Tom volunteers to teach children how to play basketball. He finds that when he first tries to teach a skill, such as shooting the ball, he sometimes has to physically guide the children's feet in the correct position. Generally, the more he works with the children and the more knowledge they acquire, the less support he has to provide. This is an example of

A. classical conditioning.
B. information processing.
C. equilibration.
D. scaffolding.


D. scaffolding.

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