Identification
            Personal identification
- Full name
 - Irene Maria Dias Cadime
 
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
 - B41B-E47E-EE95
 - ORCID iD
 - 0000-0001-8285-4824
 - Scopus Author Id
 - 55808214300
 
Email addresses
- irenecadime@psi.uminho.pt (Professional)
 
Knowledge fields
- Social Sciences - Psychology
 
Languages
| Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portuguese (Mother tongue) | |||||
| English | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | 
| Spanish; Castilian | Upper intermediate (B2) | Advanced (C1) | Advanced (C1) | Proficiency (C2) | 
Education
            | Degree | Classification | |
|---|---|---|
| 
                                  2007 - 2012 
                                 Concluded 
                               | 
                              Psychology (Doutoramento)
                                  Major in Educational Psychology 
                                 Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                 "Avaliar leitura no 1.º ciclo do Ensino Básico: Construção e validação do TCL-Teste de Compreensão Leitora [Assessing reading
                                       in primary school: construction and development of the TCL-Reading comprehension Test]" (THESIS/DISSERTATION) 
                               | 
                              Aprovado | 
Affiliation
            Science
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/07/01 - Current | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2012/05 - 2018 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2008/03 - 2012/02 | Researcher (Research) | Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
Teaching in Higher Education
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/09/01 - 2019/06/30 | Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa Centro Regional de Braga, Portugal | 
Positions / Appointments
| Category Host institution  | 
                              Employer | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 - 2020 | Coordinator of the thematic research line "Pedagogical resources for children" | Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal | 
Projects
            Grant
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 - 2023 | Neurocognitive functioning in different types of reading disabilities
                                  CEECIND/00408/2018 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2015 - 2018 | Communicative and linguistic development in the three first years of age as a predictor of reading competences in the first
                                 years of schooling
                                  SFRH/BPD/102549/2014 
                                 Post-doc Fellow
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho Centro de Investigação em Estudos da Criança, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
Other
| Designation | Funders | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/01/02 - Current | Once Upon a Time: a Kit of Tools for Fostering Children’s Development of Multiliteracies, Collaboration Skills, and Intercultural
                                 Sensitivity
                                  PTDC/CED-EDG/0736/2021 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho Instituto de Educação, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2023 - 2024 | How have pandemic-related events shaped family practices and children's language development?
                                  LCF/PR/FP22/62010012 
                                 Principal investigator
                                    
                                  
                               | 
                              Fundação 'la Caixa' | 
| 2018 - 2021 | GameLeT - Gamified, media-based training of reading fluency
                                 
                                  Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Erasmus Plus
                                  Ongoing 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2021 | Valer: Valongo a Ler [Promoting reading skills at Valongo]
                                  NORTE-66-2016- 28 & NORTE-66-2016-29 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Câmara Municipal de Valongo
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2020 | Ainda Estou a Aprender – Plataforma Literacia [I'm still learning - Platform to promote literacy]
                                  NORTE-66-2016-29 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2020 | Project Litteratus
                                  NORTE-66-2016-29 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Intermunicipal Community of Ave
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2016 | I am still learning… development of an online educational platform for assessment and intervention in reading learning difficulties
                                  Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2015 | Assess for preventing: Tracking Studies and Validation of the MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories for European
                                 Portuguese
                                  PTDC/MHC-PED/4725/2012 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 - 2013 | Reading research and assessment in elementary education: development of reading assessment inventories
                                  PTDC/PSI-PED/098592/2008 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
| 2009 - 2010 | Litteratus Project: A partnership project to promote literacy
                                  N/A 
                                 Researcher
                                     
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                                  | 
                              Câmara Municipal de Vila Nova de Famalicão
                                  Concluded 
                               | 
                           
Outputs
            Publications
| Book | 
                                 
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| Conference abstract | 
                                 
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| Magazine article | 
                                 
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| Online resource | 
                                 
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Intellectual property
| Patent | 
                                 
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Other
| Dataset | 
                                 
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| Other output | 
                                 
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Activities
            Oral presentation
| Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location)  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2019/09 | Development of comprehension measures to 5th grade students: a study using Rasch model analysis | XI Congresso Internacional Galego-Português de Psicopedagogia
                                  University of Coruña (Coruña, Spain) 
                               | 
                           
| 2018/11 | Assessing written and oral language: an integrative perspective | IV Jornadas de Língua Portuguesa – Investigação e Ensino
                                  University of Cape Verde (Cape Verde) 
                               | 
                           
| 2016/05 | CDI adaptation for European Portuguese: Differences in lexical and grammar development as a function of gender and maternal educational level | The Sixth Network Meeting on Communicative Development Inventories
                                  University of Zagreb (Dubrovnik, Croatia) 
                               | 
                           
