...twelve and eight, or between nine and eight, is what we call the zone of proximal development. It is the distance between the actual developmental level...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. If we naively ask what the actual developmental level is, or, to put it more simply,...

...culture was studied by Vygotsky under the rubric "the zone of proximal development," which he defined as "the distance between the actual developmental...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1934/1978, p. 86). -6 Problem solving and social regulation within the...

...ground from which to reflect more abstractly about the nature of things. To use his words, the ZPD is the distance between the actual developmental level...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Mind in Society, p. 86). "Human learning," he says, "presupposes a specific social...

...and future learning and development. In Vygotsky's own words, the zone of proximal development is ' 'the distance between the actual developmental level...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 86). It defines mental functions that have not yet matured...

..."inter-psychological" to "intra-psychological" (mental) functioning. The "zone of proximal development" is "the distance between the actual developmental level...level of potential development as determined through problem-solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with peers" (Vygotsky 1978: 86). The German...

...Feuerstein have stressed the social aspects of learning potential. For Vygotsky, the ZPD refers to the distance between the actual developmental level...and the level of potential development as determined by problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers, (p 86) For Feuerstein,...

...is the ZPD, which is the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by individual problem solving and the level of potential development...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. The zone of proximal development defines those functions that have not yet matured...

...assessment of mental functioning which he calls the "zone of proximal development." This zone is described as: the distance between the actual developmental...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. (Vygotsky, 1978, p.86) strategy is used independently, or with varying degrees...

...proximal development." defined by him in the following way43: "The zone of proximal development ... is the distance between the actual developmental level...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers." For Vygotsky then, as for Mead, social interaction is absolutely central to a...

...second child, is what Vygotsky refers to as the zone of potential (or proximal) development. "It is the distance between the actual developmental level...solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers" (Vygotsky, 1978, p. 86). Vygotsky suggests, therefore, that we need to be prospective...