Abstract

CUNHA, Claudia Araújo da. Writing, emotional maturity, operativeness and creativity in a children´s group from Uberlândia. Psicol. esc. educ. [online]. 2005, vol.9, n.2, pp. 279-290. ISSN 1413-8557.

The aim of this paper is to discuss the possible relations established between learning disabilities in writing and the intellectual, creative and maturity levels of children in the second year of primary school. To do so, we have used the Scale of Learning Evaluation in Writing (ADAPE), the length conservation test, the test of possible positions of data about a support experiment and the CAT-H test. All four tests were applied in 40 children, of both genres, from two state schools in the town of Uberlândia. The Spearman correlation coefficient by ranks suggests that there has been a significant positive correlation of the creativity with the length conservation variables. Regarding the U-values acquired from the application of the Mann-Whitney test, the school located in the most central area obtained significant differences between the dictation error variable and the length conservation variable.

Keywords : Learning disabilities; Cognitive assessment; Elementary school.