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Zone of Proximal Development
ZPD refers to the difference between the levels of
cognitive functioning of an adult –expert and child-
novice.
Teachers could provide good instruction by finding
out where each child was in his or her
development and building on the child’s
experiences.
This building process is called “Scaffolding” .
Teachers promote students’ cognitive development
by presenting some classroom tasks that they can
complete only with assistance, i.e. within each
student’s ZPD.
