Multiple choice

According to Vygotsky’s theory, it is best if teachers design educational programs that work _______________.

  1. just below a child’s zone of proximal development

  2. just above a child’s zone of proximal development

  3. within a child’s zone of proximal development

  4. against a child’s zone of proximal development

  5. none of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

The structures being explained should be neither so easy that the child has already internalized them nor so difficult that the child cannot understand them. This optimal level of difficulty lies within what Vygotsky called the child’s zone of proximal development.

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