Teaching within a students zone of proximal development means that students will be working on tasks:
a. that can be completed relatively easily with little support or guidance from the teacher.
b. slightly beyond their comfort zone so that they require some support from the teacher for learning to occur.
c. that are very difficult to complete without direct teacher instruction.
d. that can best be completed in a small group where members all bring different strengths to the task.
Question 2
Which of the following is a strategy a teacher might use to differentiate instruction for student learning profile?
a. Develop a classroom that attends to varied needs for sound and visual stimulation.
b. Allow students to specialize in subtopics of a larger topic.
c. Provide reading partners or reading buddies.
d. Ask students to complete an interest survey to determine topics they would like to study.
From left to right: Size development, biometrical changes in the cranium, reduction of toes ...
Stem cells in late development
A Tough Economy ...for students
Exercising in the "fat-burning" zone or the "cardio"
The Coastal Zone
Students working around a computer