<P> The concept of the ZPD is widely used to study children 's mental development as it relates to education . The ZPD concept is seen as a scaffolding , a structure of `` support points '' for performing an action . This refers to the help or guidance received from an adult or more competent peer to permit the child to work within the ZPD . Although Vygotsky himself never mentioned the term , scaffolding was first developed by Jerome Bruner , David Wood , and Gail Ross , while applying Vygotsky 's concept of ZPD to various educational contexts . According to Wass and Golding , giving students the hardest tasks they can do with scaffolding will lead to the greatest learning gains . </P>
<P> The concept of the ZPD is widely used to study children 's mental development as it relates to education . The ZPD concept is seen as a scaffolding , a structure of `` support points '' for performing an action . This refers to the help or guidance received from an adult or more competent peer to permit the child to work within the ZPD . Although Vygotsky himself never mentioned the term , scaffolding was first developed by Jerome Bruner , David Wood , and Gail Ross , while applying Vygotsky 's concept of ZPD to various educational contexts . According to Wass and Golding , giving students the hardest tasks they can do with scaffolding will lead to the greatest learning gains . </P>
scaffolding is a vygotskian term that refers to -- -- -- --
scaffolding is a vygotskian term that refers to -- -- -- --
structure of `` support points ''
structure of `` support points ''