The child, not yet being able to read on her own, gets assistance ...

[ETearle]

The child, not yet being able to read on her own, gets assistance from an adult to accomplish the skill. This assistance will only be effective if the child is in
 
  a static reasoning period.
  a scaffold.
  the period of preoperations.
  the zone of proximal development.

Question 2

Skills that the person can accomplish with assistance but can't yet perform independently are part of
 
  private speech.
  the gap between heredity and learning.
  distal development.
  the zone of proximal development.

[janieazgirl]

Answer to Question 1

the zone of proximal development.

Answer to Question 2

the zone of proximal development.