The Social and Technological Dimensions of Scaffolding and Related Theoretical Concepts for Learning, Education, and Human Activity
Journal of the Learning SciencesPublished 17 June 2004
Roy Pea
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It is premature to be extending scaffolding considerations by metaphorical extension to the level of a whole classroom of learnersoreven to cultural level, as Davis and Miyake (this issue) suggest in their introductory essay.
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(2004). The Social and Technological Dimensions of Scaffolding and Related Theoretical Concepts for Learning, Education, and Human Activity. Journal of the Learning Sciences: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 423-451.
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