LaTonya's teacher gives her the structure she'd like her to follow when she writes her essay. She also provides her with hints regarding common mistakes made when first writing essays and is there to provide support with how to solve any especially difficult problem LaTonya may have. According to Vygotsky, what is LaTonya's teacher demonstrating?
What will be an ideal response?
LaTonya's teacher is demonstrating scaffolding, which means changing the level of support. Over the course of a session, a teacher adjusts the amount of guidance, decreasing the guidance as a student learns.
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