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scaffolding PLANKs – a kind of tool for scaffolding learning

"PLAtforms for New Knowledge. Scaffolding PLANKs are presentations of ideas that are already available to students, but arranged in a form which aids the student in reorganising their knowledge to build up new ideas" (Taber, 2002, pp. 73-74).

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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