As an educator with 30 years of experience in North Dakota’s public schools, I’ve witnessed students enter my classroom with varying degrees of readiness. In an effort to create more equitable ...

The Journal of Classroom Interaction, Vol. 36/37, No. 2/1, THEME ISSUE: Negotiating Meaning in a Community of Learners (Fall 2001/Spring 2002), pp. 29-39 (11 pages) Scaffolding is positioned as a ...

Educational Technology Research and Development is the only scholarly journal in the field focusing entirely on research and development in educational technology. The Research Section assigns highest ...

The Common Core State Standards’ final draft settled upon this phrase: “Scaffolding, as needed.” How best can a teacher gauge students’ “need” when dealing with complex text? Part One featured ...

In addition to being an EdTech Researcher co-author, I also write for Edutopia. The post below includes excerpts from a recently published post on Design Thinking and PBL. Consider this conundrum: ...

Jon Chandler, associate professor in history at University College London, shares an insightful example of scaffolding best practice for first-year undergraduate students Making History is a core ...

When discussing learning transfer—the ability to apply previous knowledge, skills, and strategies to new contexts or situations—we should also be mindful of our learners’ cognitive load. Cognitive ...