L33 Psych 321 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Information Processing, Psych, Numeracy
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Cognitive development is inseparable from social and cultural contexts. Guided participation through peer tutoring and group learning. Cognitive growth results from children"s involvement in structural activities with others who are more skilled apprenticeship learner"s needs. Zone of proximal development: difference between what the child can accomplish alone v. what a child can accomplish with assistance. Scaffolding: teaching style that matches amount of assistance to. *private speech internalization inner speech = self- directed speech. Method: parents tried to get their child to operate a novel toy (a wooden toy that danced when pulled in a certain way) no ground rules or guidelines regarding teaching. Conclusion: scaffolding was readily observed in parents" behaviors but cultural differences were, too, observed. Method: 2 sessions of 4 tol (tower or hanoi) problems (ascending order): 2-, 3-, 4- and 5 move problems (speaking encouraged) each trial shows. Results: in line w vgotsky: private speech was correlated with task difficulty.
