he was able to read some of the basic words but had difficulty with most of the words. The word ‘colour’ was used five times in the passage she read. She required help the first two times she attempted the word. The remaining three times Meghan was able to read the word on her own. She was able to read approximately one-tenth of the words without help. Meghan is very willing to read with assistance. This task is within her zone of proximal learning. Kari was given a section of an encyclopedia to read. She was able to read and comprehend with little effort. As she required no assistance I concluded that this task was beneath Kari’s zone of proximal development.I would like to note that Kari or Meghan used no private speech, nor did they move their lips during any of the tasks performed.To evaluate Kohlberg’s theory of moral development I told two different stories where the child would have to make a moral decision about what they would do in similar circumstances. See appendix on page nine.Story number one was the “Heinz” story told in class. I changed the name from Heinz to George to make it a more familiar name for the children. I asked Kari to assume the role of George. Kari’s response to the story was that she would raise the money by borrowing it from friends or family. I stated that this was not possible. Her next idea was to get a second job. I stated that the money was needed for the medicine right now. Her final solution was that she would be unable to obtain the medicine and that she would take care of “her husband” as best she could. Kari appears to be at level one, preconventional moral reasoning, of Kohlberg’s moral development theory. She is at the punishment-obedience stage or stage one. It seemed very obvious to Kari that either she could obtain the money somehow or she would have to let her husband die. In Kari’s mind there were no oth...
