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Mediated learning was a concept created by Lev Vygotsky that was known to be a subtle interaction between a learner and the instructor. Mediated learning can be used throughout all ages and levels of education.
Definition: Mediated learning focuses more on the learning style of the learner rather than the surrounding environment. With mediated learning there are specific goals of the instructor in regards to the student. Emotional investment and intention to provide structure will provide success in areas of focus.
Example: An example of mediated learning would be using patterns, order, and routines throughout the classroom.
Activity: An example where this could be used in the classroom could be having a specific math schedule or having a specific schedule for the children to follow when they come into the classroom. When a teacher has a specific schedule for the students to follow or a specific style/pattern they teach with this could help the students learn more efficiently.

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November 17, 1896 - June 11, 1934

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Within the ZPD are tasks that children can do with assistance but they can’t do it alone yet.

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What it is:
A process in which teachers model or demonstrate how to do a problem, then step back when the kids are ready to do this by themselves, but still offering support as needed. This term, scaffolding, came out of the ZPD concept.

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An idea that is created by society and accepted.
Example: Vygotsky's theory encourages students to play an active role in their learning.
Activity: A student could independently research on the computer to further educate themselves on a topic via web quest from their teacher.

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Definition: The process through which a learner gradually incorporates socially based activities into his or her internal cognitive processes.

Example: kids learn social norms like looking someone in the eye when you are talking to them

Activity: Do an activity where they are pretending they are just meeting each other. Tell them to shake each others hand and make eye contact because this is a social norm that they need to learn. Something else you could teach them is to keep their hands to theirselves because giving people space is another social norm.

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What it is:
Inner speech develops early in children as is different from external speech. Vygotsky theorized that children as young as three develop inner speech.

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Definition: Vgotsky's role of diversity says that there is cultural differences in the way we speak to each other, pronounce words, and word choices.

Example: A child who grew up in a Spanish speaking home pronounces "animal" like "aneemal" because that is how they learned to say it and haven't learned the correct way yet.

Activity: Get some colored cards and have the kids say the colors in Spanish so they practice the sounds and pronunciations of the Spanish language