alleryVygotsky's term for the gap that help can bridge:
AZone of actual development
BZone of proximal development
CStage of formal operations
DLevel of moral reasoning
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Zone of proximal development
1. A learner performs better with help from a more capable person than alone.
2. Vygotsky called the difference between solo performance and assisted performance the **zone of proximal development (ZPD)**.
3. Teaching is most useful when it targets this zone.
**Why not the others:** What a child does alone is the actual level, which is only the lower edge of the ZPD.
_Source: Seifert and Sutton, Educational Psychology, 2nd ed. (2009, CC BY 3.0), Ch 2, section "Social Constructivism: assisted performance", p. 36_
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