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iveyjurea · **on:** Sep 15, 2018

A major difference between the theories of Vygotsky and Piaget is:

a. Vygotsky's belief in the importance of play.
b. Piaget's belief that learning is constructed.
c. Vygotsky's focus on the whole child.
d. Vygotsky's emphasis on the role of language and direct instruction in learning.

Question 2

According to DeVries and Zan (1995), the challenge of constructivist education is:

a. determining the child's precise level of cognitive understanding when planning for academic instruction. b. differentiating among physical knowledge, social-conventional knowledge, and logical-mathematical
knowledge when planning academic instruction.
c. distinguishing what must be constructed from what must be instructed when planning academic instruction. d. providing the appropriate materials and environment to facilitate young children's knowledge construction.