Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Social Constructivist
Approaches to Teaching
Cognitive Apprenticeship:
Cooperative Learning:
An expert stretches and
Students work
supports the novice’s
in small groups
understanding and use of
to help each other.
cultural skills.
Tutoring:
Includes peers,
classroom aides,
volunteers, and mentors.
COGNITIVE APPRENTICESHIP
Scaffolding Coaching
teacher helps student teacher offers hints,
complete task by comments & critiques
performing parts student to student who is
cannot do unaided carrying out a task
Modeling
teacher describes her
cognitive processes
while carrying out a
task
See slide set 10b
Benefits of Peer Collaboration