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ERIC Number: EJ568716
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1998
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-2194
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What Happens During Instruction: Is Any Metaphor Necessary?
Scruggs, Thomas E.; Mastropieri, Margo A.
Journal of Learning Disabilities, v31 n4 p404-08 Jul-Aug 1998
This commentary on C. Addison Stone's paper on the scaffolding metaphor for the learning disabilities field urges that all available literature, rather than a particular metaphor, should be used to evaluate the efficacy of instructional procedures in interpreting findings of instructional research. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Restructuring, Instructional Effectiveness, Learning Disabilities, Metaphors, Research and Development, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teaching Methods, Teaching Models, Theory Practice Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: For related papers, see EC 619 521-529.