If front-end scaffolds are put in place to support learners prior to the start of instruction, how do we support learners while they are deep into the learning experience and task? What if learners need additional support that is: (1) not sufficiently provided prior to
Ground Lesson Plans in Equity and Acceleration to Address Unfinished Learning By Sonya Murray and Gwendolyn Y. Turner As educators gather the shattered pieces from a broken, unprecedented time in education, research suggests more students are experiencing unfinished learning. According to NAEP reading and mathematics data, scores
The term scaffolding has been used in educational circles for decades, tracing back to 1976 when Wood, Bruner, and Ross suggested that this could be a tool that tutors could use to assist learning. Since then, there have been numerous studies and practical guides devoted
My dad told me once, the mark of a good manager is how well things run when he’s not there. This thought helped guide my teaching life for over 30 years, but it has never been more tested than now, in the time of Covid-19. If
In the world of Visible Learning, many educators are drawn to influences with effect sizes above the hinge point of 0.40. Not only does Scaffolding fall in the zone of desirable effects, it has an effect size of 0.82 - nearly double the rate of learning. In the face of