in her family kitchen. She redrew the floor plan several times, describing that the relationship between the stove, refrigerator, sink, and the table where the family ate dinner. She needed relatively little adult support and was self-correcting.
The fourth child observed was Bob, a 9 year-old third grader who was observed playing a board game with two other children. Bob was familiar with the game whereas one of the other boys playing the game appeared to be new to the game. Bob took upon himself the responsibility of teaching the other boy to play the game. In essence, Bob could be said to have been engaged in modeling knowledge and behavior for a peer. Bob was very verbal and needed relatively little assistance from the classroom caretaker. Bob was engaged in what Vygotsky calls active learning and in a cooperative and collaborative learning exercise in which the assisted another student. Vygotsky theorized that cooperative learning allows students to benefit from the instruction
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