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theory behind scaffold…
Developing new academic language can be challenging for students in any language. If the terms or vocabulary are intrinsic to a successful interaction of the task, we need to make a bit of extra effort to give our students support so they feel more confident about their understanding and usage of the language. Scaffolding techniques can help students bridge gaps so that they can engage in challenging units with more ease.
This scaffold integrates images and linguistics giving students support in different learning styles. They learn the parameters of a term experientially, using vocabulary that is provided, discerning differences in images and paying close attention to details in the information given. Critical thinking, multiple possibilities for recognising truths, and verbalisation will engage your students in a powerful collaborative activity towards new knowledge.
step by step…
- Print out and cut up the images a…………..s.
- Give a set to………………
- Students put one text box down a……………………………………………………..
- (Note: For most of the definitions, many of the images …………………………..The challenge is to justify each choice verbally so that t………………………………………… myelinate neurons.)
- Print out one (1) copy of ………………………. (see template).
- In their groups, students read the text and the ………………………….
*This is the Final Task os a PhBL project introduced in Volume 4 of The Comprehensive Guide to Creating Phenomenon-Based Learning Projects. You can find the complete rubric for the project there.
A Mini-Lesson that has been designed with this scaffold. (See the complete project for this Mini-Lesson here.)
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