Yvonne is putting a puzzle together with her father. At first, he points to specific pieces and says, "This piece might fit here"or "Can you try to put this piece here?" As Yvonne improves in finding where the puzzle pieces belong, her father offers less advice and instruction, allowing his young child to take more responsibility for completing the puzzle. This is an example of:
a. concrete operational instruction.
b. preoperational thinking.
c. scaffolding.
d. a bidirectional experience.
Ans: c. scaffolding.
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