One Feature of Vygotsky's Collaborative Learning That Clearly Fosters a Child's

question 7

Multiple Choice

One feature of Vygotsky's collaborative learning that clearly fosters a child's acquisition of new skills is the willingness of older, more skillful associates to

• A) reinforce the component activities that they are trying to establish
• B) provide proper scaffolding so that the child can profit from the instruction
• C) carefully model the component activities he/she is trying to establish
• D) allow the child to discover and perfect these skills independently

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