Thursday, September 25, 2014

Proximal Development

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

Through all the 5 stages, work within the student's “zone of proximal development”:
  • "the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p86).
  • the area of learning between what the student is currently able to do on their own and what they are able to do only with academic support
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
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