New article: Design and construction of a Decision Support System for teachers on communicative and linguistic interactions in the classroom

January 30 , 2020 ireub

* The results presented in this article are part of a project funded by the Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (EDU201563616-P). Principal Investigator: Marta Gràcia.

Authors

Marta Gràcia[1] – Universitat de Barcelona, Institut de Recerca en Educació (IRE)

Cristina B. F. de Lacerda – Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)

Maria Josep Jarque – Universitat de Barcelona

Camila Domeniconi – Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar)

Josep Casanovas – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Maria-Ribera Sancho – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Jordi Casanovas – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Marta Cuatrecasas – Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Abstract

The creation of rich communicative contexts that facilitates the development of oral language skills of students is a challenge in the educational practice of teachers. With this purpose, the EVALOE-SSD Decision Support System is designed and constructed, based on the Oral Language Assessment Scale in the School context (Gràcia et al., 2015), to help teachers reflect and self-assess their own practice and make informed decisions to improve it. The article presents the characteristics of the EVALOE-SSD, a semi-intelligent digital tool, and exposes the different adjustments carried out for use by kindergarten and primary school teachers in different types of schools.

Keywords: self-assessment, oral language, conversational methodology, decision support system

Reference: Gràcia, M., Lacerda, C. B. F., Jarque, M. J., Domeniconi, C., Casanovas, J., Sancho, M-R., Casanovas, J., Cuatrecasas, M. (2019). Diseño y construcción de un Sistema de Soporte a la toma de Decisiones de los docentes sobre las interacciones comunicativas y lingüísticas en el aula. Multidisciplinary Journal of School Education, 16(2), 57-83. https://doi.org/10.14632/mjse.2019.16.57

[1] Coordinator of the Research Group CLOD (Communication, Oral Language and Diversity, http://www.clod.ub.edu)