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Peer reviewedSaljo, Roger – Learning and Instruction, 1991
Some preliminary observations relating to problems of the semiotic mediation of reality through linguistic tools are presented and discussed in light of the experiences of 12- to 13-year-old Swedish students interpreting a table of postage rates. Learning to use such a tool is a genuinely social phenomenon. (SLD)
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Foreign Countries, Language Skills, Learning Processes
Direct linkKalyuga, Slava – Learning and Instruction, 2006
Traditional assessment methods are not always suitable for diagnosing learners' knowledge structures at different levels of their expertise. This paper describes an alternative schema-based rapid assessment technique and its application in the area of arithmetic word problem solving. The technique is based on an assessment of the extent to which…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Alternative Assessment, Arithmetic, Problem Solving
