To do this, we must work within the child's ZPD to help them today what they will be able to do alone tomorrow. We need our professors instruction and guidance to help us today so we can do it alone tomorrow. The ZPD is both a method and a strategy that we as educators use. ZPD helps to motivate students because they are able to take a skill they know little about, and with instruction, can perform the task. This can be useful during discovery learning, and when using both indirect and direct methods.
Motivation is key to getting students involved in learning.
The idea of ZPD allows each students the chance to participate and learn from interacting. Working within the ZPD allows teachers to give feedback and help foster learning. Children can then learn from their mistakes and go back to try it again. We have learned in this class that instruction both proceeds an leads development. In other words, we are first instructed on what to do, we receive help, we are allowed to apply it on our own, and finally we are assessed and receive feedback.