zone of proximal development

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The space between what a learner is capable of doing unsupported and what the learner cannot do even with support.

Word forms

zone of proximal development zones of proximal development

Etymology

Calque of Russian зо́на ближа́йшего разви́тия (zóna bližájševo razvítija), coined by Soviet psychologist and social constructivist Lev Vygotsky.

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