Activity Theory Analysis of Heart Failure Self-Care [PDF]
, 2017 The management of chronic health conditions such as heart failure is a complex process emerging from the activity of a network of individuals and artifacts.
Cornet, Victor +2 more
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Adopting a Grounded Theory Approach to Cultural-Historical Research: Conflicting Methodologies or Complementary Methods? [PDF]
, 2008 Grounded theory has long been regarded as a valuable way to conduct social and educational research. However, recent constructivist and postmodern insights are challenging long-standing assumptions, most notably by suggesting that grounded theory can be ...
Seaman, Jayson O.
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Merging the Analogue and the Digital: Combining Opposite Activities in a Mixed Media Game
Media and Communication, 2021 While much of the games research field for the last two decades has focused on digital games, this article draws attention to the benefits of combining analogue and digital game components to cater for a serious but fun game experience. In this case, the
Ulf Wilhelmsson +2 more
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Webs of activity in online course design and teaching [PDF]
, 2004 In this study, we followed three faculty members' experiences with designing and teaching online courses for the first time. In order to complete the activity, the faculty members had to work -collaboratively with others across the university.
Mishra, Punya, Peruski, Lisa
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Leontiev about Matter and Consciousness: His Critique of Vygotsky in the Soviet context [PDF]
Psicologia: Teoria e Pesquisa, 2020 Closing out a set of six articles, this text presents a descriptive analysis of Leontiev’s career between 1936-7 in the context of the profound changes caused by the Decree against Pedology and subsequent public campaign against the Vygotskian legacy ...
Gisele Toassa
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The feasibility of using pedometers and brief advice to increase activity in sedentary older women:a pilot study [PDF]
, 2008 Background: People over the age of 70 carry the greatest burden of chronic disease, disability and health care use. Participation in physical activity is crucial for health, and walking accounts for much of the physical activity undertaken by sedentary ...
AL Kinmonth +34 more
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A stochastic theory for temporal fluctuations in self-organized critical systems [PDF]
, 2008 A stochastic theory for the toppling activity in sandpile models is developed, based on a simple mean-field assumption about the toppling process. The theory describes the process as an anti-persistent Gaussian walk, where the diffusion coefficient is ...
Boffetta G +6 more
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Revision of Conception of Gradual Formation of Actions for Education and Psychological Development
Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 The psychological conception of the formation of action by stages has been one of the most significant contributions to activity theory. This conception can be understood in two ways: (1) in a broad way as general psychological conception and (2) in a ...
Yulia Solovieva, Luis Quintanar
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An Interpretation of the Continuous Adaptation of the Self/Environment Process [PDF]
, 2010 Insights into the nondual relationship of organism and environment and their processual nature have resulted in numerous efforts at understanding human behavior and motivation from a holistic and contextual perspective. Meadian social
Francovich, Chris
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Activités, 2007 One of the central roles of ergonomic research is to provide a normative basis for the evaluation of the appropriateness of artefacts used in various human activities.
Leena Norros, Paula Savioja
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