Supervision
| Thesis Title Role  | 
                              Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2022/08/01 - Current | Implementação e avaliação de um programa de literacia familiar a distância [Implementation and Evaluation of a Remote Family
                                 Literacy Program] (FCT grant 2021.07847.BD from 1/08/2022 to a 30/09/20)
                                  Co-supervisor of Maria do Céu Marques Cosme 
                               | 
                              PhD in Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2021 - Current | Riscos psicossociais no trabalho: Conceptualização e contributos para a sua avaliação na indústria [Psychosocial risks at
                                 work: Conceptualization and contributions to its assessment in the industry]
                                  Co-supervisor of Iara do Nascimento Teixeira 
                               | 
                              PhD in Applied Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - Current | Compreensão de textos em idade pré-escolar: descrição e impacto na compreensão da leitura [Text comprehension at preschool
                                 age: description and impact on reading comprehension]
                                  Co-supervisor of Sara Brandão 
                               | 
                              PhD in Applied Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2022 | Reciprocal relations between listening comprehension, oral reading fluency, metacognitive skills, vocabulary and reading comprehension:
                                 a longitudinal study with students from grades 4 to 6
                                  Co-supervisor of Bruna Regina da Silva Rodrigues 
                               | 
                              PhD in Applied Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2022 | A relação entre o desenvolvimento da linguagem, as interações mãe-criança e práticas de literacia familiar: um estudo na Região
                                 Norte [The relationship between language development, mother-child interactions and family literacy practices: a study in
                                 the North Region]
                                  Supervisor of Bruna Filipa Ribeiro Lima 
                               | 
                              PhD in Child Studies (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2017 - 2020 | Understand to read. Read to Understand. A teaching and intervention program in reading comprehension for the 2nd year of the
                                 1st Cycle of Basic Education
                                  Co-supervisor of Tânia Filipa Moniz Fernandes 
                               | 
                              PhD in Educational Sciences, specialization in Educational Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2016 - 2020 | Development of reading fluency and its mediating role in the relationship between cognitive-linguistic variables and reading
                                 comprehension
                                  Co-supervisor of Tânia Catarina da Silva Freitas 
                               | 
                              PhD in Applied Psychology (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2018 - 2019 | Impacto das práticas de literacia familiar e do temperamento no desenvolvimento linguístico [Impact of the family's literacy
                                 practices and child's temperament on the linguistic development]
                                  Co-supervisor of Ângela Sofia Sá Oliveira 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2017 | Consciência Fonológica. Do constructo à avaliação [Phonological awareness. From the construct to the assessment]
                                  Co-supervisor of Ângela Sofia Martins Meira 
                               | 
                              PhD in Child Studies (PhD)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2015 | Impacto da fluência de leitura e da metacompreensão na compreensão da leitura [Effects of reading fluency and metacomprehension
                                 on reading comprehension]
                                  Co-supervisor of Jorge André Rocha Alves Soveral Collus 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2014 - 2015 | Psychometric properties of the Utrecht Work Engagement Scale for Students in a Portuguese sample of high school and college
                                 students
                                  Supervisor of Sara Pires Lima 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2014 | Influency of fluency, vocabulary, and reasoning on reading comprehension
                                  Co-supervisor of Tânia Catarina da Silva Freitas 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 - 2014 | Test of reading fluency: validation studies
                                  Co-supervisor of Ana Rita Guimarães Teixeira de Novais Lopes 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2012 - 2013 | Adaptação da escala Reading Strategy Use para a população Portuguesa [Adaptation of the scale Reading Strategy Use for the
                                 Portuguese population]
                                  Co-supervisor of Olga Alexandra Coelho Lopes Dias 
                               | 
                              Master in Psychology (Master)
                                  Universidade do Minho, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
Event organisation
| Event name Type of event (Role)  | 
                              Institution / Organization | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018/07/06 - 2018/07/07 | Organizing committee of the III International Seminar on Reading, Education and School Achievement (2018/07/06 - 2018/07/07)
                                  Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              School of Education, Polytechnic Institute of Lisbon, Portugal, Portugal | 
| 2017/09/16 - 2017/09/16 | Organizing committee of the III Conference on Communication and Development (2017/09/16)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2017/09/04 - 2017/09/05 | Organizing committee of the II International Seminar on Reading, Education and School Achievement (2017/09/04 - 2017/09/05)
                                  Seminar (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2015/09/08 - 2015/09/12 | Organizing committee 17th European Conference on Developmental Psychology (2015/09/08 - 2015/09/12)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              European Association of Developmental Psychology, Germany Universidade do Minho, Portugal  | 
                           
