Educational psychology has generated a prolific array of findings about factors that influence
and correlate with academic achievement. We review select findings from this voluminous …

This report reviews the literature on learning theories and frameworks applicable to
instruction of undergraduate college students. An introductory section provides an overview …

Three-year-old Kwara'ae children in Oceania act as caregivers of their younger siblings, but
in the UK, it is an offense to leave a child under age 14 ears without adult supervision. In the …

Experiences with peers constitute an important developmental context for children wherein
they acquire a wide range of behaviors, skills, and attitudes that influence their adaptation …

The theories of Vygotsky are central to any serious discussion of children's learning
processes. Vygotsky argues that children do not develop in isolation, rather learning takes …

This book is an effort to introduce early childhood educators to Vygotsky's perspective,
research on young children that has been stimulated by this perspective, and current …

How do children acquire the vast array of concepts, strategies, and skills that distinguish the
thinking of infants and toddlers from that of preschoolers, older children, and adolescents? In …

It is a pleasure to be given the opportunity of re-editing this book some eight years after its
first publication. As I said at the time, the chapters in this book were selected to provide an …

El objetivo del artículo es desarrollar una serie de formulaciones en torno a conceptos
provenientes del socioconstructivismo que consideramos como recursos valiosos cuando …

With the growing importance of Web 2.0 tools for communication and collaboration, small
group writing using one such tool—the wiki—has been increasingly implemented in second …