Children's Appraisals as Mediators of the eers by Sylvie Normandeau
Espace, Les Scientifines, Vers le Pacifique et VIRAJ -elle identifie les facteurs qui ont favoris... more Espace, Les Scientifines, Vers le Pacifique et VIRAJ -elle identifie les facteurs qui ont favorisé leur adoption ou qui, au contraire, ont pu entraver celle-ci ; ces facteurs peuvent tenir tant du contenu ou de la forme du programme que des conditions présentes dans le milieu scolaire. Ann Cameron présente enfin les résultats du projet réalisé par le Centre Muriel McQueen Fergusson, qui a évalué des forums d'intervention réalisés dans des communautés rurales des provinces de l'Atlantique; l'école a ici aussi constitué une base pour mobiliser la communauté et les jeunes. Ces forums d'une journée, visant à sensibiliser les adolescentes et les adolescents sur la question de la violence, ont permis une comparaison entre l'intervention en groupes mixtes et en groupes non-mixtes.
Papers by Sylvie Normandeau
Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
This investigation tested the influence of parents' involvement with homework as a moderator ... more This investigation tested the influence of parents' involvement with homework as a moderator variable in the relation between children's cognitive abilities (predictor variable) and their school achievement (outcome variable). Participants were 55 French-speaking second graders and their parents. Two dimensions (quantity and quality) of parents' involvement were investigated. Parents were distinguished as primary or secondary helpers with homework. For each group, regression analyses were conducted to test the moderator effect of each dimension of parent involvement: (1) between children's verbal abilities and achievement in French; and (2) between children's nonverbal abilities and achievement in mathematics. Results indicated a positive relation between children's verbal abilities and their achievement in French, but not between children's nonverbal abilities and their achievement in mathematics. A negative relation between the duration of primary paren...
This study investigated how fathers and mothers modulated the specificity of their tutoring strat... more This study investigated how fathers and mothers modulated the specificity of their tutoring strategies as a function of their children's moment-to-moment behavior during a problem-solving activity. A total of 63 seven-year-old children and their parents participated in the study. Mothers and fathers worked separately with their children on a microcomputer activity, and these activities were recorded and coded to ascertain children's help-seeking and parents' tutoring behaviors. The results indicated that mothers and fathers adjusted their tutoring strategies according to a contingent-shift rule--parents offered more specific support when the children failed and offered less specific support when the children succeeded in their attempts to solve the task. Mothers' and fathers' modulation of their level of tutoring were not different and were not influenced by the sex of the children. Neither boys nor girls were more likely to seek help from their same-sex parent t...
Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y ... more Ce document est protégé par la loi sur le droit d'auteur. L'utilisation des services d'Érudit (y compris la reproduction) est assujettie à sa politique d'utilisation que vous pouvez consulter en ligne. https://apropos.erudit.org/fr/usagers/politique-dutilisation/ Cet article est diffusé et préservé par Érudit. Érudit est un consortium interuniversitaire sans but lucratif composé de l'
Canadian Journal of …, 1998
... aspects as represented hy such concepts as well* bcingn wellness (CoWen, E994), positive ment... more ... aspects as represented hy such concepts as well* bcingn wellness (CoWen, E994), positive mental health (Jabuda, 195Я), (if .salimi genesis (Antonovsky ... adopt society's prevailing concept of health which tends to emphasize physical cha racle ri Stcs more than mental unes. ...
Canadian Journal of Higher Education
Cognitive levels of 48 University students enrolled in humanities were assessed by piagetian task... more Cognitive levels of 48 University students enrolled in humanities were assessed by piagetian tasks. Three specific formal abilities were measured: combinatory, probability, control of variables. For the control of variable tasks, the percentage of students reaching the formal levels did not exceed 50% while that of probabi-lity and combinatory tasks went up to 90%. The results are analyzed according to school training effect and content of tasks.
La psychiatrie de l'enfant
Revue de psychoéducation
This article is a critique of a recent book that was written with the objective of defending sex ... more This article is a critique of a recent book that was written with the objective of defending sex equality by denying the existence of differences between women and men. The first part of the article argues that sex equality is a social value independent of the fact that men and women differ in certain ways. When researchers use scientific data to defend personal values and beliefs, it is an abuse of power that affects both their own credibility and that of science itself. The second part demonstrates the importance of developing a better understanding of those sex differences, both large and small, even if men and women have more points in common than differences. Researchers rarely take context into account when they measure different traits and compare scores instead of comparing the developmental processes involved in women and men's adaptation to their environment. The interaction between environment and biological predispositions is inherent in the developmental processes requiring further investigation.
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L'annee psychologique, 2008
Preschoolers' number related skills and maternal guidance used to introduce and foster the ac... more Preschoolers' number related skills and maternal guidance used to introduce and foster the acquisition of these skills were examined in 193 48-month-olds. Mother-child collaboration was observed during two number-related tasks: a dot-to-dot drawing task and a matching number representations task. Patterns of responsibility sharing in task resolution were coded from videos, using a cross-classification strategy adapted from Parent (2000). Using mother-child interactions as a means to assess early numeracy skills, we replicated past findings obtained when child numeracy skills were assessed autonomously (Baroody & Dowker, 2003; Sinclair, 1988). Results also indicate that mothers adjust their support and the demands of the task to meet their child's skill level. In addition, promoting an enjoyable affective climate and fostering child motivation to complete the task appeared to be a predominant aspect of maternal guidance. Together, these results support the relevance of evalua...
