Thursday, September 3, 2009

Topic: "Scaffolding."

10-second review: What does the term “scaffolding” mean? Scaffolding means providing help when students are having difficulty completing a task.


Source: KF Clark and MF Graves. Reading Teacher (March 2005), 570-580. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).


Comment: "Scaffolding" is the favorite buzz word of English education professional publications. I hate the word. “Support” is the same word in plain English without the metaphor to confuse things. RayS.

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