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Lev Goes to College
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- Title: Lev Goes to College: Reflections on Implementing Vygotsky’s Ideas in Higher Education
- Author(s): Scott L. Horton
- Publisher: Common Ground Research Networks
- Collection: Common Ground Research Networks
- Series: The Learner
- Journal Title: The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review
- Keywords: Vygotsky, Higher Education, College, University
- Volume: 15
- Issue: 4
- Date: August 30, 2008
- ISSN: 1447-9494 (Print)
- ISSN: 1447-9540 (Online)
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v15i04/45722
- Citation: Horton, Scott L.. 2008. "Lev Goes to College: Reflections on Implementing Vygotsky’s Ideas in Higher Education." The International Journal of Learning: Annual Review 15 (4): 13-18. doi:10.18848/1447-9494/CGP/v15i04/45722.
- Extent: 6 pages
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Abstract
This discussion centers around Russian developmentalist Lev Vygotsky’s work as applied within the context of higher education, specifically his fundamental idea that learning takes place in a social environment. To that end, scaffolding, guided participation, the zone of proximal development, and particularly the use of group tests as both valuable learning tool and teaching opportunity are explored.
