
Reply to Courtland Grimm's post:I think that it necessary that scaffolding is in both planning and learning. One needs to have prior knowledge before learning a something new. It's lke teaching reading. I want my students to read an article, story or book but I just can't give it to them and say read it. I have students that don't know the vocabulary. I need to teach that vocab first before expecting my students to do what I want. Things have to be differinated/scaffolded. I can't expect a newcomer to the USA to understand and perform as someone who is fluent in English and has prior knowledge and they don't.