SUMMER LEARNING LOSS EFFECT IN CHILDREN FROM LOW SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS IN INICIAL FASE OF LITERACY
readings, low income, assessment, learning, language
Introduction: The Summer Learning Loss effect is characterized as risk of impairment or stagnation of learning processes, especially for children in situations of social vulnerability. The effect is not enough explored in Southern Hemisphere of the world. Objective: In view of the scenario, two objectives were presented. The first is to review in the literature the occurrence and characterize this effect. The second is to verify the occurrence of this effect in low-income students of public schools in the city of Natal-RN context. Method: The first study is an integrative review of the literature on the "Summer Learning Loss" effect, with search in the databases Scielo, Pubmed, Eric, Medline, Lilacs, Periodico Capes. The second is a quantitative, longitudinal, observational study in which predictive reading skills were assessed in low-income children of three municipal schools in the city of Natal. The evaluation happened in two school periods, before and after the vacation. Results: In the study 1, 149 articles were found and 8 were selected for review, according to the criteria adopted. The occurrence of the "Summer Learning Loss" effect independent of the culture is described. There is a focus on the study of the occurrence of the effect in children from the last year of Infant Education until the last year of Primary Education, mainly related do basic reading and math skills. In study 2, the statistical analysis of the data showed a predominant stagnation in the comparison of the means of the linguistic-cognitive abilities evaluated before and after the vacations of 10 weeks. Conclusions: There is a consensus in the literature about the occurrence of the "Summer Learning Loss" effect in low-income populations, which generates cumulative losses. The second study reiterated the information brought by the review, in which low-income children tend to decline or stabilize the learning process during school break.