This research, which is connected to studies of the comprehension of the writing acquisition processes, aims at mapping students representations regarding the orthography and the morphology of Brazilian Portuguese, as well as analyzing the effects of orthography teaching tasks that address the morphology aspects of the orthographic performance and of the representational changes that may happen. The research was carried out in two steps with elementary school students in a public school in Pelotas, RS. By using three tools for data collection and an interview, the fist step evaluated the knowledge students have about certain morphemes of the language and analyzed whether there is a relation between their knowledge about the morphemes and their orthographic performance. The second step consisted of developing a practice to teach orthographic rules with a morphological-grammatical basis and observing the effect of this practice on the student s orthographic performance; modifications may be interpreted as representational changes regarding this knowledge under investigation. In general, results show that students manipulate the morphemes in the language, although the control they have over these processes is related to the type of morpheme...

The main objective of this research was to analyze and understand the role of assessment of learning in the training of teachers, especially those that work in higher education in the area of teachers training. Considering the entire evaluation context with their contradictions and controversies and the different concepts I decided to study the assessment of learning process in an undergraduate course of Biological Sciences, from the State University of Goiás, Brazil. The study included teachers and students of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades in that course. The proposal was to investigate the documents guiding of evaluation practice of teachers and trainers, in order to grasp the concepts of teachers and academics on the assessment of learning. To develop this proposal the following research questions was formulated: What are the conceptions of learning assessment from teacher trainers and students of Biological Sciences course in this University and yet, what are the consequences of these conceptions in teachers' practice and training of undergraduates? To answer these questions was carried out a qualitative study, whose method was the case study that considers relevant to observe and understand the subjects in their context of social and historical; I was also a participating in this study since it was considered for analysis of data my own experience beyond the academic experiences lived throughout my professional practice. It was noted that scholars tend to understand the assessment...