Peer nomination and peer rating which are used in standard text sociometric questionnaires can be also used in graphical form of sociometric questionnaires. Children may consider the graphical questionnaire more interesting and more playful. We created the graphical sociometric questionnaire which is based on peer rating. We aimed to verify its validity by comparing it with text sociometric questionnaire. Our sample consisted of 125 sixth and seventh graders from three elementary schools in Slovakia. The results indicate that graphical sociometric questionnaire is a valid assessment method for measuring social status of group members. We suggest that graphical questionnaire is more sensitive in discrimination of children´ social status. But graphical questionnaire did not show exactly status of neglected children. Neglected children are better identified by text sociometric questionnaire.
The article concentrates on showing elements present in culture, literature and art of the Middle Ages. These parts of mediaeval culture are discernible in Albrecht Dürer’s graphic The Sea Monster, also known as the Wonder of the Sea. It was created by late Gothic-Renaissance author living at the turning point of both artistic epochs. The article consists of a description of the copperplate engraving, discussion on the contexts present in literature and mediaeval sources, analogies of artistic motifs and symbolic contents, meanings of the title which was already mentioned by Dürer.
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