| 2015/03/07 - 2015/03/07 | Organizing committee of the II Conference on Communication and Development (2015/03/07 - 2015/03/07)
                                  Conference (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
| 2014/07/04 - 2014/07/05 | Organizing committee of the 10th National and 8th International Meeting on Reading, Children’s Literature and Illustration (2014/07/04 - 2014/07/05)
                                  Congress (Member of the Organising Committee) 
                               | 
                              Universidade do Minho, Portugal | 
Event participation
| Activity description Type of event  | 
                              Event name Institution / Organization  | 
                           |
|---|---|---|
| 2015/06 - 2015/06 | Participation in the IACOBUS program for scientific mobility (3rd call) – visiting researcher in the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. | 
                                  Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain 
                               | 
                           
Evaluation committee
| Activity description Role  | 
                              Institution / Organization | Funding entity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 - Current | Associate Editor, Cogent Education, section of Educational Psychology & Counselling | Taylor & Francis Group, United Kingdom | |
| 2023 - Current | Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, section of Educational Psychology | Frontiers Media SA, Switzerland | |
| 2016 - Current | Associate Editor, Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica/Psychology: Research and Review, indexed in Scopus and ISI Web of Science | Springer Nature, Luxembourg | 
Journal scientific committee
| Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - Current | Frontiers in Psychology | Frontiers | 
| 2021 - Current | Paideia | |
| 2021 - Current | Current Psychology | Springer | 
| 2021 - Current | Psychology in the Schools | Wiley | 
| 2020 - Current | Scientific Studies of Reading (1532-799X) | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) | 
| 2020 - Current | Asia Pacific Journal of Education (1742-6855) | Informa UK (Taylor & Francis) | 
| 2020 - Current | Journal of Child Language (1469-7602) | Cambridge University Press | 
| 2020 - Current | Assessment | SAGE | 
| 2020 - Current | Children (2227-9067) | MDPI AG | 
| Current | Reading & Writing Quarterly | Taylor & Francis | 
| Current | Anales de Psicología | |
| Current | SAGE Open | SAGE | 
| Current | Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica/Psychology: Research and Review | Springer | 
| Current | International Journal of Testing | Taylor & Francis | 
| Current | Infancia y Aprendizaje: Journal for the Study of Education and Development | Taylor & Francis | 
| Current | Journal of Happiness Studies | Springer | 
| Current | Science Education | Wiley | 
| Current | Early Childhood Education Journal | Springer | 
| Current | Pensando Psicología | |
| Current | Scandinavian Journal of Psychology | Wiley | 
| Current | Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica/Psychology: Research and Review | Springer | 
| Current | Applied Neuropsychology: Adult | Taylor & Francis | 
| Current | International Journal of Psychology | Wiley | 
| Current | First Language | SAGE | 
| Current | Ensaio: Avaliação e Políticas Públicas em Educação | |
| Current | Sensos-e | |
| Current | Psicología Educativa | Elsevier | 
| Current | Studies in Educational Evaluation | Elsevier | 
| Current | British Journal of Developmental Psychology | Wiley | 
| Current | International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction | Elsevier | 
| Current | Learning and Individual Differences | Elsevier | 
| Current | Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment | |
| Current | British Journal of Educational Psychology | Wiley | 
| Current | SSM - Population Health | Elsevier | 
Distinctions
            Award
| 2023 | Award Ana Maria Vieira de Almeida for the work "Risking Change. The challenges of multilevel models in teaching reading and writing" | 
| 2018 | Ler+ 2018 [Award Reading+ 2018]
                                  Plano Nacional de Leitura, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2013 | 9th Award Cegoc for the work BAL - Bateria de Avaliação de Leitura
                                  Cegoc, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
| 2011 | 7th award Cegoc for the work Reading Comprehension Test TCL
                                  Cegoc, Portugal 
                               | 
                           
