I am reminded of a story Gary Price told me when he spent a day in Venger's
laboratory school. There was one little boy who was looking so carefully
at a scheme of a geometric object to complete his drawing. Every few
minutes he would look very carefully at the scheme and continue his work.
Venger proudly mentioned how well the boy was using the scheme (sign) to
mediate his own work. Well, the funny thing is that the boy had made
something entirely different and it did not look like the scheme at all.
The scheme was definately mediating the boys drawing, but not the way
Venger intended.
Nate
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Barowy <wbarowy who-is-at mail.lesley.edu>
To: <xmca who-is-at weber.ucsd.edu>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 1999 8:44 PM
Subject: double stimulation?
> Folks,
>
> Can you suggest any references for recent studies that have used the
method of "double stimulation" (LSV, Thought and Language) to study concept
formation? I am especially interested in a comparative study, that opposed
this method to an other.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bill Barowy, Associate Professor
> Technology in Education
> Lesley College, 31 Everett Street, Cambridge, MA 02138-2790
> Phone: 617-349-8168 / Fax: 617-349-8169
> http://www.lesley.edu/faculty/wbarowy/Barowy.html
> _______________________
> "One of life's quiet excitements is to stand somewhat apart from yourself
> and watch yourself softly become the author of something beautiful."
> [Norman Maclean in "A river runs through it."]
>
>