Question

When putting together a puzzle with her son, Mim selects a puzzle that is slightly too difficult for him to put together alone and adjusts the support offered to her son to fit his current level of performance. Mim is engaging in __________.
a. scaffolding
b. dual representation
c. proximal teaching
d. discovery learning

Answer 1

When putting together a puzzle with her son, Mim selects a puzzle that is slightly too difficult for him to put together alone and adjusts the support offered to her son to fit his current level of performance. Mim is engaging in scaffolding

Explanation:

The term refers to helping or supporting. In the example given, Mim's son is finding difficulties in join the puzzles. Hence, Mim offers help form his son. With that she adjusts to complete the puzzle. Here, with the support of Mim to his son and the efforts of both completes the puzzles.

Hence, we can conclude that Mim is engaging in Scaffolding. The completion of puzzles never happens neither with the effort of Mim nor with the effort of Mim's son. The efforts of Mim and her son together completes the puzzles.