"temporary support," mid-14c.; see scaffold.

a teaching technique where support tools help manage mechanics that would be difficult to master while the students learns higher-level concepts.

a system of scaffolds (scaffold) a platform from which criminals are executed (hanged or beheaded) (scaffold) provide with a scaffold for support; "scaffold the building before painting i [..]

the process of creating challenging situations for children and encouraging them to work towards their developmental limit.

Epistemological method of embodied cognition , wherein the environment that an agent functions within is observed as a sine qua non of its own cleverness. A basic illustration is the usage of paper an [..]

Scaffolding is an instructional method in which teachers demonstrate the process of problem solving for their students and explain the steps as they go along. After a few initial explanations the inst [..]

is a temporary framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures.

The temporary wooden frame work built next to a wall to support both workers and materials.    (MEDIEV-L. Medieval Terms)

Scaffolding is a technique in which the teacher provides temporary support for learners to assist them in moving towards new skills, concepts or levels of understanding. CLIL learners need the language to be carefully scaffolded so that they can express what they know through English and continue to develop their academic language and skills. The t [..]

(n) a system of scaffolds

a term from the work of Lev Vygotsky (1896 -1934) which refers to the support given by a teacher, or more experienced learner, to enable another learner construct and develop new knowledge.

Support offered by teachers characterised by explicit teaching of skills and knowledge to assist students to achieve learning outcomes.

A way of teaching in which the teacher provides support in the form of modeling, prompts, direct explanations, and targeted questions — offering a teacher-guided approach at first. As students begin t [..]

Temporary guidance or assistance provided to a student by a teacher, another adult, or a more capable peer, enabling the student to perform a task he or she otherwise would not be able to do alone, wi [..]

Cell Growth support structures composed of Biocompatible Materials. They are specially designed solid support matrices for Cell attachment in Tissue Engineering and Guided Tissue Regeneration uses.

The support given during the learning process. It is tailored to the needs of the student to help them achieve their learning goals. It is done by building, step by step, on previous learning.

Temporary guidance or assistance provided to a student by a teacher, another adult, or a more capable peer, enabling the student to perform a task he or she otherwise would not be able to do alone, wi [..]

temporary guidance or assistance provided to a student by a teacher, another adult, or a more capable peer, enabling the student to perform a task he or she otherwise would not be able to do alone, with the goal of fostering the student’s capacity to perform the task on his or her own later on (with prompting and support).

An approach to planning activities in order to offer learners opportunities to acquire new knowledge securely while at the same time developing new learners. (see ZPD) 

Scaffolding is an interactive method of teaching and learning where the teacher provides a temporary framework for the learner who is working just beyond his/her independent capabilities (NTDE, 1995). It can and should occur in all aspects of learning in order to assist students to achieve their potential, and comprises the temporary guiding, model [..]

Temporary guidance or assistance provided to a student by a teacher, another adult, or a more capable peer, enabling the student to perform a task he or she otherwise would not be able to do alone, wi [..]

A flexible protein that aids in the formation of capsids of the correct size. Scaffolding proteins help form the early stage of the capsid, the procapsid, and then are degraded or dissociate as the capsid expands and matures. They are not present in the mature particle. In some phages, the scaffolding protein is fused to the N-terminus of the major [..]

offering strong instructional support when introducing a new concept or idea; including a discussion based on prior knowledge of a subject and offering images or other visual aids

A teaching strategy that firstly identifies the gap between what the student can perform or achieve independently and then what that student can perform or achieve with competent guided teacher / adul [..]

The methods by which a system or teacher guides the learner through a learning experience that's more effective than if the learner were to try on his or her own.

Scaffolding refers to the formation of columns of fused material within a shaft kiln. It can develop into arches and prevent the burden from moving uniformly down the kiln.

Providing temporary support until help is no longer needed. Can take many forms (examples, explanations, organizers, etc.) but needs to build on student's existing knowledge.

When children are in this zone of proximal development, providing them with the appropriate assistance and tools, which he referred to as scaffolding, gives the student what they need to accomplish th [..]

A temporary modular system of tubes forming a framework used to support people and material in the construction or repair of buildings and other large structures. *transparent scaffoldings partiall [..]