Lev Vygotsky

3. Teaching styles based on constructivism, mark a conscious effort to move from _______ teaching styles to a more student-centered approach.
5. Socio-_________theory – learning as a social process and the origination of human intelligence in society or culture.
6. Con of Vygotsky’s work: May not account for the _________ rate of cognitive growth.
8. Children learn more from someone who is more _____________.
9. Graduated from _____________ State University.
12. Children's private __________ helped move toward self-regulation, the ability to plan, and guide one's own thinking and problem solving.
14. Pro of Vygotsky’s work: The Zone of Proximal Development, which shows a student can learn with __________
16. Vygotsky’s approach to child development is a form of social _______.
19. _________ is the basis of Vygotsky’s ideas on social interaction.
20. _______ speech is addressed to the self for the purpose of self-regulation.

1. A contemporary educational application of Vygotsky’s theory is ______ teaching, which is used to improve students’ ability to learn from text.
2. ________ is a method where teachers offer a certain kind of support to students as they learn and develop a new concept or skill.
4. Pro of Vygotsky’s work: Allows one to understand how a student can understand new ________.
7. Vygotsky believed strongly that the community plays a central role in the process of making ________.
10. Concept that shows the difference of what a child can achieve independently and what a child can achieve with guidance (abbreviated).
11. Was born in
13. Con of Vygotsky’s work: May not be equally useful in all _________.
15. Often known as the "____________ of Psychology."
17. Principle of Vygotsky’s theory that refers to someone who has a greater understanding or a higher skill level than the learner. (abbreviated)
18. Vygotsky graduated with a degree in ________ in 1917.