1. How would you use components of Vygotsky's theory in your classroom?(Applying)
This is applying because you are required to use information that you have read and apply it to an outside situation.
2. Provide some real life examples of accommodation and assimilation that you have experienced.
I think that this is a creating problem because you are creating real life,concrete examples of an abstract theory.
1. In my classroom I would keep in mind the zone of proximal development as mentioned in Vygotsky's theory. I would begin by implementing modeling in my teaching when information is outside of the students' zone of knowledge. I would also implement guided practice by working hands on with the student. Guided practice takes modeling a step further by involving the student. I would then proceed to having the students engage in individual practice so they can do the work on their own. By doing these things I can involve the students in learning.
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