zone of proximal development
Meanings
noun
- The space between what a learner is capable of doing unsupported and what the learner cannot do even with support.
Word forms
Etymology
Calque of Russian зо́на ближа́йшего разви́тия (zóna bližájševo razvítija), coined by Soviet psychologist and social constructivist Lev Vygotsky.
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