Construction and validation of an instrument to assess the reading comprehension of students from the third to the fifth grades of elementary school

Introduction Tobacco farming exposes workers to various health risks due to the high application of pesticides needed to control pests, weeds and fungal diseases that prevent the tobacco plant growth. Objective To analyze the perception of the quality of life of tobacco growers exposed to pesticides, with emphasis on general health, hearing, and working conditions. Method This is a descriptive, cross-sectional study using a quantitative approach with farmers from southern Brazil. Data were collected from November of 2012 to November of 2014. For data collection, we opted for the 36-item short form health survey (SF-36) questionnaire, and a questionnaire with closed questions about health, hearing and working conditions. We evaluated a total of 78 subjects; the study group, made up of 40 tobacco farmers exposed to pesticides, and a control group of 38 participants without occupational exposure to pesticides. Both groups are residents of the same municipality, and users of the federal public health system. Results The results showed that tobacco growers had lower quality of life scores compared with the control group. Significant differences were observed in the areas of pain and general health. There were correlations between physical elements and chronic diseases; hearing complaints and a lack of personal protective equipment use, occupation and hearing complaints, as well as general health and hearing complaints. Conclusion Tobacco farming is a risky activity for general and hearing health, and it can impact the quality of life of those working in this field.

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“…Other studies 37 38 39 40 41 have shown that hearing damage can negatively impact the quality of life of workers exposed to pesticides.…”

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Perception of the Quality of Life of Tobacco Growers Exposed to Pesticides: Emphasis on Health, Hearing, and Working Conditions

Cazé

Lacerda

Lüders

et al. 2018

Int Arch Otorhinolaryngol

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“…Reading and writing are essential skills for the individuals cultural development, providing their insertion in most social environments 1,2 . Reading and writing are important not only for school learning, but also for life outside school.…”

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Desembaralhando: a mobile application for intervention in the problem of dyslexic children mirror writing

2018

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Purpose: to present a new application for mobile devices, referred to as Desembaralhando, for intervention in the problem of dyslexic children mirror writring. Methods: the development of the application is the result of a set of clinical and speech therapy information and experiences, which points out frequency of letter mirroring as a challenging problem in children with dyslexia. The application, developed in the light of the multisensory approach, was created by a multidisciplinary team of computer scientists, a game designer and a speech therapist, in order to meet users requirements, such as appropriate fonts and colors. Results: the activities stimulate phonological awareness skills from the association between images and words, audio aids, as well as an original function that is the rotational movement of letters b/d and a/e, which facilitates the perception of the visual layout of the letters. Conclusions: guidelines such as the choice of typography and interface colors appropriate to dyslexic children are used to favor intervention, in order to minimize the difficulties of these children regarding letters mirroring.

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“…Five literal and five inferential questions were elaborated. To elaborate the multiple choice items, a script was used with criteria for elaboration of objective multiple choice questions (11) . Care has been taken to avoid questions that led to obvious answers or answers easily deducible by the reader's world knowledge, that is, without having to access knowledge acquired from text reading.…”

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“…The retelling task after reading has been used for a long time to assess reading comprehension (4,11) . Nevertheless, as it is of individual application, its use in educational context is difficult.…”

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Desenvolvimento de instrumento para avaliação coletiva da fluência e compreensão de leitura textual em escolares do ensino fundamental II

Gentilini

Andrade

Basso

et al. 2020

CoDAS

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RESUMO Objetivo O estudo apresenta o processo de desenvolvimento de um instrumento para avaliação coletiva da fluência e da compreensão de leitura de escolares do ensino fundamental II e verifica o efeito da escolaridade no desempenho no instrumento. Método Participaram do estudo 100 escolares regularmente matriculados do 6º ao 9º ano no ensino fundamental de escolas públicas. A construção do instrumento envolveu sete etapas, com participação de duas juízas. O instrumento é composto por um texto narrativo apropriado para escolares do ensino fundamental II e por 10 questões de múltipla escolha, sendo cinco questões literais e cinco inferenciais. Resultados Os resultados evidenciaram melhor desempenho, tanto em fluência quanto em compreensão de leitura, para os participantes com maior escolaridade. A fluência de leitura apresentou correlações positivas e moderadas com a compreensão leitora. Conclusão O instrumento é de fácil aplicação e análise, podendo ser utilizado em contexto clínico, educacional e de pesquisa para mensurar o desempenho de escolares do 6º ao 9º ano em fluência e compreensão de leitura.

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Construction and validation of an instrument to assess the reading comprehension of students from the third to the fifth grades of elementary school

Abstract: The results suggest that the study of EOAE and suppression effect can be used in early identification of hearing damage to workers simultaneously exposed to pesticides and noise.

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Perception of the Quality of Life of Tobacco Growers Exposed to Pesticides: Emphasis on Health, Hearing, and Working Conditions

Perception of the Quality of Life of Tobacco Growers Exposed to Pesticides: Emphasis on Health, Hearing, and Working Conditions

Desembaralhando: a mobile application for intervention in the problem of dyslexic children mirror writing

Desenvolvimento de instrumento para avaliação coletiva da fluência e compreensão de leitura textual em escolares do ensino fundamental II

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