Peter Smagorinsky
The Social Construction of Data: Methodological Problems of Investigating Learning in the Zone of Proximal Development
University of Oklahoma
educational researchers traditionally drawn procedures metaphors hard sciences guide thinking methodological issues one frequently invoked metaphor purity data researcher contaminate process investigation article questions appropriateness purity metaphor using perspective provided vygotskys notion zone proximal development zpd emphasis genetic method development mediated cultural tools signs methodological problems emerging conception zpdincluding problems defining research identifying appropriate unit analysis considering relationship evidence telos optimal sense development accounting mediational role assessmentare reviewed finally work luria 1976 examined neovygotskian perspective developed article