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this study aims to understand the uses of digital technologies in thesis writing from the perspective of students of a Master's degree in Education. In this exploratory qualitative research, in-depth interviews were conducted with five students. Each researcher read the transcripts and generated codes and themes; then the codes were compared and the transcripts coded in NVivo in order to obtain a single set of categories, comprising: digital resources, ict, master's degree writing and training, electronic devices, digital-analog articulation. According to the analysis, the laptop and the computer are presented as central devices, although the cell phone is also used. The thesis students, by means of electronic devices and digital resources, seem to prepare suitable writing based on what they initially put down on paper, in a recording or a digital file. Thus, with regard to research and writing, some analogical practices are still in place, although there is a clear shift from paper-based practices to the use of digital tools and online resources. Finally, intentional training in academic writing during the research process would make it possible to verify the nexus between writing and technological mediation as a more implicit issue in the process. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to evaluate the development of the cognitive structures of 4th grade students as a result of the use of inquiry activities in the sequence of lessons about the concept of air. The study was performed with a total of 71 students, aged from eight to ten years old. The data was collected through a Word Association Test (WAT) presented to students at two different moments, before and after the sequence of classes. The results reveal that the students' cognitive structures changed as a result of instruction. Specifically, it has been shown that, as a result of class sequence, the weakest associations between the stimulus words in the pretest appear in the posttest in a higher level of strength. The analysis of the sentences written by the students, that allows the disclosure of the nature of the associations, shows that they were more appropriated regarding the theme. This is indicative of a reorganization and development of the students' cognitive structures, as a result of the use of inquiry activities about the de concept of air. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]