Re: [xmca] On the shape of the zpd

[Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>]

Eric from Carol

10/50 up to 35/50 on the pretest. 35/50 up to 45/50. for the post-test.
There was a steeper line on the pretest, but I haven't done the math. That
makes me think I better get onto it. But there are no curves.
Carol

2009/6/4 <ERIC.RAMBERG@spps.org>

> Carol:
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> What were the plot marks measuring on the curve?
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> eric
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> Carol Macdonald <carolmacdon@gmail.com>
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> 06/04/2009 02:35 AM
> Please respond to "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity"
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> Carol says:
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> Two of my students did research in two totally different aspects of CHAT
> and
> the one got a straight line for growth on the LSV blocks, and a student
> who
> worked in the classroom, there wasn;t any caruve, in fact the results we
> very stable and although we didn't do any analysis, it seems that as the
> ZPD
> kicks in then the more able float to the top and so on.  The weakest girls
> also made gains, but in the same order as straightforward learning
> results.
> I don't know why this is so, and wold like to hear what other people have
> to
> say. What intrigues me is the shape of the results and the fact that the
> girls seemed to have s stable, consistent shape of ZPD. Can anybody help
> with this finding
> Thanks
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> 2009/6/4 Mike Cole <lchcmike@gmail.com>
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> > AR means Aero Rigoletto, Emily?
> > The idea of a ZPD curve is pretty typical of the ordinary level of
> > discourse, even if no emotion were involved!!
> > mike
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 3, 2009 at 5:05 PM, Duvall, Emily <emily@uidaho.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > > I have a master's student researching AR and working through a lit
> > > review. One of the discussions relative to a scatter plot that showed
> a
> > > "relatively flat ZPD curve..."
> > > Has anyone else run across "zpd curves" before or used this
> terminology?
> > > We're having a lot of difficulty swallowing the use of zpd in AR, but
> > > this threw us.
> > > ~em
> > >
> > >
> > > Emily Duvall, PhD
> > > Assistant Professor Curriculum & Instruction
> > > University of Idaho, Coeur d'Alene
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> > > T 208 292 2512 | F 208 667 5275 emily@uidaho.edu | www.cda.uidaho.edu
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