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.
Good considerations. What will you count as 'scaffolding'? I wouldn't tell him to bring anything particular home in order to keep it all as natural as possible; just ensure you can record him when he does bring home appropriate material. Try and get recordings of everything he reads with your mother so you can decide what you transcribe based on the available data pool. Note that brother and mother don't need capital letters as they are the concrete nouns - when they are used as names, e.g. "Mum, can you read my book with me?" then they are proper nouns and need capitals but if you put 'the' or 'my' in front of them, they are the concrete noun version.
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