Lev Vygotsky

Assumptions: 
1)  learning occurs according to a developmental trajectory 2)  cognitive skills are structured by language 3)  concerned with the importance of social relations in culture

learning --> situated and collaborative 
Language leads to thinking and learning, and those then lead to knowing.


Zone of Proximal Development: 
- Teacher becomes aware of the level of knowledge of a certain student. And then sets a task just above what the student can do on their own. This causes the student to put in more effort than they would if the task was set at a level of their exact knowledge. 
- As a teacher you have to provide the student with guidance and assistance along the way to achieving the task


Scaffolding:
- direct teaching, providing required information - answering student questions - guided practice

Formative Assessment: (aka Assessment for Learning)

- collection of learning to judge where the student is at

- as a teacher, this allows us to be able to find the right Zone of Proximal Development for each student specifically

Important !! 

- dialog between a student and teacher, this communication leads to rational organization