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Hasson, Natalie; Dodd, Barbara – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2014
Dynamic assessments (DA) of language have been shown to be a useful addition to the battery of tests used to diagnose language impairments in children, and to evaluate their skills. The current article explores the value of the information gained from a DA in planning intervention for a child with language impairment. A single case study was used…
Descriptors: Language Impairments, Evaluation Methods, Speech Therapy, Speech Language Pathology
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Fernández, Manual; Wegerif, Rupert; Mercer, Neil; Rojas-Drummond, Sylvia – Journal of Classroom Interaction, 2015
The linked concepts of "scaffolding" and the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) were originally applied to the context of asymmetrical teaching and learning with a teacher or adult explicitly supporting a learner, usually a child, to achieve tasks beyond their ability when working alone. In this paper we investigate how these concepts…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Comparative Analysis, Intervention