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The work of sociocultural theory is to explain how individual mental functioning is related to cu... more The work of sociocultural theory is to explain how individual mental functioning is related to cultural, institutional, and historical context; hence, the focus of the sociocultural perspective is on the roles that participation in social interactions and culturally organized activities play in influencing psychological development. While much of the framework for sociocultural theory was put forth by Lev Vygotsky (1931/1997), extensions, elaborations, and refinements of sociocultural theory can be found in writings regarding activity theory (Chaiklin & Lave, 1993; Leontiev, 1981) and cultural-historical activity theory (Cole, 1996; Cole & Engestrom, 1994).
Inquiry in the scientific community involves a combination of first-hand investigation of the phy... more Inquiry in the scientific community involves a combination of first-hand investigation of the physical world and learning from the work of others (second-hand), which is primarily text- based. Our approach to science instruction (Guided Inquiry supporting Multiple Literacies) features an interplay of first- and second-hand experiences via multiple cycles of investigation in multiple contexts, which provide students with opportunities to use and develop ideas and ways of reasoning iteratively. This poster presents cases of GIsML instruction in 2 nd and 4 th grade classroom (studying light motion and light respectively) in which we trace - through the study of classroom discourse, student assessments, and artifacts - the development of conceptual understanding and scientific reasoning, including the ability to: a) conduct fair and reliable tests, b) observe specific aspects of the world to determine relationships among the parts, c) represent findings as knowledge claims, and d) evalu...
This case study examines the extent to which the Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning Cu... more This case study examines the extent to which the Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning Curriculum supported students to (a) understand scientific concepts (b) engage in scientific inquiry and (c) collaborate successfully. It examines two dyads collaborating over several months to construct, test, and re-design a toy rocket. Although the collaborative process was not without limitations, students were generally positively engaged, used executive thinking to support scientific inquiry, and showed conceptual growth on pre/post assessments.
Learning and Instruction, 2017
Metacognition and Learning, 2016
Recent Research in Psychology, 1993
Reading Instruction in Childhood and Adolescence Judith A. Winn and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar ... more Reading Instruction in Childhood and Adolescence Judith A. Winn and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar Perhaps no other area of instruction has profited ... students engaged in any of the following activities:(a) sustained inde-pendent reading of self-selected texts (Atwell, 1987);(b ...
Harvard Educational Review, 2014
In this article, the authors argue for a design process in the development of educative curriculu... more In this article, the authors argue for a design process in the development of educative curriculum materials that is theoretically and empirically driven. Using a designbased research approach, they describe their design process for incorporating educative features intended to promote teacher learning into existing, high-quality curriculum materials. The process entails analyzing a set of curriculum materials, characterizing students’ opportunities to learn through teachers’ enactment of the curriculum materials, and assessing students’ learning outcomes. The authors then describe ways in which both theoretical perspectives and empirical data guided their design, development, and refinement process for educative features to enhance the curriculum materials, and give examples of the resulting features. Given the current policy environment in which there are heightened expectations for science teaching at the elementary level, the authors argue that testing and refining processes for ...
Contemporary Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992
The research program that we describe in this chapter is, in many respects, a mixture of models a... more The research program that we describe in this chapter is, in many respects, a mixture of models and pragmatics. A model of learning and instruction, informed largely by theories generated in developmental and cognitive psychologies, has been applied to the pragmatics of teaching and learning in classrooms. In turn, the pragmatics of teaching and learning have served to temper this model.
Theory Into Practice, 2011
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2001
Recent science reform documents call for students to develop robust understandings of scientific ... more Recent science reform documents call for students to develop robust understandings of scientific concepts and reasoning through inquiry-based instruction. The challenge of this goal is increased in heterogeneous inclusive classroom settings with students identified as having learning disabilities and emotional impairments. This article describes a design experiment conducted over two school years in which we investigated the experiences and outcomes for special needs students in guided inquiry science instruction in upper-elementary grade classrooms ( n = 4). Phase 1 (′97-′98) of the design experiment utilized qualitative and quantitative data to construct case studies of individual learners with special needs. Patterns across the cases informed the identification of advanced instructional strategies hypothesized to support special needs students relative to language/cognition, print literacy, attention, and social relations challenges. In Phase 2 (′98-′99), we studied learning outc...
