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KimWrice · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

After helping her students understand the concept equivalent fraction, a fourth-grade teacher shows her students how they can use that knowledge to determine how they can share the cost of a pizza that is cut into different-sized slices. Which one of the following ideas from Vygotsky's theory does this scenario best illustrate?

a. Acquiring cognitive tools helps people function effectively in a culture.
b. Self-talk gradually evolves into inner speech over time.
c Thought and language become interdependent as development advances.
d. Children develop more fully when tasks are in their zones of proximal development.

Question 2

Which of the following best describes the scaffolding provided in the event?

a. Esteban's father provided scaffolding for both boys, but Esteban didn't initially benefit from the scaffolding.
b. Esteban's father provided scaffolding for both boys and they both initially benefited from the scaffolding.
c. Esteban received no scaffolding, but Esteban's father provided scaffolding for Pepe.
d. Esteban's father provided scaffolding for both boys, but only Esteban initially benefited from it.