Vygotsky

Middle Childhood:Cognitive Development

Let's review some key ideas from Chapter 12

Open Ended

What strategies work for you to convert new knowledge into your long term memory?

Multiple Choice

The zone of proximal development...

• means that physical distance is important in learning

• learning should be scaffolded

• means children learn best alone

• means culture does not play a factor in learning

This child is learning to ride their bike with just enough help from her grandfather. This is an example of scaffolding and mentorship according to Vygotsky.

Multiple Select

Mark all examples of concrete thinking according to Jean Piaget

• the need to work and produce

• is grounded in experience

• thinking is based on the tangible, visible, and real

• children can think abstractly

Poll

Where did you go to elementary school?

• Charter school

• Public school

• Private school

• Home school

• other

Fill in the Blank

____________ is implicit curriculum that reflects the values of the dominant culture. An example might be the celebration of Thanksgiving rather than Indegenous People's Day.