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Learning Sciences: Move 1 "Establish A Territory" analysis

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Title: Scaffolding Complex Learning: The Mechanisms of Structuring and Problematizing Student Work
Author: Brian J. Reiser
Journal: THE JOURNAL OF THE LEARNING SCIENCES, 13(3), 273–304

Generalization

1. There is much interest in education reform in using technology to support learners.

Zoom in on one specific focus 2. One aspect of the argument for technology has been that--software can be used to help learners succeed in more complex tasks than they could otherwise master (Davis& Linn, 2000; Edelson, Gordin, & Pea, 1999; Guzdial, 1994; Quintana, Eng, Carra, Wu,&Soloway, 1999; Reiser et al., 2001).
Definition of that specific focus, scaffolding 3.Researchers have invoked the notion of scaffolding, a construct crafted to characterize how more experienced peers or adults can assist learners. (definition of that specific focus called scaffolding)
  4. As defined in early research, scaffolding is said to occur when a more knowledgeable person helps a learner succeed in tasks that would be otherwise beyond their reach (Wood, Bruner, & Ross, 1976).
  5.In the last two decades of learning sciences research, scaffolding has become increasingly prominent.
  6.Scaffolding is a key strategy in cognitive apprenticeship, in which students can learn by taking increasing responsibility in complex problem solving with the guidance of more knowledgeable mentors or teachers (Collins, Brown, & Newman, 1989).
  7.Many different approaches to scaffolding have emerged from the design research on interactive learning environments, --and a variety of design guidelines or principles have been proposed (Edelson et al., 1999; Guzdial, 1994; Kolodner, Owensby, & Guzdial, 2004; Linn, 2000; Reiser et al., 2001).