Lev Vygotsky Jeopardy Template

Nature vs. Nurture	Stages or Continuous Development	One mind or Many?	What should teachers do?	Miscellaneous
10 Is Vygotsky focused on the role of nature or nurture? Nurture- Vygotsky often examined activities that children could complete only with adult assistance.	10 Does Vygotsky believe in stages or continuous development? Continuous Development	10 According to Vygotsky, young children use what mechanism to turn shared knowledge into their personal knowledge? Private speech	10 What is scaffolding? The temporary support that parent, teachers, or others give a child to do a task until the child can do it alone.	10 Where was he born? Russia
20 How was Vygotsky's approach to studying cognitive development different from frameworks of Piaget? Piaget, studied the stages of development.	20 Behaviorism and Social Learning Theory- Continuous or discontinuous? Continuous: Development involves an increase in learned behaviors	20 What is the process of helping children make sense of experiences in culturally appropriate ways is known as? Mediation	20 According to Vygotsky, what is the ideal theoretical approach teachers should use? collaborative	20 What did Vygotsky die of and at what age? Tuberculosis at 37
30 What is ZPD and how is it used? the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance, or in collaboration with more capable peers.	30 Vygotsky's term for the process of constructing an internal representation of external physical actions or mental operations is Internalization	30 In a cognitive apprenticeship learners eventually are able to frame their own questions and pose problems for themselves. McDevitt calls this modeling.	30 True or False: According to Vygotsky, higher mental functions emerge spontaneously in children's interaction with the world. False
40 What does sociocultural theory mean? The influence of social and cultural factors in children’s cognitive development	40 What is the teacher’s role in the constructivist classroom? to prompt and facilitate discussion
50 What is Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory? Vygotsky's sociocultural theory of human learning describes learning as a social process and the origination of human intelligence in society or culture.	50 What is the process of internalizing but also selectively implementing some skills rather than others and adapting the ideas and strategies of one’s culture for personal use? Appropriation	50 Teachers reward their class or certain students with a party or a special treat at the end of the week for good behavior throughout the week. What theory is that an example of? Behaviorism

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