[2] Appropriation draws on the developmental theories of Piaget and Vygotsky, as both the cognitive and social-constructivist views of learning are equally emphasized.
[3] Henry Jenkins, discusses appropriation as "the ability to meaningfully sample and remix the content(s)"[4] of our culture for new expressive purposes.
This theory was developed by Aleksei N. Leontiev and focuses on understanding the socio-cultural context (specifically the setting) learning occurs in.
The process is as follows: Through research with English teachers, Grossman et al.[11] developed a theory to describe the varying levels of appropriation.
Some of these factors are: Through appropriation students construct their own versions of knowledge, allowing internalization of the information they have learned.