VygotskyPaper

Soni ChAD 170 3

Socio-Cultural Scaffolding

45 pts

Assignment Description

This activity is an opportunity to apply Socio-cultural theory and the concept of scaffolding discussed in class with children/adolescents. Specifically, you will use the zone of proximal development and scaffolding procedures to teach one game or one common child activity, like riding a bike or learning to read or learning the alphabet or reading their first chapter book e.g., Amelia Bedelia books, are common child activities and Checkers TM, Candy Land TM, Connect Four TM, Uno TM Monopoly TM are possible games/toy. Describe the participant (age),the common child activity or game you taught the participant, how you scaffold the common activity or game to the participant, and what you learned from this assignment.

Guideline for writing paper

This paper follows the same format as the previous paper, but now for a different theory and task.

Title of Paper (use a unique title for your task)

· Introductory paragraph. Be sure to have an introductory paragraph that captures the topic and purpose of paper like in the previous paper.

· Background/literature . . . (1.5 to 2 pages organized in multiple paragraphs to describe what is listed below).

· Describe Socio-cultural theory in your own words (Vygotsky and his belief about language and the knowledgeable other). Cite the sources of your information as you describe the theory.

· Define terms related to the theory (CITE when you do this – Use the Textbook)

· Use transitions to connect ideas together to show that this is a coherently organized theory and help the flow of your paper.

· Include a description of techniques for scaffolding children’s learning and how to work within the child’s zone of proximal development when introducing a novel task.

· Use additional readings appropriately and your textbook.

· Introduce the activity or game you will teach.

Method

Participant

Describe the age of the child you chose for this. The age you choose should be appropriate for the task.

Materials

Describe any materials you used for this task. Include information how your particular toy/game or activity was a good choice as it helped children master increasingly complex cognitive processing skills.

Procedure

Describe the different levels of scaffolding you used and how you worked within the participant’s zone of proximal development (including how you assessed the participant’s initial capabilities for the task). Your levels should be types of behaviors that range from most support to least support. For example, for daily activity like reading a chapter book you could preview the text, discuss key vocabulary words, chunk the text and then read and discuss as you go, ask the child questions, ask them to predict what comes next, include a prop, if a child is not coming up with answers to open ended questions, asking close ended questions instead etc. (scaffolds described above are not necessarily in order). So if certain scaffolds hypothetically do not work how would you change them?

Results & Discussion

Cover the following information in a multi-paragraph result and discussion section

· What do you find?

· How did the participant react to the different levels of scaffolding?

· Note the use of language during the social interaction

· Connect your findings in terms of the principles of Socio-cultural theory, scaffolding and working within the zone of proximal development. CITE when you make these connections.

· Reflect on what you learned from assignment.

References

· List references used in APA format.

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Grading rubric follows on the next page.

Socio-Cultural Paper Rubric (45 Points)

_______ (5 points) Introductory Paragraph – 1 paragraph

· Introduced topic and paper

· Describe general idea of Vygotsky’s Socio-Cultural Theory (language, social interactions)

· Describe purpose of paper

· Describe activity or game

· Ideas flow from one sentence to next.

_______ (15 points) Background/Literature Review on the Task - 1 - 1 1/2 pages

This section is graded as a whole since there are many different ways to include the bullet points below. You will be graded on how well you do the following.

· Theoretical background for the paper

· Describe and gives examples of concepts of Zone of Proximal Development, Scaffolding, language

· Descriptions are done in your own words and references are provided for the source of information from the textbook when describing the above ideas.

· Uses transitions to show how concepts relate to one another.

_______ (12 points-) Method (1-1 1/2 page for each) activity)

· Described participant(s) (age, schooling experience, etc.) (2pts)

· Described levels of scaffolding, minimum 5 scaffolds (include how you plan to assess child) (10 pts)

· Describe decision process on how you reduced scaffolds over time

_______ (13 points) Results & Discussion (1-1 1/2 pages)

· Give description of how well the child progressed during the session and to the scaffolds for the task (activity or game/toy).

· Summarize findings and relate findings back to principles of Socio-cultural theory

· Evaluate scaffolding plan, particularly what worked well and what were the challenges.

· Student reflects on what they learned from assignment.

_______ Deductions

· Late turn in (see syllabus for late policy and deductions)

· APA style (up to 2pt deduction for incorrect heading format and citations)

· Excessive grammatical and spelling errors (up to 2 pt deduction)

_______ (45 points) Total