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Scaffolding New Content through Brain Writing
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. A popular form of scaffolding is brainstorming or mindmapping, which is a form of assessing students’ past knowledge of any given topic. However, it is far from ideal as it tests students in a public manner, potentially embarrassing them. Further, only one student […]
Scaffolding Grammar through Critical Thinking
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Language awareness is important for language learners at any age. This does not mean that we need to isolate grammar teaching, but rather intentionally incorporate and reinforce appropriate grammatical structures in content classes. As educators, we need to draw student attention to key […]
Scaffolding New Concepts with Puzzles
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. One of the greatest challenges we have as pre-school teachers is to help students to avoid cognitive overload. We have an enormous quantity of information we want to present to them, but many times, we ask our young learners to assimilate a bulk […]
Scaffolding New Information through Reverse Psychology (Pre-School)
You caught a beauty!!! ************ ************ ************ Download PDF of scaffold here. Download PDF of scaffold here. theory behind scaffold… The use of textbooks is a controversial topic in education. Especially at pre-school level. Are textbooks necessary for young learners? Do they benefit or constrict learning? Do offering structure to the school year or are […]