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"Lite Brite" and Cognitive Development from Piaget and Vygotsky

... of the more important concepts of Vygotsky's theory involves his idea of a "zone of proximal development." This term represents all of ...

(7 pages) 62 0 3.0 04/Mar/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Cognitive Development Theories

... zone of proximal development describes tasks that children have not learned but are capable of ...

(7 pages) 125 1 4.0 22/Sep/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Constructivist Theory of Learning.

... of constructivism being present yet again- using constructive activities for learning, the concept of the learner's Zone of Proximal Development is important. Through the diagnosis of ...

(7 pages) 490 1 3.7 06/May/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Main features of the dyadic relationships between babies and their primary caregivers, and the importance of such relationships for children's psychological development.

... of caregivers who are remaining close to them. Therefore, a satisfactory infant-mother relationship would enable the zone of proximal development. Within the zone ...

(9 pages) 45 0 0.0 23/Mar/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The Process of Learning

... directly impacts and shapes learning through the "zone of proximal development-the range of tasks which are too hard for ... . As the student becomes more skilled, the zone of proximal development steadily widens, including ever harder tasks" (Bee & Boyd, 2007 ...

(3 pages) 86 1 1.0 20/Sep/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

An indepth analysis of Vygotsky's socio-cultural collaborative theory of learning and teaching using scaffolding, technology and the social environment.

... of the knowledge building and meaning making process in a collaborative learning environment. The genesis of the primary underpinnings of scaffolded collaborative learning such as mediation, zones of proximal development ...

(14 pages) 244 0 5.0 22/Oct/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Piaget Versus Vygotsky: Child Development--Competing theories on how children develop, either independently or through interacting with others.

... of cognition. The adult provides the child with assisted learning and scaffolding until the zone of proximal development has been removed. An example of ...

(4 pages) 290 2 4.2 01/Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

In what ways should the process of learning and the nature of the learners themselves influence curriculum design?

... of incorrectly designed curriculum in relation to learner's abilities. These may be that by over estimating Vygotsky's (1978) notion of students zones of proximal development ...

(2 pages) 99 0 5.0 02/Jul/2007

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Development of Literacy Amongst Young Children

... of reach (Vygotsky's zone of proximal development).There needs to be built in opportunities for caregivers and educators to observe and record the children over a period of ...

(9 pages) 415 0 4.0 27/Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

You are to write a bid to win money to develop your creative learning environment

... zone of proximal development, thus extending their learning. I aim to design my area, to make an important contribution to the child's physical, personal and social development ...

(6 pages) 82 1 0.0 03/Apr/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

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