Revue de psychoéducation
Le trouble déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDAH) est un problème chronique qui... more Le trouble déficit de l’attention avec ou sans hyperactivité (TDAH) est un problème chronique qui affecte plusieurs aspects du fonctionnement des jeunes, dont le rendement scolaire. Ces jeunes sont particulièrement à risque de vivre des difficultés importantes lors de leur passage au secondaire, notamment à cause des difficultés organisationnelles associées au TDAH. Or, peu d’interventions sont disponibles pour ces élèves et leur famille. Le Projet TRANSITION propose des interventions ciblant les stratégies d’études et les habiletés organisationnelles afin de soutenir les élèves ayant un TDAH et leurs parents. La présente étude vise à évaluer l’effet du Projet TRANSITION sur le rendement scolaire. L’échantillon est composé de 47 familles, réparties aléatoirement entre un groupe participant à l’intervention et un groupe contrôle recevant les services habituels de la communauté. À la fin du secondaire 1, les parents dont l’enfant a participé à l’intervention rapportent un meilleur ren...
Revue de psychoéducation
La maltraitance parentale est un facteur reconnu pour compromettre la sécurité et le développemen... more La maltraitance parentale est un facteur reconnu pour compromettre la sécurité et le développement des enfants et des adolescents, dont le parcours à l’école. L’objectif de cette recension est de faire état des travaux de recherche menés entre 2007 et 2014 qui documentent le parcours scolaire des enfants victimes de maltraitance et qui identifient les facteurs pouvant faire l’objet d’intervention préventive pour soutenir la réussite scolaire. Les constats qui émergent de ces travaux font ressortir que, dès les premières années du primaire, les enfants victimes de maltraitance sont susceptibles d’éprouver des difficultés en lecture et en mathématiques, lesquelles peuvent s’aggraver avec le temps. Pour plusieurs, ces difficultés sont prédites avant même l’entrée à la maternelle par des retards dans l’acquisition des habiletés préscolaires. En classe, les enfants victimes de maltraitance ont des difficultés cognitives, émotionnelles et comportementales qui entravent leurs capacités à g...
Journal of Child and Family Studies
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We examined two critiques of rule-assessment methodology: (a) the method does not take into consi... more We examined two critiques of rule-assessment methodology: (a) the method does not take into consideration other rules that subjects use to solve problems, and (b) its multiple-choice format misrepresents subjects' cognitive level. In Study 1, high school students completed a paper-and-pencil, multiple-choice balance scale questionnaire. Their performance was assessed with Siegler's original rules and a revised set of rules that included an addition and a qualitative proportionality rule. Results showed that Siegler's Rule 3 was not homogeneous and that distinguishing specific patterns of answers among Rule 3 subjects increased the diagnostic value of the rule-assessment methodology. In Study 2, we compared rule-assessment methodology to the Piagetian clinical model. High school students solved balance-scale problems within each method. Results indicated an overall match between Piagetian levels of Siegler's rules, with the exception of Rule 3, suggesting again the pertinence of specifying alternative rules.
This study investigated how fathers and mothers modulated the specificity of their tutoring strat... more This study investigated how fathers and mothers modulated the specificity of their tutoring strategies as a function of their children's moment-to-moment behavior during a problem-solving activity. A total of 63 seven-year-old children and their parents participated in the study. Mothers and fathers worked separately with their children on a microcomputer activity, and these activities were recorded and coded to ascertain children's help-seeking and parents' tutoring behaviors. The results indicated that mothers and fathers adjusted their tutoring strategies according to a contingent-shift rule-parents offered more specific support when the children failed and offered less specific support when the children succeeded in their attempts to solve the task. Mothers' and fathers' modulation of their level of tutoring were not different and were not influenced by the sex of the children. Neither boys nor girls were more likely to seek help from their same-sex parent than from the opposite sex parent. (Contains 26 references.) (MDM)
This investigation tested the influence of parents' involvement with homework as a moderator vari... more This investigation tested the influence of parents' involvement with homework as a moderator variable in the relation between children's cognitive abilities (predictor variable) and their school achievement (outcome variable). Participants were 55 French-speaking second graders and their parents. Two dimensions (quantity and quality) of parents' involvement were investigated. Parents were distinguished as primary or secondary helpers with homework. For each group, regression analyses were conducted to test the moderator effect of each dimension of parent involvement: (1) between children's verbal abilities and achievement in French; and (2) between children's nonverbal abilities and achievement in mathematics. Results indicated a positive relation between children's verbal abilities and their achievement in French, but not between children's nonverbal abilities and their achievement in mathematics. A negative relation between the duration of primary parent involvement with homework and children's achievement in French and mathematics was observed. Data also indicated a positive relation between the quality of involvement with homework of the secondary parents and children's achievement. The quality of involvement by the secondary parent was the only variable that acted as a moderator between children's verbal abilities and their achievement in French. Results suggested that both parents have complementary roles in supporting their child's school-related activities. (Contains 19 references.)
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 2002
ABSTRACT Cette étude a pour objectif de valider la version abrégée du Profil socio-affectif ou PS... more ABSTRACT Cette étude a pour objectif de valider la version abrégée du Profil socio-affectif ou PSA-A (LaFreniere et al., 1992), questionnaire conçu pour évaluer tant la compétence que les inadaptations sociales chez les enfants d'âge préscolaire. Les 1 145 enfants qui composent l'échantillon (569 filles et 576 garçons d'âge préscolaire) ont été évalués à l'aide du PSA-A et 412 d'entre eux (218 filles et 194 garçons) ont en outre été évalués à l'aide d'instruments de mesure cognitive (Lollipop et WPSSI-R). De plus, le rendement scolaire de 181 de ces enfants a été évalué à la fin de la première année. Les résultats indiquent que le PSA-A est homogène et stable dans le temps et qu'il présente une bonne validité de construit.
Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, Jun 30, 2002
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Children's Appraisals as Mediators of the eers by Sylvie Normandeau
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