Chapter 6 Constructivism o 6.2 Historical roots of constructivism o In practical terms, scaffolding may include giving students more structure at the beginning of a set of lessons and gradually turning responsibility over to them to operate on their own. For example, student can be taught to generate their own questions about material they are reading. Early on, the teacher might suggest the questions, modeling the kinds of questions student might ask, but later, the students take over the question-generating taskChapter 6 Constructivism ⚫ 6.2 Historical roots of constructivism ⚫ In practical terms, scaffolding may include giving students more structure at the beginning of a set of lessons and gradually turning responsibility over to them to operate on their own. For example, student can be taught to generate their own questions about material they are reading. Early on, the teacher might suggest the questions, modeling the kinds of questions student might ask, but later, the students take over the question-generating task