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According to Vygotsky’s (Thought and language, MIT Press, 1962; Mind in society: The development of higher psychological process, Harvard University Press, 1978; Wertsch (ed) The concept of activity in Soviet psychology, Sharpe, 1981; Thought and language, MIT Press, 1934/1986) sociocultural theory children’s cognitive development comes about through mediation. Mediation is the process by which adults provide children with both instrumental tools (e.g., machines) and psychological tools (e.g., language, thinking strategies, mnemonics, rules). Children acquire and master these tools during their use under adults’ guidance.
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Tzuriel, D. (2021). The Socio-Cultural Theory of Vygotsky. In: Mediated Learning and Cognitive Modifiability. Social Interaction in Learning and Development. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-75692-5_3
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