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ERIC Number: EJ304042
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1984
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Scaffolding: Who's Building Whose Building?
Searle, Dennis
Language Arts, v61 n5 p480-83 Sep 1984
Discusses how the concept of "scaffolding," adult support of children's attempts to achieve an intended language outcome, has been somewhat misused in the schools, resulting in the support of the teacher's intentions rather than those of the child. (HTH)
Descriptors: Child Language, Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Language Acquisition, Questioning Techniques, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Teacher Role, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Theme Issue: Knowledge and Control