Who is it? Learning Theorists

Proposed the use of peer tutors and mixed ability groups

Developed the theory of the Zone of proximal development

Believed that learning was making sense of the world through sorting and organising ideas

That learning was building on prior knowledge

Believed that children constructed learning rather than being instructed

Introduced the idea of scaffolding

Believed that older children think differently

That language was central to the role of cognitive development

Belived that learning was through social interactions