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This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Onmywaybackhome (talk | contribs) at 14:50, 1 September 2010. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Remove Zone of Reflective Capacity

I suggest moving discussion of Zone of Reflective Capacity its own page. It is tangentially related to ZPD and certainly doesn't belong in the "Development" section. --Onmywaybackhome (talk) 14:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Diagram

Can someone provide a diagram of the ZPD? Cmsmith81 01:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]


Copyvio

Some of the edits on this page contain substantial copyright violation. Check out this diff of some anonymous edits made some time ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zone_of_proximal_development&diff=6356532&oldid=6289555

It's already suspicious for an anon to be adding this much raw text, with no links. Several phrases in this article are taken directly from sources that almost certainly did not take them from Wikipedia, such as:

"The phenomena of an individual being able to perform at a higher level of competence with the assistance of more capable others is referred to in Vygotskian terms as the zone of proximal development (ZPD). The ZPD is arguably one of the better known theoretical constructs of Vygotsky’s work". This exact text, and many other pieces of text added by the anonymous contributor above, can be found in a research paper by Phil Chappell. [1] This is clear copyright violation.

"According to Vygotsky, the difference between the developmental level a child has reached and the level she is potentially capable of reaching with the guidance or collaboration of a more skilled adult or peer." This is taken directly from the glossary of a textbook, and was added by the registered user who started the article. I don't have the book, but it's possible other text was also copied from it. [2]

I suggest all additional work on the article be halted until this situation is sorted out. Because it's been so long since the copyvios occurred and other edits have been made since, a complete rewrite may be necessary. With luck maybe someone can carefully remove the infected portions. I'm not familiar enough with the topic to risk this. Deco 05:04, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Because no one has acted on this in a week, I am marking the entire article as a copyvio. Deco 23:29, 4 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]


Jim Cummins reference

Jim Cummins has absolutely nothing to do with the concept discussed. I am deleting the whole paragraph as irrelevant and misleading.

Yasya 04:01, 23 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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