Psycholinguistics, cognitive psychology, bilingualism, productive and creative thinking, cross-cultural education, women's issues.
Thought
and Language
Creativity
On sabbatical
Discourse Processes
Psychological Development of Women
(In preparation). Thought communities: Dynamics of collaboration. Oxford University Press.
(1997). Notebooks of the mind. (2nd edition). Oxford University Press.
With Panofsky, C. & Smith, L. (1994). Sociocultural approaches to language and literacy: An interactionist perspective. Cambridge University Press.
With Cole, M., Scribner, S. & Souberman, E. (Eds.) (1978). Translation of Vygotsky's Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Harvard University Press.
With Mahn, H. (1996). Sociocultural approaches to learning and development: A Vygotskian framework. Educational Psychologist, 31, 191-206.
With Meehan, R., & Kennedy, C. (1995). The implications of "First language acquisition as a guide for theories of learning and pedagogy" in a pluralistic world. Linguistics and Education, 7, 369-378.
(1995). Cognitive pluralism in a sociocultural context. Mind, Culture and Activity: An International Journal, 2, 2-11.
(1993). Afterword: Vygotskian approaches to mathematical education. Special issue, Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics.
(1996). Women's collaborative interactions. In D.I. Slobin, J. Gerhardt, A. Kyratzis, & J. Guo (Eds.), Social interaction, social context, and language: Essays in honor of Susan Ervin-Tripp. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(1991). Private speech among adults. In R. Dias & L. Berk (Eds.) Private speech from social interaction to self regulation. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(1990). A Vygotskian perspective on verbal thinking and writing. In C. Hedley, J. Houtz & A.N. Baratta, (Eds.), Cognition, curriculum, and literacy. Norwood, NJ: Ablex.
With Panofsky, C., & Blackwell, P. (1990). The development of scientific concepts and discourse. In L. C. Moll, (Ed.) Vygotsky and education: Instructional applications of sociohistorical psychology. Cambridge University Press.