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Educational Researcher, 1994
Educational Psychologist, 1986
... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The role... more ... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The role ofdialogue in providing scaffolded instruction. Palincsar, Annemarie S. Educational Psychologist, Vol 21(1-2), Win-Spr 1986, 73-98. doi: 10.1207/s15326985ep2101&2_5. Abstract. ...
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
Contemporary reform efforts pose numerous challenges for students and their teachers, especially ... more Contemporary reform efforts pose numerous challenges for students and their teachers, especially in the context of inclusion classrooms that serve students with diverse academic and social profiles. The research reported in this article was conducted for the purpose of closely studying the engagement and learning of students who have learning disabilities as they participate in a particular approach to guided inquiry called Guided Inquiry supporting Multiple Literacies (GIsML). Questions guiding the research included (a) What are the opportunities and challenges that GIsML instruction presents students with special needs? (b) How do students with special needs respond to these opportunities and challenges? and (c) What hypotheses emerge from the data that will usefully guide subsequent research investigating the means of mediating students’ participation in GIsML for the purpose of enhancing their engagement and learning? The research was conducted using an array of ethnographic met...
Educational Researcher, 1994
... K (Teach ing and Teacher Education), on "Con ceptual Change Approaches to Teacher Educat... more ... K (Teach ing and Teacher Education), on "Con ceptual Change Approaches to Teacher Education" (organized by Trish Stod-dard ... Participants in this symposium (5.64), John Goodlad, Linda Darling-Hammond, Jeannie Oakes, Sally Reis, Joseph Renzulli, and Robert Sternberg ...
Page 165. CHAPTER SIX Designing Collaborative Contexts: Lessons from Three Research Programs Anne... more Page 165. CHAPTER SIX Designing Collaborative Contexts: Lessons from Three Research Programs Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar University of Michigan Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl University of Washington Following 4 months ...
Reading Teacher, 1986
... of this article was to de scribe one means by which teachers can provide instruction in learn... more ... of this article was to de scribe one means by which teachers can provide instruction in learning from text. The procedure, reciprocal teaching, is best characterized as a dia logue in which the students and teacher work together to comprehend text. The dialogue is structured by ...
The work of sociocultural theory is to explain how individual mental functioning is related to cu... more The work of sociocultural theory is to explain how individual mental functioning is related to cultural, institutional, and historical context; hence, the focus of the sociocultural perspective is on the roles that participation in social interactions and culturally organized activities play in influencing psychological development. While much of the framework for sociocultural theory was put forth by Lev Vygotsky (1931/1997), extensions, elaborations, and refinements of sociocultural theory can be found in writings regarding activity theory (Chaiklin & Lave, 1993; Leontiev, 1981) and cultural-historical activity theory (Cole, 1996; Cole & Engestrom, 1994).
Inquiry in the scientific community involves a combination of first-hand investigation of the phy... more Inquiry in the scientific community involves a combination of first-hand investigation of the physical world and learning from the work of others (second-hand), which is primarily text- based. Our approach to science instruction (Guided Inquiry supporting Multiple Literacies) features an interplay of first- and second-hand experiences via multiple cycles of investigation in multiple contexts, which provide students with opportunities to use and develop ideas and ways of reasoning iteratively. This poster presents cases of GIsML instruction in 2 nd and 4 th grade classroom (studying light motion and light respectively) in which we trace - through the study of classroom discourse, student assessments, and artifacts - the development of conceptual understanding and scientific reasoning, including the ability to: a) conduct fair and reliable tests, b) observe specific aspects of the world to determine relationships among the parts, c) represent findings as knowledge claims, and d) evalu...
This case study examines the extent to which the Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning Cu... more This case study examines the extent to which the Multiple Literacies in Project-based Learning Curriculum supported students to (a) understand scientific concepts (b) engage in scientific inquiry and (c) collaborate successfully. It examines two dyads collaborating over several months to construct, test, and re-design a toy rocket. Although the collaborative process was not without limitations, students were generally positively engaged, used executive thinking to support scientific inquiry, and showed conceptual growth on pre/post assessments.
Learning and Instruction, 2017
Metacognition and Learning, 2016
Recent Research in Psychology, 1993
Reading Instruction in Childhood and Adolescence Judith A. Winn and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar ... more Reading Instruction in Childhood and Adolescence Judith A. Winn and Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar Perhaps no other area of instruction has profited ... students engaged in any of the following activities:(a) sustained inde-pendent reading of self-selected texts (Atwell, 1987);(b ...
