Physical Education A-Level
Scaffolding and guided practice
What Scaffolding and guided practice means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Scaffolding and guided practice
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Temporary support, such as demonstration, cueing or feedback, which is gradually withdrawn as competence grows.
Topics that use Scaffolding and guided practice
- Principles and theories of learning and performance (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Associative stage
- Attention, retention, reproduction and motivation
- Causes of plateau
- Cognitive stage
- Cognitive, associative and autonomous stages of learning
- Feedback types: positive, negative, extrinsic and intrinsic
- Gestalt psychology and whole-pattern perception
- Insight learning and Gestalt theory
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