The sociocultural theory holds the idea that knowledge to be acquired should be mediated. It underscores the presence of mediation as a crucial factor in internalization of abilities. Given this, the present research was an attempt to examine the effect of mediation on learners’ reading comprehension strategy in light of 2 approaches of response-based (RB) mediation (Vygotsky) and task-based (T...

Este artigo relaciona o processo de aprendizagem conceitos científicos Vygotsky com as práticas pedagógicas na modalidade ensino a distância. O interesse por este estudo partiu da problemática relatada docentes e tutores educação profissional tecnológica rede e-Tec Universidade Aberta do Brasil (UAB), os quais expressaram que muitos estudantes saem das universidades insuficiente elaboração cien...

This contribution essentially is about the role of signs and sign systems in the construction of knowledge and understanding by social scientists (e.g., educational researchers, psychologists) interpreting educational data and the constraints of relationship between the knowledge these scientists bring to the interpretation and the knowledge displayed in the data on the interpretative results. ...