Forms of Sign-Oriented and Symbolic Representation in Cognitive Activity of Junior School-Children

A.N. Veraksa

Cultural-Historical Psychology
2009. Vol. 5, no. 1, 103–111
ISSN: 1816-5435 / 2224-8935 (online)

Forms of Sign-Oriented and Symbolic Representation in Cognitive Activity of Junior School-Children

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Abstract

This article presents two studies conducted using the author's methods «An Uncertain Situation» (26 3rd graders and 31 4th graders participated in the study) and «Match a Picture» (with 40 3rd graders and 44 4th graders). Results indicate different strategies for solving these cognitive tasks. Strategies are characterized by forms of representation used by children and are in a structural relationship of direct and inverse dependency.

General Information

Keywords: Representation, Symbol, Sign, Uncertain Situation

Journal rubric: Empirical Research

Article type: scientific article

For citation: Veraksa A.N. Forms of Sign-Oriented and Symbolic Representation in Cognitive Activity of Junior School-Children. Kul'turno-istoricheskaya psikhologiya = Cultural-Historical Psychology, 2009. Vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 103–111. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Aleksandr N. Veraksa, Doctor of Psychology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Education, Неad of the Laboratory of Childhood Psychology and Digital Socialization, Federal Scientific Center of Psychological and Multidisciplinary Research, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Director of the Moscow State University Publishing House, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-6080, e-mail: veraksa@yandex.ru

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