In addition he believes that there are two zones of proximal development.
What are they?
First, Zone of Actual Development refer in which the child may perform at a certain level of competency and she/he may not immediately proficient at it.
Okay. What is the other one?
The Zone of Proximal Development refer to the difference between what the child accomplish alone and what he/she can accomplish with guidance of another.He also introduce the Scaffolding.
What is Scaffolding?
It refers to the support or assistance that lets the child accomplish a task he/she cannot accomplish independently.
Ohh. Loosening the food container lid just a bit and letting the child open the lid himself is SCAFFOLDING.
Yes that is right. He also added an implications for teachers in his theory.
My pleasure Mike.
Assisted learning: providing strategic help in the initial stages of learning, gradually diminishing as students gain independence.
Lastly, Teaching in the Zone—not too hard, not too easy, but JUST RIGHT.
Adults and peers are critical to the learning process through scaffolding .
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