Dynamic Assessment: A Vygotskian Approach to Understanding and Promoting L2 Development

By M. E. Poehner. 2008

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

• Student Collaboration and Teacher-Directed Classroom Dynamic Assessment: A Complementary Pairing (2013, methodology): “Poehner (2008) argues that the difference lies in the purpose of the assistance, whether it is provided to help learners develop new cognitive functions (mediation) or whether it is provided to complete the task at hand (scaffolding).”
• Language assessment literacy as self-awareness: Understanding the role of interpretation in assessment and in teacher learning (2013, background): “It includes assessment in the context of learners’ developing capabilities, described as “dynamic” assessment (Poehner, 2010).”
• Assessing Multilingual Competencies: Adopting Construct Valid Assessment Policies (2011, unknown): “This means that testing leads to teaching that brings about further assessment based on diagnosis, as is argued by the theories of dynamic assessment (Poehner, 2008).”