Several parents who are making costumes for an elementary school play ask the young cast members to assist them with such tasks as cutting fabric, pinning pieces together, and sewing simple hems. Using the language of Vygotskian theorists, we can say that the parents are:
a. Presenting tasks that exceed the students' zone of proximal development
b. Encouraging the separation of thought and language
c. Engaging the students in guided participation (also know as legitimate peripheral participation)
d. Helping each student work at his or her actual developmental level
Ans: c. Engaging the students in guided participation (also know as legitimate peripheral participation)
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