Scaffolding Learning

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Julie Sievers, Center for Teaching Excellence
Innovation Institute – 24 May 2016

Resources

Framework 1:  Bottlenecks in Decoding the Disciplines

Framework 2:  Threshold Concepts

  • * Meyer, J. H. F. & Land, R. (2003).  Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge: Linkages to ways of thinking and practising within the disciplines, Improving student learning – Ten years on, OCSLD, Oxford, pp. 412-424.
  • Meyer, J. H. F. & Land, R. (2005).  Threshold concepts and troublesome knowledge (2): Epistemological considerations and a conceptual framework for teaching and learning.  Higher Education, 49(3), April, 373-388.  [This link will take you into the SEU library databases. If you are off campus, you may need to log in.]

Framework 3: Taxonomies of Learning

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  • *O’Niell, Geraldine and Feargal Murphy, “Guide to Taxonomies of Learning.” University College Dublin, 2010.  Web.  15 May 2015.
  • Nilson, Linda.  “Outcomes-Centered Course Design.” In Teaching At Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors.  3rd ed.  Hoboken: Wiley.

 

Framework 4: Learning Cycles

  • * Kolb’s experiential learning cycle – “Experiential Learning Defined.” University of Texas at Austin Center for Teaching and Learning, 2014.  Web.  15 May 2015.
  • Exploration –> Concept Invention –> Application: the POGIL learning cycle.  Learn more about Process-Oriented, Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
  • Lee, V. S. (Ed.) (2012).  Inquiry-guided learning.  New Directions in Teaching and Learning 129. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Framework 5: Questioning Sequences

  • Nilson, L. (2010).  Ch. 14: Questioning techniques for discussion and assessment. Teaching at its best: A research-based resource for college instructors.  3rd ed.  Hoboken: Wiley, 137-144.

 

Additional Factors to Consider

  • scaffolding the progression of private work to increasingly public work
  • scaffolding the progression of low-stakes to high-stakes work
  • scaffolding practice and feedback before performance
  • scaffolding work on both process and product
  • scaffolding the progression from teacher-dependent work to increasingly independent work
  • sequences / progressions may or may not be linear
  • cycles may look less like circles, more like spirals or helices

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