Abstract The objective of this case study was to identify the role finger gestures in learning mathematics informally during play, especially sociocultural settings. A mathematical activity involving addition qualitatively analyzed at a Japanese preschool. We explored how process subjectification and objectification contributed preschool preschoolers’ changed mathematics. utilized Radford’s the...

In this article, we present the blueprint for a new class of methods—inter-modal pre-constructive methods—uniting value moving across modalities understanding (poetry, drawing, music, etc.) in scheme microgenetic construction affective fields. For purpose, historical roots methods were reviewed, and two empirical demonstrations are provided. demonstration, possibility exploring hyper-generalize...

Abstract The present work examines the role of reflection in supporting development argument skill. Participants who engaged argumentation practice with additional reflective activities outperformed a control group only practice. experimental showed greater gains developing skill – particularly employing evidence to weaken an opposing position. Experimental condition participants also exhibited...

Group dynamic assessment (G-DA) grounded in Vygotsky’s socio-cultural theory (SCT) is believed to have the potential to provide a context for capturing a group of learners’ Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) (Poehner & Lantolf, 2010; Shabani, 2010). The present study aims at testing the applicability of G-DA in identifying the mediational strategies offered by a mediator during his G-DA interac...

Pragmatic competence is one of the most important components of successful communication; also, it is the most difficult aspect of SLA. This study aimed to explore the effects of concurrent group dynamic assessment (G-DA) on Iranian EFL learners’ learning of requests and refusals, following a mixed method design. In the experimental part of the study, 2 intact classes were homogenized by a pret...

Abstract This article uses a cultural-developmental framework to illuminate the interplay between collective and individual activity in mathematical reasoning displayed university Masters level lesson on fractals. During whole class small group discussions, eleven students, guided by an instructor, engage inductive about area perimeter of Sierpinski triangle, unique object with zero infinite pe...

Abstract The study of ageing, which received growing attention over the past 30 years, has progressively realised importance cultural, historical, and socio-economical environment for various courses ageing. However, we believe that it could be further conceptualised. First, propose to enrich through notion “landscape care” developed by geography. Second, distinction sociocultural psychologists...

To examine patterns of strategy choice and discovery during problem-solving of a novel locomotor task, 13.5- and 18-month-old infants were placed at the top of a staircase and encouraged to descend. Spontaneous stair descent strategy choices were documented step by step and trial by trial to provide a microgenetic account of problem-solving in action. Younger infants tended to begin each trial ...