Résumés
Résumé
Cette étude examine les pratiques d’évaluation des capacités inférentielles des jeunes enfants durant la compréhension de récits. L’objectif est de se questionner sur la présence de différences développementales classiquement rapportées entre des enfants de différents âges évalués à partir d’un même récit. Plutôt que de s’inscrire seulement dans cette même perspective, cette étude propose d’explorer la pertinence de s’adapter au niveau scolaire des élèves pour évaluer précisément leurs capacités inférentielles. Les capacités inférentielles de 349 élèves de 5 à 8 ans ont été sondées, soit à partir d’un récit qui correspondait à leur niveau scolaire, soit à partir d’un récit d’un niveau scolaire différent du leur. Les résultats révèlent que lorsque les élèves de différents niveaux scolaires sont évalués à l’aide d’un même récit, ils présentent des différences de réussite. Cependant, lorsque les élèves sont évalués avec un récit adapté à leur niveau scolaire, aucune différence n’est observée entre les classes d’âge étudiées.
Mots-clés :
- inférences,
- compréhension de récits,
- niveau scolaire,
- méthode d’évaluation,
- littérature de jeunesse
Abstract
This study examines the practices of assessment of young children’s inferential abilities during the comprehension of narratives. The objective is to question the presence of developmental differences that are classically reported between different ages assessed using the same story. Rather than only following this same perspective, this study proposes to investigate the relevance of adjusting to the students’ school level to accurately assess their inferential abilities. The inferential abilities of 348 students aged five to eight years old were surveyed, by either using a story that corresponded to their grade level, or using a story from a grade level different from theirs (i.e., higher or lower). The results show that when students at different grade levels are assessed using the same material, they show differences in achievement. However, when students are assessed with a grade-adjusted narrative, no differences are observed between the age groups studied.
Keywords:
- inferences,
- narrative comprehension,
- grade level,
- assessment method,
- children’s literature
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