One other way I have found to provide a scaffold is to reduce the amount of information, or the number of skills, that must be learned at one time. To use an example from the course material, learning to ride a bike was discussed. The use of training wheels is an example of the scaffold used so that the learner could practice repeatedly until the scaffold was no longer necessary. Another approach would be to remove the pedals from the bike so the learner would push along with their feet. Once they achieved the balance to push and coast for distance (skills of balance and steering), you could reattach the pedals and introduce the skill required to pedal. Steering and balance would have been already mastered and the learner could then focus on learning the additional skill of pedaling.