Paper 1 · Teaching Aptitude
The variety of ways in which teachers help or support learners to move beyond their current level of understanding, by giving cues, suggestions or direct guidance at appropriate moments, is known as
AScaffolding ✓ Correct
BCognition
CReinforcement
DNone of the above
Correct answer: (A) Scaffolding — Supporting learners with timely cues and guidance to move beyond their current level is scaffolding, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Supporting learners with timely cues and guidance to move beyond their current level is scaffolding, so that is the answer.
★Scaffolding is the temporary support a teacher gives that is slowly removed as the learner grows able.
★So through hints, suggestions and guidance the learner reaches a level he could not have reached alone.
★Cognition is the general process of knowing, not this deliberate support.
★Reinforcement strengthens a response through reward, a different idea.
★Since only scaffolding names this supportive, fading guidance, the other choices do not fit.
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