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Este é um artigo de acesso aberto, licenciado por Creative Commons Atribuição 4.0 Internacional (CC BY 4.0), sendo permitidas reprodução, adaptação e distribuição desde que o autor e a fonte originais sejam creditados.A utilização da plataforma "Ainda Estou a Aprender" na avaliação e na intervenção nas dificuldades na aprendizagem da leitura: um estudo de casoThe platform "I'm still learning" in the assessment and intervention in reading disabilities: A case study RESUMO -As dificuldades na aprendizagem da leitura (DAL) constituem uma das principais causas de referenciação dos alunos para apoio educativo, na medida em que estas têm implicações no percurso escolar dos alunos, na inserção no mercado de trabalho e na participação social e cívica. A investigação realizada nas últimas décadas tem permitido identificar as condições chave para a eficácia da intervenção: necessidade de um ensino mais explícito (da consciência fonológica, da leitura de palavras e da compreensão); precocidade; sistematicidade; individualização; intensidade. A heterogeneidade do grupo de alunos com DAL requer uma avaliação que permita identificar os diferentes perfis e desenhar a intervenção adequada. Esta avaliação e intervenção exigem materiais e competências específicos. Os principais objetivos deste artigo são: (a) apresentar a plataforma educativa Ainda Estou a Aprender (AEA), procurando ilustrar o modo como as tecnologias de informação podem apoiar quer o diagnóstico, quer a intervenção nas DAL; (b) analisar, através de um estudo de caso, as perceções relativamente às atividades propostas na plataforma AEA e o seu impacto nos padrões de motivação para a aprendizagem da leitura.Palavras-chave: dificuldades na aprendizagem da leitura, avaliação e intervenção, plataforma educativa online.ABSTRACT -Reading disabilities are one of the main causes of signalization of students for educational support, given that these have implications in their educational trajectory, in their entrance in the job market and in their civic and social participation. The research performed in the last decades has identified key variables that maximize the efficacy of the intervention: teaching competences (phonological awareness, word reading and comprehension) explicitly, early, systematically, individually and intensively. The heterogeneity of the group of students with reading disabilities requires an assessment that allows the identification of the diverse profiles and the designing of adequate intervention programs. In turn, the assessment and intervention require specific materials and competences. The aims of this paper are: (a) to describe the educational platform "I'm still learning" illustrating how information and communication technologies can be used in the diagnostic and intervention in reading disabilities; (b) to analyse, through a case study, the perceptions about the activities presented in the platform AEA, and their impact on the patterns of motivation for learning to read.

An effective reading comprehension measurement demands robust psychometric tools that allow teachers and researchers to evaluate the educational practices and track changes in students' performance. In this study, we illustrate how Rasch model can be used to attend such demands and improve reading comprehension measurement. We discuss the construction of two reading comprehension tests: TRC-n, with narrative texts, and TRC-e, with expository texts. Three vertically scaled forms were generated for each test (TRC-n-2, TRC-n-3, TRC-n-4; TRC-e-2, TRC-e-3 and TRC-e-4), each meant to assess Portuguese students in second, third and fourth grade of elementary school. The tests were constructed according to a nonequivalent groups with anchor test design and data were analyzed using the Rasch model. The results provided evidence for good psychometric qualities for each test form, including unidimensionality and local independence and adequate reliability. A critical view of this study and future researches are discussed.

Research has widely demonstrated the contribution of word reading, listening comprehension skills, and oral reading fluency to reading comprehension performance. However, the existence of reciprocal relations among these skills has been investigated less frequently. The authors examined the directionality of the relations among reading comprehension, listening comprehension, word reading, and oral reading fluency in Portuguese elementary school students from second to fourth grade by using a longitudinal cross‐lagged design. The sample was composed of 261 students assessed at the end of grades 2, 3, and 4. The results indicated that there is a reciprocal relation between listening comprehension and reading comprehension in every grade and that oral reading fluency and reading comprehension have a reciprocal relation only in the initial years of schooling, similar to the observed relation between oral reading fluency and word reading. The results are discussed considering their potential impact and the limitations of the study.

This investigation aimed to develop and collect psychometric data for two tests assessing listening comprehension of Portuguese students in primary school: the Test of Listening Comprehension of Narrative Texts (TLC-n) and the Test of Listening Comprehension of Expository Texts (TLC-e). Two studies were conducted. The purpose of study 1 was to construct four test forms for each of the two tests to assess first, second, third and fourth grade students of the primary school. The TLC-n was administered to 1042 students, and the TLC-e was administered to 848 students. The purpose of study 2 was to test the psychometric properties of new items for the TLC-n form for fourth graders, given that the results in study 1 indicated a severe lack of difficult items. The participants were 260 fourth graders. The data were analysed using the Rasch model. Thirty items were selected for each test form. The results provided support for the model assumptions: Unidimensionality and local independence of the items. The reliability coefficients were higher than .70 for all test forms. The TLC-n and the TLC-e present good psychometric properties and represent an important contribution to the learning disabilities assessment field.