Use concepts from Vygotsky's perspective of cognitive development to describe how you learned about Vygotsky's theory in this class. Your response should include references to all of the following concepts: the zone of proximal development, self-talk, inner speech, internalization, and scaffolding
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Piaget's concept of equilibration refers to the idea that children make cognitive advancements when they encounter situations they cannot explain using their existing understandings (i.e., when they experience disequilibrium). By replacing, reorganizing, or better integrating their schemes (i.e., through accommodation), children eventually are able to understand and explain previously puzzling events. In contrast, Vygotsky proposed that children are most likely to develop when they perform tasks within their zone of proximal development—tasks for which they need the assistance of someone more skilled. (The response should include concrete examples that reasonably illustrate equilibration and the ZPD.)
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a. overall b. motor and visual c. social and emotional
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a. do not learn to spell in later years. b. are discouraged from writing. c. become very confused. d. spell as well or better in later years as children who did not use invented spelling. e. do not like invented spelling.
Compare and contrast the following conceptual frameworks for family, school and community partnerships: Epstein’s, Coleman’s, Cochran’s, and Moll’s
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