Vygotsky

• Cognitive development


  Shaped by the sociocultural context in which it occurs and grows out of children's interactions with the members of the culture
• Cognitive growth


  • Collaborative process
  • People learn through social interaction
  • Placed emphasis on Language
• Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD)


  The gap between what they are already able to do by themselves and what they can accomplish with assistance
• Scaffolding


  Supportive assistance with a task that parents, teachers, or others give a child
• Allow testers to offer hints to children who were having trouble answering a question, thereby focusing on that child's potential learning
• Cognitive development is an active process