Instructional scaffolding

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Instructional scaffolding is the provision of sufficient supports to promote learning when concepts and skills are being first introduced to students. These supports may include:

• Resources
• A compelling task
• Templates and guides
• Guidance on the development of cognitive and social skills

These supports are gradually removed as students develop autonomous learning strategies, thus promoting their own cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning skills and knowledge. Teachers help the students master a task or a concept by providing support. The support can take many forms such as outlines, recommended documents, storyboards, or key questions.

See also

• Educational psychology
• Jerome Bruner
• Jim Cummins
• Lev Vygotsky
• Stephen Krashen

Resources

• http://www.coe.uga.edu/epltt/scaffolding.htm