As Predicted by Vygotsky's Theory, the Reading Skills of Eight-

question 118

Multiple Choice

As predicted by Vygotsky's theory, the reading skills of eight- to 10-year-old children are closely related to

• A)the amount of verbal scaffolding their mothers provided at age three or four.
• B)their psychomotor skills at age two.
• C)their ability to make transformations by age five or six.
• D)the number of words in their expressive vocabulary by age two.

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