Collaborative learning - students of variour performance levels work together in small groups towards a common goal. the students are respoinsible for others and their own learning, by bringing together different percpectives they can generate a solution through shared understanding.
Peer tutoring - by a MKO who has better understanding of a task or concept. this could be a teacher/parent or could be the childs peer.
Scaffolding - a process that enables a novice to solve a problem, carry out a task, or achieve a goal which would be beyond his unassisted efforts. (Wood et al 1976). the expert creates a scaffold which is gradually withdrwan as the child becomes able to work independantly.
The motivation to learn - a learner is encouaged to move through their ZPD by MKOs who encourage them to tackle increasingly difficult tasks, take control when necassary, and handing over resposibility at the right time.
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