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Implications of Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory for second language (L2) assessment

open access: yesCogent Education, 2016
Dynamic assessment (DA) research, still in its infancy, takes its roots from Vygotsky’s concept of zone of proximal development (ZPD) to account for learner’s developmental process.
Karim Shabani
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Personality Development in the Contextof University Training: A Comparative Study

open access: yesКультурно-историческая психология, 2018
Using the concept of the zone of proximal development, the paper attempts to describe the process of development of professionally significant personality traits in military students (future officers of special operation forces) and in psychology ...
Kulagina I. Y.,, Apasova E.V.,
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Pedagogical, Psychological And Psychotherapeutic Help In Overcoming Learning Difficulties To Facilitate Development

open access: yesКонсультативная психология и психотерапия, 2017
The paper discusses theoretical foundations for organising the work and interaction of various specialists who help children with learning difficulties (teachers, counsellors, therapists).
Zaretsky V.K., Kholmogorova A.B.
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Investigating the role of dynamic assessment on speaking accuracy and fluency of pre-intermediate EFL learners

open access: yesCogent Education, 2020
The current study set out to investigate the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) on the speaking accuracy and fluency of pre-intermediate English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. In contrast to static assessment, DA is conceptualized as an interactive
Maryam Safdari, Jalil Fathi
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Considering the Role of Zone of Proximal Development and Constructivism in Supporting Teachers’ TPACK and Effective Use of Technology

open access: yes, 2020
This article examines Vygotsky’s (1978) Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) and Tharp and Gallimore’s (1988) application of ZPD for teacher learning that can be used as a framework to develop teachers’ and teacher candidates’ Technological Pedagogical ...
Drew Polly, E. Byker
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Imagine the World you Want to Live in: A Study on Developmental Change in Doctor-Patient Interaction

open access: yesOutlines, 1999
The article focuses on talk and cognition in terms of action. It outlines methodological alternatives for approaches addressing meaning construction and the accounts people give of their actions.
Ritva Engeström
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THE EFFECT OF SCAFFOLDING AND PORTFOLIO ASSESSMENT ON JORDANIAN EFL LEARNERS’ WRITING

open access: yesIndonesian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2016
This study examines the potential effect of scaffolding-based instruction and portfolio-based assessment on Jordanian EFL tenth grade students’ overall writing performance and their performance on the sub-skills of focus, development, organization ...
Ruba Fahmi Bataineh   +1 more
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The zone of proximal development: Some conceptual issues†

open access: yes, 1984
Vygotsky's ideas about the zone of proximal development are elucidated and extended by inclusion of the theoretical constructs of situation definition, intersubjectivity, and semiotic mediation.
J. Wertsch
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Supporting Human and Machine Co-Learning in Citizen Science: Lessons From Gravity Spy

open access: yesCitizen Science: Theory and Practice
We explore the bi-directional relationship between human and machine learning in citizen science. Theoretically, the study draws on the zone of proximal development (ZPD) concept, which allows us to describe AI augmentation of human learning, human ...
Carsten Østerlund   +5 more
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