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The Elkonin-Davydov mathematics curriculum was an elementary mathematics curriculum developed in Russia based on Russian activity theory. In recent years, the original Russian curriculum has been expanded to include grades K–8 and has been refined into several different curricula. In addition, research projects in other countries (e.g., USA) have investigated applications with local populations.
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In 1959, Daniil Borissowitsch Elkonin (1904–1984) and Vasily Vasil’evich Davydov (1930–1998), Russian psychologists and students of Lev Vygotsky, developed an elementary mathematics curriculum. Their work was initially situated in experimental school #91 in Moscow where their team functioned as researchers and teachers. The project was grounded in Russian activity theory, which grew out of the cultural-historical theory of Vygotsky.
Davydov was critical of the existing schooling system and argued that traditional pedagogy failed to develop a general concept...
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Dougherty, B., Simon, M. (2014). Elkonin and Davydov Curriculum in Mathematics Education. In: Lerman, S. (eds) Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4978-8_56
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