Vygotsky

Of the following, which theorist most stresses the importance of social support and language in cognitive developmental growth?

• Chomsky

• Vygotsky

• Piaget

• Bandura

Which of the following concepts undergirds Vygotsky’s perspective on learning?

• Culture and Language

• Adaptation and accommodation

• Assimilation and proximity

• Adaptation and equilibrium

Which of the following are essential to Vygotsky’s view of development?

• Social interaction and activity

• Close emotional relationships with adults and peers

• Adaptation through experimentation

• Individual trial and error and experimentation

The concepts and symbols, such as numbers and language, that allow people to think, solve problems, and function in a culture are best described as:

• forms of internalisation

• types of scaffolding

• examples of private speech

• types of cognitive tools

Of the following, which best describes Vygotsky’s concept of zone of proximal development?

• Tasks learners can complete if they're given help

• Children's awareness of how much they understand

• Tasks learners can complete on their own

• the extent to which learners are able to internalise the knowledge of others

Which of the following is the best definition of scaffolding?

• Providing assessment to identify the students' zones of proximal development

• Assisting the development of disadvantaged learners with early intervention experiences

• Providing social experiences for youngsters that reduces egocentricity

• Providing instructional assistance that allows a learner to proceed through the zone of proximal development

According to Vygotsky, students can benefit from help if:

• They are at the stage of concrete operational or higher

• Their inner speech is developed past preoperational

• Tasks are in their zones of proximal development

• They are capable of transformation and reversibility

The name given to the instructional assistance that allows the learner to progress through the zone of proximal development is:

• Accommodation

• Assimilation

• Maturation

• Scaffolding

Which one of the following best illustrates a student working in his or her zone of proximal development?

• Logan, a ninth grader, uses correct grammar and punctuation when he writes persuasive essays.

• Maya is practicing her serve in tennis. She watched a video that illustrated the correct technique, and she is now attempting to perfect the technique so it will be more effective when she plays.

• Seth has trouble balancing chemical equations. His teacher sat with him and offered assistance, but he was still unable to do it. “I just don’t get it,” he comments.

• Sophie is learning to create certain effects with her PowerPoint slides. She can create the effects she wants when her instructor sits with her, but she has trouble on her own.

The rules of language that we use to put words together into meaningful sentences is called:

• syntax

• semantics

• grammar

• inner speech