After four decades of research and development on language in mathematics classrooms,
there is consensus that enhancing language is crucial for promoting students' mathematics …

This paper traces the origins of the scaffolding construct, placing it in its theoretical-historical
context. The paper discusses the connection between Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal …

The topic of this paper is mathematical modelling or—as it is often, more broadly, called—
applications and modelling. This has been an important topic in mathematics education …

This chapter arose from the need to introduce researchers, including Master and PhD
students, to design-based research (DBR). In Sect. 16.1 we address key features of DBR …

Providing contingent or adaptive support (ie, scaffolding) is effective. Yet it is unclear how it
promotes students' learning. In this mixed-methods study, we investigated to what extent the …

This article has two purposes: firstly to introduce this special issue on scaffolding and
dialogic teaching in mathematics education and secondly to review the recent literature on …

The notion of mediation has been the object of growing interest in second language
education in recent years. The increasing awareness of the complex nature of the process of …

Given the growing interest in the scaffolding process, it is worthwhile to address competing
accounts about the origin of this term. The concept was empirically introduced by Wood …

Abstract 1 In education, adaptive teaching is commonly viewed as adjusting instruction to
students' individual dĭerences in abilities, motivation, and linguistic background. According …

Although current interpretations of Vygotsky's theory largely assume that instruction pushes
development, the issue of how this occurs has yet to be clarified. For example, the notion of …