2.
Learning as We Grow -
Development and Learning
Questions for Reflection
Question 1: All three teachers start their lessons with
real-world examples. They all say students need to have things they
can see, touch, and feel. What are the developmental differences,
then, among these three lessons?
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Question 2: At the end of the eighth grade lesson, the
teacher seems to go very quickly over the demonstration of crashing
into barrels. Shouldn't students be collecting and analyzing data
about that the same way they did measuring time and distance?
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Question 3: What is the Zone of Proximal Development
(ZPD)?
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Question 4: Why does Dr. Tharp say that understanding
the zone of proximal development (ZPD) helps the teacher understand
the basic art of teaching?
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Question 5: How do you plan for different levels
of student ability and knowledge when organizing a group activity
or project?
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Question 6: All three teachers had their students formulate
and organize their own data. Why is it important that students do
this? What do you do if they get it wrong – for example, what
if they organize the data in a way that doesn't reveal the concepts
they need to understand?
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Question 7: What are some of the challenges in working
in the zone of proximal development with a child from a different
culture?
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Question 8: What do you do if you have a child in your class that
has had no previous experience with hands-on learning?
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Question 9: Is there only one kind of assistance in the ZPD? In
other words, if a student is in one ZPD for math, does that mean
the teacher should assume the student's performance for language
and science is in a comparable zone?
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