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3. Approaches to teaching and learning

the proximal zone of development. The optimal level of performance for a learner is the level that they can reach when they receive expert support, as distinct from the functional level, which they can achieve independently. Scaffolding learning helps to close this gap. • Have a learning rather than a performance orientation. Chris Watkins (2010)

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