Module:

Providing Instructional Supports: Facilitating Mastery of New Skills

Wrap Up

In this module, you learned about several different approaches to instructional scaffolding and how to use them. Specifically, you learned about:

• Content scaffolding
• Task scaffolding
• Material scaffolding

Robert Reid, PhD Professor Special Education & Communications Disorders University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska

As Dr. Reid discussed, instructional scaffolding is a way to achieve instructional goals. Furthermore, teachers can use it across grade levels and in combination with any academic task. Naturally, the type of scaffolding will vary depending on the needs of the student. (Time: 0:59) View Transcript

Think back to your initial responses to the following questions. After working through the resources in this module, do you agree with your Initial Thoughts? If not, what aspects of your answers would you change? If you were Ms. Price, what could you do to help your students when they struggle with a task? How might Ms. Price provide help to meet the individual needs of all her students, including those with disabilities?