Vygotsky

From what I noticed in my observations about the teacher is that she likes to use Vygotsky's sociocultural theory. In her Stats 1040 class she asks that her students read the chapter, that she covering in class, before they discuss it. If other students in the class didn't read the chapter she would differentiate by letting the kids teach the students, who didn't read the chapter, what they learned using assisted learning.  She then has them write down what they think is important and what questions they still have. This would help prepare the students for the lesson and help them internalize important topics from the lesson. She would then ask them in class what they thought were important and talk to them about questions they had about the chapter using cultural tools to help bridge the gap of what they read to the application process. They would then work on a worksheet that was in their ZPD. They would work on it alone for a little while the teach was scaffolding, meaning that she would walk around and help them figure out problems they had questions on. She was being their MKO.
      She also created a fun lesson using starbursts that used guided participation. She would have students pick out starbursts from a container. She then let the students play with the idea of the probability of picking out different colors of starbursts. With the teacher's help they then were able to plot a graph and see if there was a higher probability of picking certain colors. They really liked the lessons and were able to internalize their understanding of probability

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