3. Provide Scaffolds
INTRODUCTION
Rosenshine suggests effective teachers engage students in a ‘cognitive apprenticeship’, supporting them to reach ambitious goals using scaffolding processes that guide them on the way. The metaphor of ‘scaffolding’ embeds the idea that, when ready, the supports are withdrawn.
Scaffolding is only temporary and must not become relied upon in the long run. Scaffolds include modelling, checklists and writing frames and anticipating errors and misconceptions.
Walkthrus that support Principle 3.
Teaching and Learning Playbook Videos
Additional Resources
Videos
Provide Explicit Scaffolds for Verbal Responses
Scaffolding Explained
Blogs and Articles
EEF blog: Scaffolding – more than just a worksheet
The Bell Foundation: Scaffolding
Teacher Head: 5 Ways to Scaffold Classroom Dialogue
David Didau: Scaffolding, What We Can Learn from the Metaphor
Podcasts
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