Scaffolding Instruction

 

"More Scaffolding Please..." Cartoon. rollingfruitbats.com. 4 March 2004. 5 May 2012. www.rollingfruitbats.com/news/2003_015.html

Scaffolding instruction is "adjusting and extending instruction so that the student is challenged and able to develop new skills. The teacher can scaffold instruction to meet the needs of the students by manipulating the task, materials, group size, pace, presentation, and so on."  (Strategies for Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems by Sharon Vaughn & Candace S. Bos)

Application Practice:  choose one of the following activities and write a description on how you would teach a student to complete the task, step-by-step:

making a peanut butter & jelly sandwich

tying a pair of shoelaces

getting a bowl of cereal ready for breakfast

washing your hands

turning on your computer and logging into your email

how to brush your teeth

how to send a text message

how to check out at Wal-mart

An overview of scaffolding, its characteristics and what it looks like at different age levels can be found at

http://projects.coe.uga.edu/epltt/index.php?title=Scaffolding