The zone of proximal development (ZPD), also known as the zone of potential development, is a concept often used in classrooms to help students with skill development. The core idea of the ZPD is ...

Zone of proximal development (ZPD) has become synonymous with the term scaffolding, a set of activities provided by the educator, or the MKO, ...

The concept of the zone of proximal development illustrates that the way we learn to do things is in small steps, starting from where we are. We don't suddenly acquire a body of knowledge and the ...

Doris Ash, Karen Levitt, Working within the Zone of Proximal Development: Formative Assessment as Professional Development, Journal of Science Teacher Education, Vol. 14, No. 1 (2003), pp. 23-48 Free ...

What was your Zone of Proximal Development has become your status quo. Some people take a life-changing risk once, succeed, and then, they stay there. They stop taking chances.

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) ...

The "zone of proximal development" is a concept introduced by a Russian psychologist and child development specialist named Lev Vygotsky. While the concept is usually applied to children and ...