A good scientific hypothesis must have if and then in the sentence.
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
<u>Explanation:</u>
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.
The correct answer is that she was probably<em> less sick than she says she was. </em>This is a perfect example of how our memory related to personal event changes over time to suit our present situation.