Zap or Sap
Teachers need to zap learners interest rather than sap their energy. Inspire rather than deflate, connect rather than disengage.
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Teachers need to zap learners interest rather than sap their energy. Inspire rather than deflate, connect rather than disengage.
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The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving in collaboration with more capable peers.
The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) is the difference between what a learner can do without help and what he or she can do with help. This concept was introduced by a Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky (1896–1934). Vygotsky believed that education's role is to give children experiences that were within their zones of proximal development, thereby encouraging and advancing their individual learning.
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