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Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding and Teaching Practice
The construction of the zone of proximal development (ZPD) in the context of teaching activity is discussed in the paper.ZPD is compared and contrasted with the concept of scaffolding as introduced by Jerome Bruner.
Margolis A.A.
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What Can K–12 Education Teach College Professors?
The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, EarlyView.
Michael P. Marchetti
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Identity Play: Middle School Youths' Provisional Self‐Making in Horizon‐Expanding STEM Spaces
ABSTRACT This study introduces identity play as an analytic construct for science education to explore improvisational dimensions of middle school students' STEM identity development in multiple out‐of‐school learning experiences focused on environmental problem‐solving.
Heidi B. Carlone, Alison K. Mercier
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'Becoming experts': learning through mediation [PDF]
Purpose – This study is largely founded on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory, Feuerstein’s theory of Mediated Learning Experience and Lave and Wenger’s ‘community of practice’, which concerned building a community of learners that places mediation as ...
Abdul Rahim, Fauziah +2 more
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The legacy of Russian psychologist Lev Semenovich Vygotsky is most closely associated with the cultural-historical paradigm and, in the West, has found its most extensive application in contemporary developmental and educational psychology.
J. Vassilieva, E. Zavershneva
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ABSTRACT Learning assistants (LAs) help implement evidence‐based teaching in undergraduate active‐learning courses and support student learning through their facilitation. Here, we present a drivers‐of‐LA‐action model with empirical evidence that connects across the macro level of LA‐supported course design and the micro level of LA‐student ...
Nicolette M. Maggiore +3 more
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Isolated learners from diverse language backgrounds in the mainstream primary classroom: A sociocultural perspective [PDF]
This paper focuses on the linguistic and cultural (‘languaculture’, Agar, 1994) challenges faced by learners from diverse language backgrounds (DLB) in New Zealand schools.
Barnard, Roger
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A Critical Discussion of Vygotsky and Bruner’s Theory and Their Contribution to Understanding of the Way Students Learn [PDF]
Jiayu Zhou
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Sliding Doors: Frame Uptake and Rejection by Learners in a Museum‐Based Climate Learning Experience
ABSTRACT Science education efforts that support public understanding of modern climate change are critically needed. However, implementing climate‐related learning experiences can be challenging, as public audiences tend to experience a wide range of understandings of and emotions around the issue. In light of these challenges, many scholars have posed
Lynne Zummo +7 more
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ABSTRACT The current study explored how a professional development program for differentiated instruction in science education supported change in preservice teachers, following the Interconnected Model of Professional Growth by Clarke and Hollingsworth. Among eight preservice teachers, a self‐report questionnaire (pre and post) and reflective logbooks
Tessa Slim +3 more
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