MonographDOI
Learning by expanding: An activity-theoretical approach to developmental research
TLDR
This chapter discusses the emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning and the zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research.Abstract:
1. Introduction 2. The emergence of learning activity as a historical form of human learning 3. The zone of proximal development as the basic category of expansive research 4. The instruments of expansion 5. Toward an expansive methodology 6. Epilogue.read more
Citations
More filters
Journal ArticleDOI
Written corrective feedback from sociocultural theoretical perspectives: A research agenda
TL;DR: In this article, three broad areas of future research on written corrective feedback (WCF) that may be of interest to second language (L2) researchers and practitioners are outlined.
Journal Article
Using Wikis for Learning and Knowledge Building: Results of an Experimental Study.
TL;DR: The co-evolution model that attempts to examine processes of learning and knowledge building by working on wikis is described and an experimental study aimed at testing some predictions of this model empirically support the assumption that accommodative knowledge building and a development of conceptual knowledge takes place particularly when there is incongruity at a medium level.
Journal ArticleDOI
Two tales of time: uncovering the significance of sequential patterns among contribution types in knowledge-building discourse
TL;DR: The findings of this study indicated that threads that were characterized by mere opinion-giving did not achieve much progress, while threads having more transitions among questioning, obtaining information, working with information, and theorizing were more productive.
Journal ArticleDOI
Exploring preservice elementary teachers' critique and adaptation of science curriculum materials in respect to socioscientific issues
TL;DR: In this paper, the role of teachers in supporting students' learning and decision-making about socioscientific issues (SSI) by characterizing preservice elementary teachers' critique and adaptation of SSI-based science curriculum materials and identifying factors that serve to mediate this process.
Journal ArticleDOI
Examination and learning: an activity‐theoretical analysis of the relationship between assessment and educational practice
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss the impact of assessment on learning in a wider sense, by focusing on how assessment drives not only student learning, but also the teaching practices, the designing of educational programs and the production of learning material.
References
More filters
Book
Mind in Society: The Development of Higher Psychological Processes
TL;DR: In this paper, Cole and Scribner discuss the role of play in children's development and play as a tool and symbol in the development of perception and attention in a prehistory of written language.
Book
Judgment Under Uncertainty: Heuristics and Biases
Amos Tversky,Daniel Kahneman +1 more
TL;DR: The authors described three heuristics that are employed in making judgements under uncertainty: representativeness, availability of instances or scenarios, and adjustment from an anchor, which is usually employed in numerical prediction when a relevant value is available.
Journal ArticleDOI
The Reflective Practitioner: How Professionals Think in Action
Barry Checkoway,Donald A. Schön +1 more
Book
Thought and language
TL;DR: Kozulin has created a new edition of the original MIT Press translation by Eugenia Hanfmann and Gertrude Vakar that restores the work's complete text and adds materials that will help readers better understand Vygotsky's meaning and intentions as discussed by the authors.