What is it about?
While scaffolding is thought to be a popular way to support comprehension, no systematic review has brought together best practices for how to do scaffolding in the moment. This review examined 58 studies and found key themes in the research and evidence about scaffolding for comprehension.
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Why is it important?
Supporting students' reading comprehension is a critical goal of education, and understanding how scaffolding can provide responsive in-person support is a promising way to potentially improve comprehension.
Perspectives
Though reading is often thought of as an individual strategy-driven process, I hope this article shows the power of expert-led collaboration on meaning. A scaffolding-based approach to comprehension prioritizes human relationships and collaborative agency, which can be powerful agents for student learning. How can we go beyond telling students strategies and move toward reading with and responding to our students?
Dan Reynolds
John Carroll University
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This page is a summary of: Interactional Scaffolding for Reading Comprehension, Literacy Research Theory Method and Practice, July 2017, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/2381336917718820.
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