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Do You Know Vygotsky?
Test Description: Test your knowledge on Vygotsky's theories
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What is the main difference between the theories developed by Piaget and Vygotsky?
A
Piaget believed in universal stages, and Vygotsky believed each child was different
B
Piaget focused on children on toddlers, while Vygotsky focused on adolescents
2) What is a key element in Vygotsky's beliefs?
A
All of the above
B
Culture plays a major role in cognitive development
C
Individuals must master mental abilities (tools of the mind) and skills
D
Adult guidance and help in cognitive development and learning
3) What is the Zone of Proximal Development?
A
The stage when children are first learning a new concept
B
When children can perform new conceptual tasks mostly alone, but they still need some adult assistance
C
When the child has master a concept or task and is able to explain it to peers
4) What does it mean when a child uses private speech
A
The child uses their own language that only they can understand
B
The child is in the transition of external thought and internalized thought which is appropriate
C
The child is socially incompetent
5) According to Vygotsky, should children be in groups with peers that are in the same skill level as them or with peers at different levels?
A
Different levels because they can learn from each another
B
The same levels because great minds think alike
6) What is an example of a mental tool (tool of the mind)?
A
All of the above
B
Counting
C
Imagination
D
Mapping
7) Which does Vygotsky value more?
A
Individual activity
B
Social interation
8) Define scaffolding
A
Modeling new information once and then letting the students try alone
B
Breaking down a concept into smaller steps for the student to follow
C
Providing instructional support to students and offering help
9) Define fading
A
Having students do less group work
B
When the teacher provides less guidance as students begin to master a task
C
When students remember less curriculum information as time passes by
10) According to Vygotsky, developing mental schemas to categorize elements of life and knowledge are critical.
A
False
B
True
11) What is the most important tool of the mind?
A
Hypothesizing
B
Language
C
Planning
D
Imagining
12) What teaching method helps children in the Zone of Proximal Development?
A
Scaffolding
B
Direct Instruction
C
Lecturing
13) Does Vygotsky believe that children are more influenced by individuality/peers or parent/teachers?
A
Individuality/peers
B
Parents/teachers
14) Authentic play is not a type of scaffolding
A
True
B
False
15) What is the first step in internalizing language?
A
Thinking out loud
B
Observing how adults use cultural tools
C
Copying what adults say
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