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1. What are some key principles of constructivism?

  • Children are passive, they passively construct their knowledge, they are active in making sense of information
  • Children are not passive, they actively construct their knowledge, they are active in making sense of information
  • Children are not passive, they actively construct their knowledge, they need help making sense of information
  • Children are passive, they passively construct their knowledge, they are inactive in making sense of information
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2. What is Vygotsky's Sociocultural Perspective?

  • That you can separate learning from social context and cognitive functions are products of social interaction
  • That you cannot separate learning from social context and cognitive functions are products of socialisation
  • That you cannot separate learning from social context and cognitive functions are products of social interaction
  • That you cannot separate learning from social context and physicla abilities are products of social interaction

3. What are the 3 themes in Vygotsky's writing

  • The individuality of thinking and learning, role of social groups, ZPD
  • The social aspect of learning, role of social groups, ZPD
  • The social sources of individual thinking, role of language, ZPD
  • The individuality of thinking and learning, role of language, ZPD

4. What are the 4 stages of cognitive development as defined by Piaget

  • operational, concrete operational, formal operational
  • pre-operational, concrete knowledge, formal knowledge
  • Sensorimotor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal operational
  • Sensational motor, pre-operational, concrete operational, formal knowledge

5. Define the meaning of Vygotsky's ZPD

  • The child is capable of solving more advanced problems but requires 'scaffolding' to get there
  • The child is capable of solving more advanced problems and are able to get there themselves with some time
  • The child is not capable of solving more advanced problems without being shown first
  • The child is not capable of solving more advanced problems without being told how to do it fully
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