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According to edglossary.org, scaffolding, in terms of education, “refers to a variety of instructional techniques used to move students progressively toward stronger understanding and, ultimately, greater independence in the learning progress.” As teachers, our goal is to have our students not only possess knowledge, but to grow to understand and eventually produce their own knowledge… Read more

            For this week’s reading, I chose to read Disciplinary Literacy in English Language Arts by Peter Smagorinsky. Because my passion is to teach ELA (preferably grades 7-8), I thought this article would give me insight on the importance of disciplinary literacy across grade levels, and how it affects teachers/students in ELA.              While reading this article, I could… Read more