Four-year-old Annie is trying to put together her first jigsaw puzzle and has a great deal of difficulty until her father gives her some hints, such as "try putting the corners together first" and "that area looks like it needs pink ones, so lets find all the pink pieces." Annie's father is using the process Vygotsky called
a. parentese.
b. forced teaching.
c. vicarious learning.
d. scaffolding.
ANSWER: d
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