Vygotsky

In what field of profession was Vygotsky's first earned degree?

• Psychology
• Education
• Sociology
• Law

Which option is key while incorporating Vygotsky's theories in your classroom?

• Scaffolding
• Hands-on activities
• Learning Styles
• Discovery Learning

The zone of proximal development is:

• The most a child can learn in a given day
• The gap between what the child can do on their own and what they cannot do without assistance
• What the child already knows
• The intelligence level the child is projected to be at given point

Which of the following is a theory of Vygotsky?

• Cognitive Learning Theory
• Guided Discovery
• The More Knowledgeable Other
• Multiple Intelligences

What is the self-regulating form of language?

• Silent inner speech
• Social speech
• Private speech
• None of the above

Vygotsky believed that language and thought are interconnected from birth.

• True
• False

Vygosky’s theory emphasized which contexts of learning and that knowledge is mutually built and constructed? 

• developmental
• social
• theoretical
• conditioned

According to Vygotsky,  why is language important in development?

• Language is the main means by which adults transmit info to children.
• Language is a powerful tool of intellectual adaptation.
• Language is an accelerator to thinking and understanding.
• All of the above.

According to Vygotsky, which of the following is not true?

• Children construct knowledge.
• Cognitive development occurs in distinct stages.
• Development cannot be separated from its social context.
• Language plays a central role in mental development.

Mr. Jones gave his first-grade students some simple sorting and counting problems to work on. He noticed that the children, working independently, readily solved the problems, however, there was some self-talk, or “private speech.”  According to Vygotsky, what is likely to happen to children’s self-talk if Mr. Jones gives the children a more challenging task to solve?

• The amount of private speech should decrease because the children have to concentrate harder.
• The amount of private speech should remain the same because private speech is a natural part of development.
• The amount of private speech should increase because it facilitates problem solving through self-communication.
• The self-talk will stop.