The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive action, to plan a solution to a problem prior to its execution, and to master their own behavior. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Any human act that gives rise to something new is referred to as a creative act, regardless of whether what is created is a… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
There is reason to believe that voluntary activity, more than highly developed intellect, distinguishes humans from the animals which stand closest to them. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Every function in the child's cultural development appears twice: first, on the social level, and later, on the individual level; first, between people (interpsychological)… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The only 'good' learning is that which is in advance of development. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
Childhood is a complex dialectical process characterized by periodicity, unevenness in the development of different functions, metamorphosis or qualitative transformation of one form into… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The child begins to perceive the world not only through his [or her] eyes but also through his [or her] speech — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The true direction of the development of thinking is not from the individual to the social, but from the social to the individual. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
What children can do with the assistance of others might be in some sense even more indicative of their mental development than what they… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The teacher must adopt the role of facilitator not content provider. — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image
The specifically human capacity for language enables children to provide for auxiliary tools in the solution of difficult tasks, to overcome impulsive action, to… — Lev S. Vygotsky Copy Share Image