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CONSTRUCTIVISM

Students construct
their own learning.
They are not just
passive
respondents to
stimuli.

EXPERIENCES INTERACTIONS
ARE FOUNDATIONS TO ARE THE WAY WE LEARN
BUILD UPON. AND LANGUAGE IS KEY
(Piaget 1896 - 1980) (Vygotsky 1896 - 1934)

ZPD
The zone of proximal development is the
distance between the actual developmental
level and the level of potential development as
determined through problem-solving under
adult guidance, or in collaboration with more
capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 86).

EFFECTIVE
Scaffolding
1. Assess the learner's current
Activities provided by a more knowledge and experience.
competent one, to support
the student as he is led 2. Relate content to it.
through the zone of proximal
development. Support is 3. Break a task into small, more
withdrawn as it becomes manageable tasks.
unnecessary.
(Wood, Brunner, Ross) 4. Use verbal prompts to assist
students.

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