Educational Psychology / Unit 3 EDP 0232 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Zone of Proximal Development
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The idea
Vygotsky's zone of proximal development is the gap between what a learner can do alone and what they can do with guidance or with more capable peers.
In practice
A student stuck on long division finishes it when a classmate asks the right questions.
Where people slip
Teaching aims inside the zone, at tasks a learner can reach only with help.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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