A Comparative Study of the Effect of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Collaborative Interaction on the Development of EFL Learners’ Writing Skill [PDF]
Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2009 This study investigates the effect of homogeneous and heterogeneous peer interaction on the development of Iranian EFL learners’ writing skill. Sixty female students of TEFL participated in the study.
Parviz Maftoon, Nasser Ghafoori
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Att förstå naturvetenskapliga kunskapsmätningar utifrån en sociokulturell teoriram
Utbildning & Demokrati, 2013 This article describes how sociocultural theories can be used to gain knowledge of why, in international knowledge comparisons such as the PISA, it seems so difficult for Swedish students to answer test questions in scientific literacy “correctly ...
Margareta Serder
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Investigating Iranian English Learners' Private Speech Across Proficiency Levels and Gender Based on Vygotsky's Sociocultural Theory. [PDF]
J Psycholinguist Res, 2022 Yaghoubi M, Farrokh P.
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Immune cognition, social justice and asthma: structured stress and the developing immune system [PDF]
, 2001 We explore the implications of IR Cohen's work on immune cognition for understanding rising rates of asthma morbidity and mortality in the US. Immune cognition is conjoined with central nervous system cognition, and with the cognitive function of the ...
Fullilove, Mindy +2 more
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Why is low waist-to-chest ratio attractive in males? The mediating roles of perceived dominance, fitness, and protection ability [PDF]
, 2014 Past research suggests that a lower waist-to-chest ratio (WCR) in men (i.e., narrower waist and broader chest) is viewed as attractive by women. However, little work has directly examined why low WCRs are preferred.
Anthony E. Coy +55 more
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Demonized Learners in Sociocultural Theory
Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2016 Within the frameworks of Sociocultural theory, particularly Vygotskian sociocultural theory and ZPD, Lave and Wenger’s CoP, and contemporary sociocultural theory, this paper seeks to examine the unfavourable scholarly portrayal of learners and their ...
J. Chen
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Young people's occupational aspirations beyond the aspiration discourse: A sociocultural perspective
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Young people's aspirations have been the focus of many educational, sociological and psychological studies. This paper argues, firstly, that the concept of aspirations holds greater generative potential than suggested by the policy‐oriented ‘aspiration discourse’.
Jelena Popov
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Chinese students' psychological and sociocultural adjustments to Britain: an empirical study [PDF]
, 2006 This paper reports an empirical study of the psychological and sociocultural adjustments of two cohorts of Chinese students taking a foundation course in English language at a British university.
Spencer-Oatey, Helen, Xiong, Zhaoning
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Sociocultural Theory and its Role in the Development of Language Pedagogy
, 2016 This paper reviews the literature on Vygotskian theory of Socio-cultural learning and constructivist approach to teaching and learning and attempts to relate the socio-cultural theory to constructivism. The purpose of the paper is to investigate the ways
Abdul Hameed Panhwar +2 more
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract Beneath the Hong Kong government's enthusiasm for recruiting non‐local undergraduates—including students from the Chinese Mainland and other international regions—lies a longstanding gap in understanding the core meanings and drivers shaping the territory's expanding focus on inward international student mobility (ISM).
Fang Gao +3 more
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