My investigation

In my investigation, I will be investigating my Brother reading books to my Mum.

Hypothesis

Vygotsky theory- children learn language skills in their Zone of proximal development with scaffolding from a care giver.

Recordings

I will take recordings of my brother reading a book to his Mother, that his school has chosen for him which is suitable for how well he reads. These books are colour coordinated, which indicate what level of reading my brother is reading at. I’ll ask him to bring 3 books of the same colour, to read his mum on a night time. By doing this makes the evidence that I will be evaluating much clearer and more reliable as a slightly harder book may increase how much scaffolding he needs from the care giver which will make it harder for me to evaluate the evidence and to come up with a conclusion.

I will record the books he reads 3 times, so there will be 3 recordings of different books. This means I have much more of a variety of data I can evaluate making it more reliable as well as giving me more opportunities to evaluate his reading.

The books he will read are what he chooses making it more ethical making sure he isn’t imposed to feel he is in an investigation- the recordings I need to get should be natural.

I will also photo copy the books script and write up the transcript of the recording so I can evaluate how much scaffolding the care giver gives in order for my Brother to read his book.

I am comparing wet her children need help during their learning or not. This will either tell me whether Vygotskys can be proven or doesn’t support it.