How Scaffolding Works

Provide the perfect structure and support to develop student independence.

Effective scaffolding leads to learner autonomy—but too many educators have been airlifting students to right answers, perpetuating a generation who don’t know how to learn. Yes, we know the sweet spot for learning involves giving our students the right blend of productive failure and productive success, but how to do it is cloaked in misconceptions.

How Scaffolding Works unveils the essential moves and methods. Ten interactive modules help every K-12 educator structure support in new ways, including knowing how to:

• Gradually release responsibility to students through intentional and purposeful scaffolding
• Design lessons and experiences that attend to the affective, metacognitive, and cognitive aspects of learning
• Collect data before, during, and after learning, so we can place, move, and take away scaffolds with gr