Mary Is Having Trouble Understanding How to Do a Math

question 27

Multiple Choice

Mary is having trouble understanding how to do a math problem. Her teacher asks her just the right question, and Mary understands the problem. Vygotsky would refer to the structuring process used by the teacher to guide Mary's thinking as

• A) laddering.
• B) enabling.
• C) pillaring.
• D) scaffolding.

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Education

A systematic process of facilitating learning, or the acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs, and habits, through teaching, training, research, or self-study.

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