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The 'dismantling' of scaffolding to support learning as the learner develops capability and can manage without the scaffold

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02. Constructivism in science education
A Vygotskian perspective on digital learning resources as tools for scaffolding conceptual development
Constructivist teaching – lecture preview
Enquiry-based science education
Further examples of science analogies

Betelgeuse is ringing at a changed frequency
gravity tries to pull a white dwarf to be even denser
heavens resemble a luxuriant garden
impetus lay in a projectile as heat stays in a red-hot poker after it has been taken from the fire

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge. View all posts by Keith