week 6 discussion

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Prompt 2:

Explain how a Piagetian /Neo-Piagetian might explain what productive struggle is and why it benefits learners.  Then offer two different strategies that a Piagetian/Neo-Piagetian would recommend for maximizing effective productive struggle in children and/or adolescents.

Explain how a Vygotskian theorist or a theorist who subscribes to a contemporary contextual perspective on learning might explain what productive struggle is and why it benefits learners.  Then offer two different strategies that such a theorist would recommend for maximizing effective productive struggle in children  Complete the following readings from your textbook, Human Learning:

• Chapter 9: Cognitive-Developmental Perspectives
• Chapter 10: Sociocultural Theoriesand/or adolescents.