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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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.

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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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Aleksandr N. Veraksa, Doctor of Psychology, Professor, Head of the Department of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy, Faculty of Psychology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Vice-Director of Psychological Institute, Russian Academy of Education, Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7187-6080, e-mail: veraksa@yandex.ru

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

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