I agree, Beverly! It makes me think of the research-based fact that kids learn what they actually do, not what they are told. What they actually do becomes habit. Therefore, if they are practicing breaking assignments into parts and completing small tasks up to a project completion, those are all skills that they are learning. And Tena even said that her eighth-graders didn't seem to need much help with these tasks. I think that is testimony to the effectiveness of scaffolding them through their first projects.
May Dartez 6-8 LA, GA On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:22 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > What Tena is doing is not handholding, is it? I see it as a type of > scaffolding that leads them to later independence. They have to > practice these skills so that they will develop the ability to > organize tasks independently as older teens in high school. > _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
