What Term Refers to the Degree of Assistance Provided to the Adolescent

question 3

Multiple Choice

What term refers to the degree of assistance provided to the adolescent who is not yet able to perform a task or skill according to theorists who espouse Vygotsky's view of cognitive development?

• A) Scaffolding
• B) Zone of proximal development
• C) Area of competence
• D) Structuring

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Definitions:

Z-scores

A standard score indicating how many standard deviations an element is from the mean.

Normal Curve

A bell-shaped curve that represents the distribution of a set of data where most occurrences take place around the mean, tapering off symmetrically towards the extremes.

T-statistic

A type of statistic used in hypothesis testing when the sample size is small and the population variance is unknown, it is based on the Student's t-distribution.

Z-score

A statistic that tells you how many standard deviations a given value is from the mean.