Scaffolding:
helping students solve problems or answer questions by supporting, assisting, and giving leading questions.
According to Vygotsky, students with wider zones of proximal development are more likely to experience greater cognitive development
The zone of proximal development
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It is the range of tasks between
students' actual developmental levels and their potential development
The zone of proximal development
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