Theories formulated by Russian psychologist and educator Lev Vygotsky currently range
from being applied and celebrated across multiple contexts to be considered outdated. In …

Vygotskian theory suggests that sociodramatic play, private speech, and motivation are
deeply intertwined in development. This study used fishing and puzzle tasks to explore how …

Abstract Following Marx, Vygotsky saw the historical origins of language in labor, geared to
coordinating productive activity that transforms the world and humans themselves. This …

Past research documents a bilingual advantage in the domain of executive functions (EFs).
However, controversial debates have questioned the robustness of those behavioral …

This study assessed the language proficiency and use of a hitherto under-investigated
group, viz., 3.5-year-olds growing up with Polish as a heritage language and German as …

Purpose: This study examined the effect of phonological overlap on English and Spanish
expressive vocabulary accuracy as measured by the bilingual Expressive One-Word Picture …

Although extensive research has been done to compare monolingual and bilingual
children's executive function, there are fewer studies that look at the relation between …

There is an ongoing debate on a possible cognitive advantage of bilingual individuals. The
present study used the verbal mediation hypothesis as a framework to explore potential …

This chapter examines the impact of Vygotskyan sociocultural theory (SCT) on private and
inner speech research from an L2 (language additional to L1) perspective. The paper first …

This chapter highlights some ways that thinking about young children's development has
changed since 1990 and why this matters in early childhood care and education. It presents …