Harvard Educational Review, 2014
In this article, the authors argue for a design process in the development of educative curriculu... more In this article, the authors argue for a design process in the development of educative curriculum materials that is theoretically and empirically driven. Using a designbased research approach, they describe their design process for incorporating educative features intended to promote teacher learning into existing, high-quality curriculum materials. The process entails analyzing a set of curriculum materials, characterizing students’ opportunities to learn through teachers’ enactment of the curriculum materials, and assessing students’ learning outcomes. The authors then describe ways in which both theoretical perspectives and empirical data guided their design, development, and refinement process for educative features to enhance the curriculum materials, and give examples of the resulting features. Given the current policy environment in which there are heightened expectations for science teaching at the elementary level, the authors argue that testing and refining processes for ...
Contemporary Intervention Research in Learning Disabilities, 1992
The research program that we describe in this chapter is, in many respects, a mixture of models a... more The research program that we describe in this chapter is, in many respects, a mixture of models and pragmatics. A model of learning and instruction, informed largely by theories generated in developmental and cognitive psychologies, has been applied to the pragmatics of teaching and learning in classrooms. In turn, the pragmatics of teaching and learning have served to temper this model.
Theory Into Practice, 2011
Learning Disability Quarterly, 2001
Recent science reform documents call for students to develop robust understandings of scientific ... more Recent science reform documents call for students to develop robust understandings of scientific concepts and reasoning through inquiry-based instruction. The challenge of this goal is increased in heterogeneous inclusive classroom settings with students identified as having learning disabilities and emotional impairments. This article describes a design experiment conducted over two school years in which we investigated the experiences and outcomes for special needs students in guided inquiry science instruction in upper-elementary grade classrooms ( n = 4). Phase 1 (′97-′98) of the design experiment utilized qualitative and quantitative data to construct case studies of individual learners with special needs. Patterns across the cases informed the identification of advanced instructional strategies hypothesized to support special needs students relative to language/cognition, print literacy, attention, and social relations challenges. In Phase 2 (′98-′99), we studied learning outc...
Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1995
Educational Researcher, 1994
Educational Psychologist, 1986
... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The role... more ... Login to save citations to My List. Citation. Database: PsycINFO. [Journal Article]. The role ofdialogue in providing scaffolded instruction. Palincsar, Annemarie S. Educational Psychologist, Vol 21(1-2), Win-Spr 1986, 73-98. doi: 10.1207/s15326985ep2101&2_5. Abstract. ...
Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2000
Contemporary reform efforts pose numerous challenges for students and their teachers, especially ... more Contemporary reform efforts pose numerous challenges for students and their teachers, especially in the context of inclusion classrooms that serve students with diverse academic and social profiles. The research reported in this article was conducted for the purpose of closely studying the engagement and learning of students who have learning disabilities as they participate in a particular approach to guided inquiry called Guided Inquiry supporting Multiple Literacies (GIsML). Questions guiding the research included (a) What are the opportunities and challenges that GIsML instruction presents students with special needs? (b) How do students with special needs respond to these opportunities and challenges? and (c) What hypotheses emerge from the data that will usefully guide subsequent research investigating the means of mediating students’ participation in GIsML for the purpose of enhancing their engagement and learning? The research was conducted using an array of ethnographic met...
Educational Researcher, 1994
... K (Teach ing and Teacher Education), on "Con ceptual Change Approaches to Teacher Educat... more ... K (Teach ing and Teacher Education), on "Con ceptual Change Approaches to Teacher Education" (organized by Trish Stod-dard ... Participants in this symposium (5.64), John Goodlad, Linda Darling-Hammond, Jeannie Oakes, Sally Reis, Joseph Renzulli, and Robert Sternberg ...
Page 165. CHAPTER SIX Designing Collaborative Contexts: Lessons from Three Research Programs Anne... more Page 165. CHAPTER SIX Designing Collaborative Contexts: Lessons from Three Research Programs Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar University of Michigan Leslie Rupert Herrenkohl University of Washington Following 4 months ...
Reading Teacher, 1986
... of this article was to de scribe one means by which teachers can provide instruction in learn... more ... of this article was to de scribe one means by which teachers can provide instruction in learning from text. The procedure, reciprocal teaching, is best characterized as a dia logue in which the students and teacher work together to comprehend text. The dialogue is structured by ...