Avaliação assistida: conceito, tipos e uso no processo de identificação de dotação intelectual

Abstract

If converted into talent, giftedness represents an important social commodity that has been systematically neglected in Brazil. In addition, the construction of an Inclusive Educational System in fact also needs to contemplate students with greater potential. Identify them while they are still in classroom, can enable the promotion of their full development. Several strategies have been used for this purpose. With the objective of analyzing the use of assisted assessment in the process of identification of intellectual giftedness, two complementary studies were carried out. Initially the scientific production in Psychology on Dynamic Assessment (DA) was analyzed. It was retrieved articles (N = 38) that reported empirical studies on DA. They were published between 2008 and 2013 and were indexed by PsycINFO. The results demonstrated that the scientific production on DA is very reduced and that, in synthesis, this model has been used fundamentally by psychologists in the school to evaluate language of children with disabilities or school difficulties individually. Using content analysis, four types of DA were identified: Structured Dynamic Assessment (SDA), Active Dynamic Assessment (ADA), Clinical Dynamic Assessment (CDA) and Structured and Active Dynamic Assessment (SADA). The first one is the most commonly used. It is possible to affirm that this is a recent, innovative, viable, dynamic and interactive alternative of psychological evaluation, especially of children with special educational needs. Based on the first study, a quasi-experiment was planned and carried out that analyzed the use of DA as part of a process of identifying intellectual giftedness in the school context. Two models were tested: ADA and SDA. It was found that the SDA contributes more to the intellectual capacity increase than ADA and a placebo intervention. It also seems to be more suitable for assessing learning potential. Using AA, especially SDA, as part of an intellectual giftedness process enriches the assessment once, in addition to the intellectual capacity, it allows to infer the learning potential. Consequently, the possibility of differentiating false negatives and false positives is increased. Together, the studies produced knowledge that contribute to applied and basic areas of Psychology, such as Psychological Assessment, School Psychology and Developmental Psychology.