Worksheet
SCAFFOLD FOR TRANSFER
LEVEL 1
DIRECTED PROMPT
1. Inform the students the skills they
are expected to demonstrate.
2. Provide step-by-step
instruction on how to do the skills
and check their work.
3. Provide this task during Firm Up or
Interaction stage.
LEVEL 2
OPEN PROMPT
1. Provide students another task
similar to that given in Level 1.
2. Instead of giving a step-by-step
instruction, prompt the students to do
the steps on their own. If different
procedures are given, ask students to
choose which procedure they would
use. Students may also be asked to
vary the steps they learned.
3. Provide this task during Firm Up or
Interaction stage.
LEVEL 3
GUIDED TRANSFER
1. Provide a real world situation
where the skills taught in Levels 1-
2 are applied.
2. Instead of directing the students
step-by-step to use the skills they
learned in previous levels, ask
students to look back on the skills
they learned and determine which
of these they would use to meet the
requirements of the given task.
3. Provide this task during Deepen
or Interaction stage.
LEVEL 4
INDEPENDENT
TRANSFER
1. Provide a real world situation
similar to Level 3 where the skills
taught in Levels 1-2 are applied.
2. Purposely refrain from suggesting
to students to use the skills they
learned in Levels 1-2. Have students
on their own figure out which of the
skills they learned in previous levels
they would use to meet the standards
in the given task.
3. Provide task during Transfer or
Integration stage.