Junior schoolchild as a subject of learning activity: Typological analysis

The first results of longitudinal study based on El'konin - Davydov's educa tive system show which individual features assist and which oppose particip ation in joint learning activity. The method of the study employs marking o ut of typological groups accordingly to interpsychic learning action charac teristics and the evaluation of children's (included in qualitatively diffe rent groups) prevailing personal and intellectual features. It is demonstra ted that the number of real subjects of learning activity after two years o f education has doubled. These children differ from their classmates by two characteristics: non-verbal factors in their intellectual profile are more pronounced than verbal ones; the children possess the trend to self-change .