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Vygotsky believes that children need adults who act as intellectual mediators. An intellectual mediator is an adult who:
 
  a. will mediate social interactions between two or more children.
  b. will mediate academic instruction by providing opportunities for cooperative learning and group projects. c. knows each child's zone of proximal development.
  d. observes, poses questions, challenges, models, or gives information to facilitate a child's learning.

Question 2

In Vygotsky's theory, because learning is considered essentially an interpersonal and dynamic process, teachers must:
 
  a. accurately assess children's levels of cognitive and social-emotional development in order to plan instruction.
  b. develop comfortable and cooperative relationships with children.
  c. use cooperative learning and group projects to deliver all instruction.
  d. identify key social relationships for each child in the classroom.



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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: d

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: b





 

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