In the Second Grade,Danielle Was Identified as a Student with Attention

question 17

Essay

In the second grade,Danielle was identified as a student with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.During the elementary school years,she had such a busy brain that she failed to learn some of the strategies that have become automatic for her friends.Now Danielle is in high school and has made up her mind to be a medical doctor.She realizes some of the demands of the profession because her mom is a doctor.Danielle is serious about learning and determined to teach herself some learning strategies to improve her academic achievement.
Identify at least one learning strategy that will transfer to many of the subjects Danielle will take in high school and college.
Describe the stages of learning she will experience as she teaches herself the strategy and develops the ability to transfer the strategy to new learning situations.

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Definitions:

Lev Vygotsky

Lev Vygotsky was a Russian psychologist who contributed significantly to developmental psychology, especially known for his theories on cultural-historical psychology and the zone of proximal development.

Deferred Imitation

A cognitive behavior observed in children, where they are able to replicate an action after a delay, demonstrating memory and understanding of the behavior.

Dynamic Systems

A conceptual framework in several scientific fields for understanding how complex behaviors emerge through interactions within and between systems over time.

Metacognitive Systems

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