Introduction to Abstraction in Context (AiC)

The chapter briefly introduces the theoretical framework of Abstraction in Context (AiC) by referring to the data from Chap. 2. AiC provides a model of nested epistemic actions for investigating, at a micro-analytic level, learning processes which lead to new (to the learner) constructs (concepts, strategies, …). AiC posits three phases: the need for a new construct, the emergence of the new construct, and its consolidation.