Research in UK and Mexican schools showed that children who were taught to use 'exploratory talk' i.e. following ground rules to help them share knowledge, evaluate evidence and consider options in a reasonable and equitable way, became more able to manage and express both group and individual reasoning and learning activities. The project outcome appears to validate Vygotsky's concept of the relationship between 'intermental' (social) and 'intramental' (psychological) development.
Pauline Gibbons (2008) Research to investigate what 'intellectual quality' is, and how this is reflected in classroom activity and practise, with reference to students learning through the medium of English as an L2. Based on SCLA, with emphasis on considering how pedagogy can be redefined in terms of sociocultural conceptual frameworks and analytical tools.