… photographers were allowed, three at a time, to ascend the elaborate scaffolding … Eric Scigliano
also: material for scaffolds
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: a support system or structure likened to a system of scaffolds
… in his readings and talks with authors, he is seeking theoretical scaffolding for his actions … John F. Dickerson
especially, education: a system or framework of support provided by an instructor to help a student reach the next level of learning
By identifying the next skills just above the child's current skill level, then providing scaffolding (or assistance) in a way that helps the child display the identified skills accurately, and then fading out the need for scaffolding, you can help a child to learn new things and become more independent. Heather Gilmore
Teachers should look for tools that help them easily adjust instructional scaffolding from assignment to assignment and from student to student—allowing them to meet students where they are as they learn to write for authentic audiences. Troy Hicks
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAnd so with that scaffolding, the five acts being the presidencies of Bush, Obama, Trump, Biden, and then this fifth act, the denouement, which is the Taliban, that at least gave me a way to think about things politically.CBS News, 7 Sep. 2022 Kozma was also lighting director; in Ginevra’s mad scene at the end of Act II, Michael Wogulis’ minimalist set of scaffolding and movable panels was bathed in cotton-candy-pink light, a cruel inversion of her earlier happiness. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2022 Notre Dame remains fenced off and festooned with scaffolding and cranes; reconstruction from the devastating 2019 fire is expected to take another two years.Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022 What Eleanor gave us was this very deep scaffolding. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Aug. 2022 The third virtual meeting was cancelled, and, a day later, scaffolding went up. Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2022 Through expansion and acquisition of other firms, the company expanded its work to include steel, rigging, equipment, and scaffolding. Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Nowhere is this more evident than the lakeside finishing hole, where a floating scoreboard and grandstand can be raised on permanent scaffolding that remains hidden beneath the water the rest of the year. Roger Sands, Forbes, 10 Aug. 2022 But one after another, the commuters stopped, looked around, looked for Larry’s chair amid the scaffolding that was going up around his spot. Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2022 See More