Static individual assessment misses developing functions; ZPD-based assessment reveals potential competencies¶

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q1 i? Traditional individual psychological testing uncovers only matured functions, while functions still developing remain beyond its methodological purview; assisted performance reveals them. → Seng 1997

Evidence¶

Seng 1997¶

Seng, Seok-Hoon. (1997). Zone of Proximal Development and the World of the Child. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED416957

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument in this review paper, attributed to Vygotsky, that static individual assessment reveals only already-matured functions. The ZPD was formulated to reflect potential competencies shown in assisted performance or joint activity with a more competent other.

"Competencies or mental functions that are still developing or that are yet to develop, functions emerging "in vivo" as it were,remain hopelessly beyond the methodological purview of thistraditional,individualistic approach to psychological assessment."

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