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Interaction between learning and development

The zone of proximal development is a concept that clarifies the relation between learning and development, allowing us to elaborate the dimensions of school learning. The independent problem solving and the problem solving in collaboration with more capable peers are crucial aspects of this concept due to they are closely linked to the child’s mental development. The zone of proximal development is the distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers. The state of a child’s mental development can be determined only clarifying its two levels: The actual developmental level and the zone of proximal development. What is in the zone of proximal development today will be the actual developmental level tomorrow—that is, what a child can do   with assistance today she will be able to do by herself tomorrow.