Scaffolding
What it’s not:
❎ creating different tasks for children
❎ making the work easier
❎ catering for a perceived learning style
What it is:
✅ adapting a challenging task to enable success
✅ reducing cognitive load
✅ gradually removed
@teacherhead This is great. I’ve moved away from asking them to copy down for exactly the reason you say — diverting attention away from the work to the act of transcribing.
We often use a template like this where we pause and consider what’s effective and they make a note of it
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