Scaffolding: Defining the Metaphor

Scaffolding embodies much of the activity that goes on in classroom teaching and teacher-learner interaction. As the metaphor of scaffolding has become popularized, it has often been adopted as a general term that is used to describe all types of support and guidance offered in the classroom. Due to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nancy Boblett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Columbia University Libraries 2015-04-01
Series:Working Papers in Applied Linguistics and TESOL
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Online Access:https://academiccommons.columbia.edu/doi/10.7916/D8MW2TZT/download