On 7/8/07, Tom Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How much scaffolding to do is a central issue in constructivist > education. I've read studies that indicates there was a huge > difference between the amount of scaffolding done in a classroom by > Papert (a lot! but mostly informal), how he described the process > (downplaying his role), and what happened when people tried to > replicate his process without the scaffolding he provided (didn't work > well). > > --Tom
Interesting. Didn't know that re Papert's teaching. I should be honest that I use a lot of scaffolding in my classes -- especially given you're sitting 8 feet from me and I couldn't look you in the eye if I didn't tell it like it is. Kirby _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
