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Showing 1 to 20 of 85 for “"Zone of Proximal Development"”.
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Disadvantaged students' academic performance: analysing the zone of proximal development
The aim of the study is to investigate the practical application of Vygotsky's construct of the Zone of Proximal Development to the selection of disadvantaged students in higher education. There is a need in post-apartheid South Africa, with its legacy of inequality in educational experiences, to …
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The zone of proximal development in an online Esl composition course
This qualitative study investigated the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) in an online ESL composition course. The study analyzed the correspondence between three Koreans and one Russian participant with their instructor that occurred through the WebCT computer-mediated communication (CMC) …
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Play as the zone of proximal development: collaborative constructive block play
… theoretical construct that play creates the zone of proximal development, this study was designed to examine the processes and outcomes involved in collaboration among dyads of 4-year-olds (matched for equal and unequal levels of play) in the context of constructive play with blocks. During …
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Learning Mathematics in the Zone of Proximal Development: The Importance of Flexible Use of Knowledge
… Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs
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Computerized Dynamic Assessment of Vocabulary Knowledge (CDA-V): Vocabulary Depth Assessment and Zone of Proximal Development
… presents the Computerized Dynamic Assessment of Vocabulary (CDA-V). The CDA-V is an existing depth of vocabulary assessment approached with Dynamic Assessment. The Word Associates Test (Read, 1993) and Graduated Prompts (Gutiérrez-Clellen & Peña, 2001), respectively. As a result of this …
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Becoming a different person in the zone of proximal development : a case study of sixth form students making career and HE choices
… government's agenda, as it is seen as one means of achieving a better-qualified workforce. In their work with clients, Careers Advisers are required to promote equality of opportunity, which becomes problematic when studies show the HE system in the UK to be segregated along racial lines (Ball et …
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Iranians in the United States and Japan: Self -Imagery and Individual -Collective Dynamics
… and collectively can be captured by the concepts of liminality and the zone of proximal development. These concepts, with some shifts in theoretical foci, cast light on the radical analytical and integrative movements characteristic to migrants' daily experience. It is in this dynamic …
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Toward a theory of how young children learn to read in the ZPD: Implications for research and practice
The purpose of this position paper is to propose a comprehensive theoretical model of what can and does occur in the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to extend thinking, learning and construction of meaning within a shared reading activity setting, including the development and emergence of …
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Reader-Reported Influences on a Fifth Grader's Transaction With Extended Text
… study was designed to investigate the question of what goes on in a reader's mind as she transacts with extended text. It was a case study with one respondent, a ten year old girl. She reported, in writing, her thoughts during teacher read aloud, subsequent silent reading of the same text, and …
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Examining Beginning year Writing Production of First Graders: Lined Versus Unlined Paper
<p>This is a study of approximately six hundred samples of emergent writing from twenty first grade students at the beginning of a school year. This study provides evidence that emergent writers produce more letters and words on unlined paper than lined paper. The student writing was measured in …
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FROM FAMILY INTERACTION TO DYNAMIC FEEDBACK:ADVANCES IN MANDARIN LANGUAGE LEARNING APPLICATIONS
… providing personalized feedback based on the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) theory. Both projects use mixed methods to evaluate effectiveness and user interaction. The findings aim to contribute to the fields of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and language education, offering insights …
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Multiage Classrooms and the Academic and Social/Emotional Growth of Students
<p>The purpose of this research paper is to examine the effectiveness of multiage classrooms in terms of academic, social and emotional growth compared to single-grade classrooms. I look specifically at multiage classrooms at island schools in the state of Maine. On the basis of Vygotsky’s Zone of …
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Duolingo and HelloTalk: analyzing and evaluating language learning applications using SLA theory and user feedback
This study performs an evaluation of two language learning apps using established SLA principles and user-feedback through a survey and interviews. A survey asking users about level appropriateness, focus on form, Zone of Proximal Development and scaffolding, interaction, communicative language, …
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Adolescents with FASD: Education-Based Strategies for Social Skills Development
… Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a permanent neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by physical, mental, and learning disabilities. Despite variability, individuals with FASD consistently struggle with acquiring appropriate social skills. Limited research has explored educational strategies that …
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Language, Culture, and Learning: Supporting Multilingual Learners
… to understand how they facilitate cognitive development, academic engagement, and equitable learning outcomes. The literature indicates that scaffolding enables MLs to operate within their zone of proximal development, gradually fostering independence through guided support. Language …
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Cognitive Consequences of Education: Transfer of Training in the Elderly
… here was carried out with the dual motives of exploring a hypothesis concerning the long term cognitive consequences of education and of attempting to adapt and standardize a Soviet clinical procedure for diagnosing retardation for use as an empirical method. The Soviet procedure, based on …
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Modeling second language learners' interlanguage and its variability: a computer-based dynamic assessment approach to distinguishing between errors and mistakes
… errors and mistakes in texts written by learners of French, to then investigate the extent to which interlanguage competence varies across time, text types, and students. The key outcomes include: 1. An expanded model based on dynamic assessment principles to distinguish between errors and …
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The Effects of Parent-Child Read Aloud and Comprehension Activities on the Second Grade Students' Comprehension Performance Using the QAR Evaluation Method
… to education. This approach included the “zone of proximal development,” and defined what is essential for student’s development of a higher cognitive ability in order to become self-motivated learners. His theory also directly relates to the research regarding the important role parent’s …
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Teachers’ continuous assessment practices in English first additional language: a case of grade 12 teachers in Johannesburg West District 12 of Gauteng
… Additional Language, which was a case study of Grade 12 teachers in Johannesburg West District 12 of Gauteng. The study explored how the EFAL Departmental Head (DH) and EFAL teachers, with their Grade 12 learners, implemented assessment practices in the EFAL in the FET-phase school. The study …
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Students' perceptions of the use of peer-to-peer ESL text chat: An introductory study
Thousands of international ESL students come to the United States every year to learn English for the purpose of matriculating into an American university. Teaching these diverse students can be a challenge for educators and despite the students significant investment of time and money, many of …
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