VYGOTSKY'S THEORY

Question 1

The key theme of this theory is that social interaction plays a very important role in cognitive development. He believed that individual development could not be understood without looking into the social and cultural context within which development happens.

Answer 1

VYGOTSKY’S SOCIO-CULTURAL THEORY

Question 2

• Vygotsky’s term for the appropriate assistance given by the teacher to assist the learner accomplish a task.
• Support or assistance that lets the child accomplish a task he cannot accomplish independently

Answer 2

SCAFFOLDING

Question 3

PIAGET:
- Theory more individual
- Tasks focused heavily on how an individual’s cognitive development became evident through the individual’s own processing of the tasks.

VYGOTSKY
- Theory more on social
- He gave more weight to the social interactions that contributed to the cognitive development of individuals.

Answer 3

SOCIAL INTERACTION

Question 4

PIAGET
- Believed that as the child develops and matures, he goes through universal stages of cognitive development that allows him to move from simple explorations with senses and muscles to complex reasoning.

VYGOTSKY
- Looked into the wide range of experiences that a culture would give to a child.

Answer 4

CULTURAL FACTORS

Question 5

PIAGET
- Opens the door for learners to acquire knowledge that others already have.

VYGOTSKY
- “talking- to -oneself” is an indication of the thinking that goes on in the mind of the child. This will eventually lead to private speech.

Answer 5

LANGUAGE

Question 6

A form of self-talk that guides the child’s thinking and action.

Answer 6

PRIVATE SPEECH

Question 7

• When a child attempts to perform a skill alone, she may not be immediately proficient at it. So, alone she may perform at a certain level of competency.
• Zone of actual development.

Answer 7

ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT

Question 8

Competent adults or a more advanced peer, the child can perform at a higher level of competency.

Answer 8

MORE KNOWLEDGEABLE OTHER (MKO)

Question 9

As learners become more proficient, able to complete tasks on their own that they could not initially do without assistance, the guidance can be withdrawn.

Answer 9

SCAFFOLD AND FADE-AWAY TECHNIQUE