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By Jenny Chattawee 33, Bombay Chanyaphat 35, Kaojao Pintada 41 What do you like to do at the end of the day when you just finished school? A lot of people love to hang out with their friends and find something to eat. Believe me, one of the best ways to cheer you up after a long day is enjoying good desserts! Now, SPSM school is surrounded by many malls such as Terminal 21, Central Rama 9 and Esplanade Ratchada. These malls are very easy to get to from our school because it’s just only 1-2 MRT stations. Around 4-6 pm. you will see tons of SPSM students chilling and relaxing in these malls. There are countless interesting restaurants and cafes, it might be hard to choose what to eat. So, we get the idea that why don’t we rank desserts we can easily find near school! In this blog, we’re going to try 5 dessert shops that can be found in malls near our school and rank them. The malls we chose are Terminal 21 (transport by MRT or motorbike taxi) and Central Rama 9 (transport by MRT). Are yo...

By Chattawee Rattanamoleeporn    The Zone of Proximal Development is the sweet spot of education; this is where meaningful learning happens. If you are an educator, you are bound to come across Vygotsky’s ZPD and Social Development Theory. A theory that is based on performance-based learning, individualized learning, and customized learning. What Is the Zone of Proximal Development? The Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD), or zone of potential development is a learning or cognitive development theory developed by psychologist Lev Vygotsky. The ZPD is the range of abilities a student can perform with the guidance of an expert or teacher, but still not have the proficiency to perform it by themselves. Vygotsky (1978) believed that “what the child [or learner] is able to do in collaboration today, he will be able to do independently tomorrow.” There are three separate stages a student may fall in terms of their skill set and for learning to take place, the teacher must be able to ...