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Dyads of siblings in which the younger sibling had an intellectual disability (ID, n 5 25) were videotaped interacting. The ID group was compared with typically developing sibling dyads matched on mental age (n 5 25) and chronological age... more
This study was an attempt to investigate the effect of dynamic assessment on elementary EFL (English as a foreign language) students' grammar learning. To this end, forty six male adult elementary EFL learners in two groups, namely the... more
A focus of interest among researchers and educators is to find teaching methods adjusted to developmental aspects in early childhood. Teaching that generates significant learning and creates motivation, interest and enjoyment in young... more
A focus of interest among researchers and educators is to find teaching methods adjusted to developmental aspects in early childhood. Teaching that generates significant learning and creates motivation, interest and enjoyment in young... more
As argued by Poehner (2008), Dynamic Assessment (DA) can substantially improve our understanding of students' abilities and promote their development at the same time by providing information on both the individuals' Zone of Actual... more
The effects of a peer-mediation program and training in analogies versus math on mediation strategies, cognitive modifi ability, and math were investigated with 78 tutor-tutee dyads. Experimental group tutors (EGT, n = 39) received the... more
This study aims to investigate the effects of dynamic assessment on improving ELT learners of English as a foreign language at a large state university. The researchers followed the pre-test—treatment—post-test procedure in the study. The... more
Leontjev, Dmitri ICAnDoiT: The Impact of Computerised Adaptive Corrective Feedback on L2 English Learners Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2016, 152 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Humanities ISSN 1459-4323; 284 (nid.) ISSN 1459-4331; 284... more
Despite growing interest in the implementation of dynamic assessment in second or foreign language learning research, few studies have attempted to incorporate the notion into real second language classrooms. This study explored the... more
When an educational establishment decides to promote reflective practice in its midst and expects all stakeholders (teachers, students, and administrators) to become reflective practitioners and advocates, there ought to be a firm... more
Many existing assessments for deciding the potential special education needs of emergent bilingual youth are either normed on monolingual students or normed on bilingual students through monolingual data collection (Hamayan, Marler,... more
Considering the statement that errors can affect the quality of translations, the need to adopt an objective model to analyze these errors has been one of the most debated issues in translation quality assessment. In recent decades, some... more
This study investigated the effect of dynamic assessment (DA) on reading comprehension development and metacognitive awareness for reading strategies of Iranian IELTS students within the framework of Poehner (2008) who advocated the... more
In Developmental Education, language plays an essential role as a tool for communication (and thinking). Learning to produce coherent messages (“narratives”) with both cultural and personal value in the context of meaningful... more
This review explores contemporary literature available to Educational Psychologists (EPs) concerning the value, and unique contribution, of Dynamic Assessment (DA) in EP practice. The key features of Feuerstein’s (1979-2008) model of... more
The school inclusion of people with educational needs is dominant proposition in Special Education and Education in general, in the last decades, addressing programs and educational and rehabilitation politics in several countries,... more
This paper outlines the attempts of a group of educational psychologists to apply the theoretical principles underpinning dynamic assessment to the process of solution focused consultation with teachers at the school-based stages of the... more
Although some assessment modes have proved successful, many learning problems encountered by low achieving learners need to be fixed by a more procedurally adequate remedial classroom assessment. Many EFL instructors adopt conventional... more
This study seeks to provide insights into the process of vocabulary learning and promoting vocabulary knowledge by tracking its development in dynamic assessment (DA) procedures through thematic and microgenetic analysis. In order to meet... more
World language educators are constantly tasked with evaluating appropriate and beneficial assessments for their students. This study investigated how first-year students in a Midwestern United States high school perceived three... more
Dynamic Assessment, referred to in this paper as DA, is one of the various methods of adopting a particular evaluation procedure in order to identify possessed language skills of individual learners in addition to their learning... more
The present paper reports on a study examining how English for academic proposes (EAP) teachers' language use can contribute to opening up or obstructing learning opportunities for learners. In doing so, audiotapes of a typical tutorial... more
This study investigated the effect of dynamic Assessment (DA) on the acquisition of L2 grammar by EFL learners. The focus was on teaching Conditional Type II, or Unreal Conditional, which is a difficult structure for language learners to... more
A test is first a method and that method generally requires some performances or activities on the part of either the testee or the tester or both. Testing is an inextricable part of the instructional process. If a test is to provide... more
This paper, based on Vygotsky’s (1978, 1986) Sociocultural Theory of Mind, explores the applicability of a cognitive developmental activity using Dynamic Assessment (DA) to assess oral proficiency in a beginner Spanish course, and the... more
Dynamic assessment, and in particular the learning potential approach, are receiving increasing attention from educators and research practitioners worldwide. This article re-ports on the status of dynamic assessment in South Africa, with... more
The aim of this study is to create Turkish adaptation and do validity and reliability study of Application of Cognitive Functions Scale which has been developed by filling in the blanks between academic and cognitive requirements of... more
Vygotsky's (1978, 1987) notion of the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) brings into focus the dialectical nature of interactional processes that provoke second language (L2) learner development. Two areas of L2 sociocultural theory... more
Despite the increasing amount of bi- and multilingual clients in the caseloads of speech and language therapists, there is a limited number of instruments that clinicians can use to distinguish transient language difference, due to a... more