Many School-Aged Children Use Calculators to Do Daily Arithmetic Calculations

question 159

Multiple Choice

Many school-aged children use calculators to do daily arithmetic calculations.What would Vygotsky consider the calculator to be?

• A)a device for inner experimentation
• B)a tool of intellectual adaptation
• C)a zone of proximal development
• D)an electronic scaffold

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