Scaffolding critical thinking in the zone of proximal development

By Rob Wass, T. Harland, A. Mercer. 2011

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Education

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In Developmental and Educational Psychology

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2. Linda Devereux

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• Scaffolding theory: High challenge, high support in Academic Language and Learning (ALL) contexts (2014, background): “So it is essential for ALL lecturers to recognise and value prior knowledge (what Wass et al., 2011 call the ZCD: Zone of Current Development), while also awakening students’ interest in the value of the new discourses they must engage with and how they differ from texts valued at school.”