Vygotsky was convinced that a child could be taught any subject efficiently using scaffolding practices by implementing the scaffolds at the Zone of proximal development.
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The Zone of Proximal development is defined as the gap between what a student can do alone and what the student can achieve through teacher assistance.
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According to Vygotsky, " what is in the zone of proximal development today will be the [ child s ] actual developmental level tomorrow ".
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Then it awakens and rouses to life an entire set of functions in the stage of maturing, which lie in the zone of proximal development.
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Vygotsky ( 1978 ) referred to this as the Zone of Proximal Development and believed that fostering development within this zone leads to the most rapid development.
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Potential ability is always greater than actual ability : the zone of proximal development refers to the range of possibilities that exist between the actual and the potential.
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His concept of the zone of proximal development ( ZPD ) is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what a learner can do with help.
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This technology then gives teachers better information about each student, and enables them to deliver targeted instruction, tailored to each student s zone of proximal development ( ZPD ).
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Vygotsky s sociocultural view of child development includes the notion of children s zone of proximal development, which is the difference between what children can do with and without help.
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The concept of the zone of proximal development was originally developed by Vygotsky to argue against the use of academic, knowledge-based tests as a means to gauge students'intelligence.
