...twelve and eight, or between nine and eight, is what we call the zone of proximal development. It is the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. If we naively ask what the actual developmental level is, or, to put it more simply, what more independent...

...of the culture was studied by Vygotsky under the rubric "the zone of proximal development," which he defined as "the distance between the actual developmental...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1934/1978, p. 86). -6 Problem solving and social regulation within the zone of proximal...

...Vygotskian Theory 1.1. The Zone of Proximal Development Vygotsky defines the zone of proximal development as the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers (1978: 86). Two key assumptions are embedded in this notion. The first is that any attempt to understand...

...ground from which to reflect more abstractly about the nature of things. To use his words, the ZPD is the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Mind in Society, p. 86). "Human learning," he says, "presupposes a specific social nature and a process...

...and future learning and development. In Vygotsky's own words, the zone of proximal development is ' 'the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 86). It defines mental functions that have not yet matured but are on their way,...

...as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined by problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers, (p 86) For Feuerstein, the "mediated learning experience" is crucial, where "mediated" refers to the influence...

...is the ZPD, which is the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by individual problem solving and the level of potential development...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. The zone of proximal development defines those functions that have not yet matured but are in the process...

...assessment of mental functioning which he calls the "zone of proximal development." This zone is described as: the distance between the actual developmental...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. (Vygotsky, 1978, p.86) strategy is used independently, or with varying degrees of instructional assistance....

...second child, is what Vygotsky refers to as the zone of potential (or proximal) development. "It is the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 86). Vygotsky suggests, therefore, that we need to be prospective as well as retrospective...

...proximal development." defined by him in the following way43: "The zone of proximal development ... is the distance between the actual developmental level...guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers." For Vygotsky then, as for Mead, social interaction is absolutely central to a conceptualisation of...