Michael Cole

9.2k citations
136 papers · 5.3k indexed · 3 hit papers · h-index 31

Michael Cole

122 papers receiving 4.2k citations

Hit Papers

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Peers

Michael Cole
Comparison fields: 5 of 157
  • Human Factors and Ergonomics 580
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 1.9k
  • Education 2.2k
  • General Psychology 90
  • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology 724
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Fields of papers citing papers by Michael Cole

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The 25 scholars most cited alongside Michael Cole, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
#Work
1 20230
2 20198
3
Re-inventing Past Educational Practices for Future Pedagogical Success
20111
4
Ambiguous Coordination: Collaboration in Informal Science Education Research
20112
5 201190
6 20104
7 200723
8 200629
9 20004
10
Computer Mediation for Learning and Play
199910
11
Mind, culture, and activity : seminal papers from the Laboratory of Comparative Human Cognition
1997265
12 1996262
13 199518
14
The fate of stages past : reflections on the heterogeneity of thinking from the perspective of cultural–historical psychology.
19937
15
The Making of Mind. A Personal Account of Soviet Psychology
198211
16 198071
17 1979152
18
Soviet developmental psychology : an anthology
197718
19 19761
20
Early Childhood Education: Preliminaries to a Theory of Cultural Differences.
19721

About Michael Cole

Michael Cole is a scholar working on Human Factors and Ergonomics, Developmental and Educational Psychology, General Psychology, Social Psychology and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, having authored 136 papers that have together received 5.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Early Childhood Education and Development (19 papers), Social Representations and Identity (16 papers), Innovative Education and Learning Practices (15 papers), Educational and Psychological Assessments (14 papers), Cultural Differences and Values (13 papers), Behavioral and Psychological Studies (10 papers), Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (9 papers) and Child and Animal Learning Development (9 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Human Factors and Ergonomics (580 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (1.9k citations), Education (2.2k citations), General Psychology (90 citations) and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology (724 citations). Michael Cole has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Finland and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Sylvia Scribner, Vera John‐Steiner, Jerome S. Bruner, James V. Wertsch, Donald W. Sharp, Yrjö Engeström, Olga A. Vásquez, Peg Griffin, Jean M. Mandler and Charles Lave. Their work appears in journals such as Mind Culture and Activity, Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, Human Development, Child Development and Developmental Psychology.

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