Teachers provide temporary, personalized assistance to achieve a goal just beyond a child's level of ability
Teachers display or show children a skill or behavior
This strategy encourages children to observe a teacher's actions, but NOT copy them

Which of the statements best describes the Scaffold teaching strategy?

Teachers provide temporary, personalized assistance to achieve a goal just beyond a child's level of ability
Teachers display or show children a skill or behavior
This strategy encourages children to observe a teacher's actions, but NOT copy them

Now answer the following questions:

1. Which strategy is more teacher-directed? How so?

2. Think about the two strategies. When might you use modeling as opposed to scaffolding?

Step Three: