The zone of proximal development (ZPD), also known as the zone of potential development, ... The idea of the ZPD came from a Russian psychologist named Lev Vygotsky in the early 1900s.

Learn More: Vygotsky's Zone of Proximal Development. The More Knowledgeable Other. Vygotsky's "more knowledgeable other" is a person who has greater knowledge and skills than the learner.

Vygotsky shows us that we can be bridged through our zone of proximal development by either an expert or a competent peer, someone who knows the territory. Experts are great.

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Vygotsky's concept of zone of proximal development and its related scaffolding metaphor serve as the theoretical basis for the study of peer ...

Peter Smagorinsky, The Social Construction of Data: Methodological Problems of Investigating Learning in the Zone of Proximal Development, Review of Educational Research, Vol. 65, No. 3 (Autumn, 1995) ...