The importance of mediated learning in Primary School education

Abstract

The present paper represents research on the importance of using mediated learning (a concept introduced by Reuven Feuerstein in his research concerning the Mediated Learning Experience) in the primary school environment. The purpose of this research carried out on a group of 60 primary school pupils from Brasov, Romania, is to highlight the correlations between mediated learning and attention, language acquisition, reading, and problem-solving of primary school pupils. The results show that attention, language acquisition, problem-solving, and reading skills are strongly boosted by the mediated learning experience that implies focus, verbal and motoric mediation, and different levels of mediation needed in the learning process.