Journal Entry: Learning and Cognition

Part 1: As you were reading this week, what vocabulary was used that was unfamiliar to you or might be to your peers? Identify three to five words from this week’s content and research each word in the context of learning and cognition. Explain, in your own words, what each word means and how it is used in the context of learning and cognition.

Part 2: Based on the week’s discourse and content, access the Ashford University Library and research one scholarly article pertaining to zone of proximal development that was published within the last 10 years. Provide a summary explanation of the findings on proximal development in the context of your article. What implications should scholars consider based on this information? Support your explanation utilizing your course sources and your researched article.

Part 3: Consider the events from the last week of your life. Did you or someone you know to experience anything that supports your conclusions about the effects of proximal development on behaviors or knowledge development? Describe one personal real-life example of an occurrence that supports the implications of proximal development on our behaviors and beliefs. As you share this information, consider and apply the professional standards found in “12.06 Anonymity of Sources” found in the AERA Code of Ethics.

Part 4: Review “4. Fabrication, Falsification, and Plagiarism” in the AERA Code of Ethics. What implications should be considered in your scholarly writing? What can you do each week to assure you are conducting yourself ethically based on this area of ethical standards?

Ontogeny means lifespan. Ontogeny was used in the context of explaining Vygotsky’s ideas on the transformations that occur in an individual’s learning and development through being exposed to different influential societal facets through one’s lifespan (Aukrust, 2011). Referring to the context as socio-historical, one’s ontogeny is built up by the practices he or she is exposed to in life. Sociogenesis is the evolutionary process in the development of learning cultural tools.

Length: 700 words