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    Teacher Questions as Scaffolded Assistance in an ESL Classroom Dawn E. McCormick, Richard Donato   Teacher Questions as Scaffolded Assistance in an ESL Classroom   Scaffolding is the process teachers use achieve classroom goals.  There are six levels to scaffolding. The researchers used teacher interviews and videotapes of the lessons throughout the length of a […]

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    How Culture Affects on English Language Learners’ (ELL’s) Outcomes, with Chinese and Middle Eastern Immigrant Students   EQ: What are immigrant English language learners’ main challenges related to English literacy acquisition?   Just like at Kingsbridge International High School this study proposes that parents are likely providing little to no support at home for school […]

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    drew.pecunia.article1 Vygotsky L. (1978). Interaction Between Learning and Development. In Gauvin & Cole (Eds.) Readings on the Development of Children.  New York: Scientific American Books pp. 34-40.       The essential view proposed in this paper is that there exists a zone of proximal development or (ZPD).  That is that learning occurs best when […]

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