Scaffolding
Are tutoring sessions considered to be a form of scaffolding?
Dale,
I like your example and how it can relate to students acquiring the needed knowledge and skill sets that will enable them to have career success. This is what it should be about in our classes.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
Yes scaffloding can be a part of scaffolding for a student who need one on one. You break down the area of weakeness. I use the example of a child learning how to walk. First a child crawls and walk the run every place they go with the supervison of a experience person. That concept can be use when tutoring a student that is not understanding the lecture or topic. To me that is scaffolding and tutoring tie together
Wendy,
Good way to get students settled in and focused on what is being taught. Like your story about the tutor because that person knew how to get her student engaged in the learning process.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
I think that scaffolding or any of the other teaching tools can be used very effectively when tutoring. I remember watching a math tutor work with a client at a public library one day. She introduced some games as a way to relax and teach at the same time. She even included me in the game when she saw I was watching her. What fun!
Edwin,
They can be a part of scaffolding if they are used to expand the knowledge base of students in a particular area that was not expanded upon in class. Tutoring can also be a part of remediation to help students gain essential knowledge that is needed to move up the scaffold of learning.
Gary
Gary Meers, Ed.D.
