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  • Zone of Proximal Development

    Zone of Proximal Development

    The photo above shows 3 levels of task demands for children based on Vygotsky’s levels of development. On the left is a level in which the student can readily perform the task independently, i.e. he is doing something he already knows how to do. (This is a not a student with special needs but some…


  • Art = Critical Thinking

    In my MATH class I use Picasso’s Guernica to get students to think – shaping critical thinking. This is a tribute to my art and architecture class which was the coolest class I had as an undergrad – the act of art speaking to life blew me away. I show them a photo with the following…