Zoey has learned how to fill measuring cups to the top and to pack the flour into the cups so she gets a perfect measurement. Although she is helpful in baking a cake, she cannot read the recipe yet, nor can she turn the electric mixer on
For these tasks, she needs assistance from her mother. What do we call the difference between skills or tasks that Zoey can accomplish alone and those she is capable of doing if guided by her mother?
a. scaffolding
b. zone of proximal distance
c. area of competence
d. structuring
B. The zone of proximal distance refers to the difference between skills or tasks.
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a. increase the probability that a desired behavior will occur. b. decrease the probability that a desired behavior will occur. c. increase the probability that an undesired behavior will occur. d. have no effect on the probability that a desired behavior will occur.
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