CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

LEARNING THEORIES

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which of the following terms refers to the child’s cognitive skills that are in the process of maturing and can be accomplished only with the assistance of a more-skilled person?

A	scaffolding
B	level of potential development
C	level of actual development
D	zone of proximal development

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The zone of proximal development (ZPD), or zone of potential development, refers to the range of abilities an individual can perform with the guidance of an expert, but cannot yet perform on their own.

Detailed explanation-2: -Zone of Proximal Development : Vygotsky believed that learning takes place within the Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD). In this, students can, with help from adults or children who are more advanced, master concepts and ideas that they cannot understand on their own.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive development means how children think, explore and figure things out. It is the development of knowledge, skills, problem solving and dispositions, which help children to think about and understand the world around them. Brain development is part of cognitive development.

Detailed explanation-4: -Cognitive development is important for knowledge growth. In preschool and kindergarten, children are learning questioning, spatial relationships, problem-solving, imitation, memory, number sense, classification, and symbolic play.

Detailed explanation-5: -Piaget’s Cognitive Development Theory These stages are: Sensorimotor stage (0–2 years old) Preoperational stage (2–7 years old) Concrete operational stage (7–11 years old) Formal operational stage (11 years old through adulthood)

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