentarem o exercício respondido. Em seguida, era feito um registro de eventos dos comportamentos alvos durante 30 min. Na Fase 3 (Follow-up), realizada dois meses após a Fase 2, não eram apresentadas histórias com justificativas. Era feito um registro de eventos dos comportamentos alvos durante 30 min. Na Fase 2, houve elevação da duração das atividades de copiar e responder o exercício e diminuição da duração das atividades concorrentes. Na Fase 3, ocorreu o inverso. Sugere-se que, além de justificativas, outras variáveis contribuíram para manter os comportamentos observados.Abstract The present study investigated the justifications' effects, presented in children's stories, on the installment and maintenance of targeted behaviors: to copy, to answer and to present the exercise and competitive activities. Four children were exposed to three phases. In Phase 1, baseline, the registration of the target behaviors' events was made. Phase 2 was constituted of six steps. In each step, at the beginning, the experimenter would read a children's story with Type 5 justification that indicated the advantages of studying mathematics in the Steps 1, 2 and 5, and portuguese in the Steps 3, 4 and 6. Then, the teacher would write the exercise on the board and would request the students to copy, to answer and to present the exercise finished. Afterwards, the registration of the target behaviors' events was made for 30 minutes. In Phase 3 (Follow-up), fulfilled two months after Phase 2, it wasn't presented stories with justifications. The registration of targeted behaviors was made. In Phase 2, it occurred higher duration of activities to copy and to answer the exercise and lower duration of competitive activities. In Phase 3, occurred the opposite. It's suggested that, besides justifications, other variables contributed to maintain the observed behaviors.

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