mediational
- adjective
- /ˌmiːdiˈeɪʃənl/
- In conflict resolution, effective communication is often a mediational strategy that facilitates understanding.
Examples
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Further, Brown demonstrated that this type of understanding can be increased in 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children with very small amounts of mediational instruction—in fact, about as much as one encounters in clinical dynamic assessment.
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The therapist used a mediational approach to help the couple resolve their differences.
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This exhibit almost becomes a mediational space that encourages audiences to combine and separate, evaluate and define these different knowledge systems.
Academic text (2006) -
Moreover, the dynamics of homophobic aggression toward perceived lesbians were not adequately understood by the proposed mediational model.
Academic text (2012) -
The mobile application was designed to implement peer review inside the classroom, and the use of peer feedback served as a mediational means to allow learners to observe their speaking processes as well as receive metacognitive support from their peers.
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Educators can adopt mediational techniques to improve student interactions during group projects.
Synonyms
To help two sides in a conflict reach an agreement
To help people in an argument talk and reach an agreement
Relating to a person who helps two sides reach an agreement
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mediational comes from the root medi- and the Latin medius, meaning 'middle', and it shares the same source as mediate and mediator. So mediational refers to a 'middle' person or action that helps people communicate or solve a disagreement.