Faculty

Yuriy Karpov, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology and Education,
Associate Dean

Education
Dr. Karpov received his BA, MA, and PhD degrees in Educational and Developmental Psychology from Moscow State University, Russia. After he moved to the United States in 1991, he guest lectured at different Universities, later becoming a Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology and Human Development at Peabody College of Vanderbilt University. Since 1994, he has been an Associate Professor of Psychology and Education (since 2001 - Professor of Psychology and Education) and Associate Dean for Graduate Study at the Graduate School of Education and Psychology of Touro College. His fields of scientific interest include the study of children's cognitive and metocognitive development from the Vygotskian perspective, and the implementation of Vygotsky's ideas in education and assessment.

Major publications in English

• Karpov, Y. (in press). Development through the life span: A neo-Vygotskian perspective. In: A. Kozulin, V. S. Ageyev, S. M. Miller, & B. Gindis (Eds.), Vygotsky's theory of education in cultural context. NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Karpov, Y. (in press) Vygotsky's doctrine of scientific concepts: It's role for contemporary education. In: A. Kozulin, V. S. Ageyev, S. M. Miller, & B. Gindis (Eds.), Vygotsky's theory of education in cultural context. NY: Cambridge University Press.
• Karpov, Y. & Gindis, B. (2000). Dynamic assessment of the level of internalization of elementary school children's problem-solving activity. In: C. Lidz & J. Elliott (Eds.), Dynamic assessment: Prevailing models and applications.(pp.133-154). Oxford, UK: Elsevier Science.
• Karpov, Y. (1999). Why do children develop? Contemporary Psychology, 44(1), 40-42.
• Karpov, Y., & Haywood, H. C. (1998). Two ways to elaborate Vygotsky's concept of mediation: Implications for instruction. American Psychologist, 53(1), 27-36.
• Karpov, Y. (1996). Didactic teaching or guided discovery? A third alternative.
  The Thinking Teacher, 11(1), 2-7.
• Karpov, Y., & Bransford, D. (1995). L.S.Vygotsky and the doctrine of empirical and theoretical learning. Educational Psychologist, 30, 61-66.
• Karpov, Y. (1995). L.S.Vygotsky as the founder of a new approach to instruction. School Psychology International, 16, 131-142.
• Karpov, Y. & Talyzina, N. (1986). Criteria of intellectual development in children. Soviet Psychology, 24(3), 77-92.

Submitted for Publication
Karpov, Y. Internalization of children's problem solving and individual differences in learning (submitted to Cognitive Development).

Memberships and Affiliations
American Psychological Association
American Educational Research Association
International Association for Cognitive Education
Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology: Editorial Board

Selected Conferences and Professional Meetings
The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 2002. A paper on Mediated Learning as the Determinant of Human Development Across the Lifespan accepted for presentation.

The Eight Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education, Jyvaskyla, Finland, June 2001. Co-chaired the program committee; presented on Mediation Through the Lifespan: A Vygotskian Perspective.

The Ninth Congress of Psychology, Bucaramanga, Colombia, April-May, 2000. Presented as the keynote speaker on The Contemporary State of the Vygotskian Approach, The Vygotskian Approach to Child Development, and The Vygotskian Approach to Instruction. Taught a workshop on Introduction to Vygotsky.

The Seventh Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education, Calgary, Canada, June 1999. Presented on Internalization of Children's Problem Solving and
Individual Differences in Learning.

The 121st Annual Meeting of the American Association on Mental Retardation, New York City, May 1997. Presented (with B. Gindis) on A Vygotskian Perspective on Teaching Persons with Mental Retardation.

Lev S. Vygotsky's Ideas in Education: Reshaping Teaching and Learning for the 21st Century (a national conference co-sponsored by Touro College, NYC Board of Education, and United Federation of Teachers), New York City, November 1996. Co-chaired the organization and planning committees, moderated the session on Teaching and Learning, presented on Vygotsky's Concept of Mediation: Implications for Education.

The Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, April 1996. Presented on Transmission or Discovery of Knowledge: Vygotsky and Modern Approaches to Instruction.

The Fifth Conference of the International Association for Cognitive Education, Monticello, NY, July 1995. Moderated the session on The Vygotskian Perspectives, presented on The Concept of Cultural Mediation: Two Ways of Elaboration

Individual Differences and Educational Excellence (a conference organized by Touro College), New York City, March 1994. Presented on The Influence of L.S.Vygotsky on Contemporary Russian Education.

The 25th Annual Gatlinburg Conference: Research and Theory on MR/DD, Gatlinburg, TN, March 1992. Presented on The Indicators of 6-year-old Children's Learning Ability.

Prior to 1991, presented at 14 national (Russian) and international conferences on developmental psychology and educational psychology.