This theoretical paper defines and explores the concepts of transductive links and transductive chains, as part of the theoretical framework of social semiotics. Social semiotics stems from the multimodal framework, which provides a theoretical perspective, constructs, and a language to describe a shift of semiotic material within or between semiotic systems, such as rewriting a text or moving from a function to a plot. Within this framework a shift of semiotic material between two such systems is referred to as a transduction. This paper aims to expand on the concept of transduction by identifying a theoretical contribution to the modeling of this process, referred to as a transductive link. This link is suggested to affect the transduction process and the resulting learning experience. For example, when plotting measurement data, a computer program can be employed to read the data and to transform the data into pixel information. In this case, programming, or the act of programming, acts as a link between the two resources in the transduction process—a transductive link. In other cases, multiple transductions can be performed one after another resulting in these links creating what we define as a transductive chain. By observing and analyzing the use of different semiotic systems in different learning situations, transductive links and chains can be identified and examined. From this identification one has the possibility to find weak links in the transductive chain and address them accordingly. As such, we suggest that transductive links and chains are powerful tools to be able to understand students’ learning experiences.

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转导链接的概念

作为社会符号学理论框架的一部分，本理论论文定义并探讨了转导链接和转导链的概念。社会符号学源于多模式框架，该框架提供了理论视角，结构和语言来描述符号系统在符号系统内或符号系统之间的转换，例如重写文本或从函数移动到情节。在这个框架内，符号学材料在两个这样的系统之间的转换被称为转导。本文旨在通过确定对这一过程建模的理论贡献来扩展转导概念，称为转导链接。建议使用此链接来影响转导过程和由此产生的学习经验。例如，当绘制测量数据时，可以使用计算机程序来读取数据并将数据转换为像素信息。在这种情况下，编程或编程行为充当转导过程中两种资源之间的链接，即转导链接。在其他情况下，可以一次又一次进行多次转导，导致这些链接创建了我们定义的转导链。通过观察和分析在不同学习情况下不同符号系统的使用，可以识别和检查转导链接和链。通过这种识别，有可能找到转导链中的薄弱环节并据此加以解决。因此，我们建议转导性链接和链条是强大的工具，能够理解学生的学习经历。