Visual stimuli and written production of students with and without complaints of writing disorders

• Published in: Psicologia, reflexão e crítica reflexão e crítica, 2013-07, Vol.26 (3), p.516
• Main Authors: Cárnio, Maria Silvia, Casemiro, Juliana Ramos, Ribeiro, Karen Barros, Soares, Aparecido José Couto
• Format: Article
• Language: Portuguese
• ISSN: 0102-7972; 1678-7153
• DOI: 10.1590/S0102-79722013000300011

This study aimed to verify the influence of visual stimuli on the written production of students with and without complaints of writing disorders. As subjects, it had 50 students from 4th and 5th grades of elementary school divided in G1 (with no complaints) and G2 (with complaints) who were instructed to perform a written production based on two different visual stimuli. Communicative Competence criteria were used in order to analyze the data. Regarding Generic Competence, the narrative genre was the most used for both groups. In relation to Encyclopedic Competence, there was significant difference only for the figures in sequence. Concerning Linguistic Competence, there was difference only in the Global Cohesion. There was no influence of the visual stimuli on the written production for both groups. Nevertheless, individual and social factors might have influenced the results.