PURPOSE: to evaluate and analyze the performance in phonological ability tasks of second-grade children of the elementary school in private schools of the state of São Paulo, in the following methods of literacy: montessorian and constructivism. METHODS: 60 second-grade children of in elementary school private schools of the state of São Paulo were select for carrying through this research, divided in schools inserted in the following methods: montessoriano and constructivism in a total of 30 children of each institution. RESULTS: the children have not demonstrated difference in the performance in syllable level and phoneme in both education methodologies. CONCLUSION: it was not possible to evidence direct influence of education methodology on the performance of the tasks of phonological abilities.
Learning; Child; Conscience; Education