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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 7th grader in private MS amd the scaffolding is not like that. Yes they need to be taught skills and guided through studying, because smart kids eventually hit their cliff and need to know how to study, but what you are describing is too much hand holding for the age.

The kind of scaffolding required for my 7th grader is:
Freehand notes on each chapter of a novel, checked for homework credit.
Making a study guide and turning it in for credit.
Filling out a worksheet packet based on the assigned reading. 
Turning in an outline of a paper and getting feedback before starting to write. [/quote]

Thanks for this.

It’s not that I think my kid doesn’t need to learn study skills, it’s that it feels like overkill and is destroying their enthusiasm for school.

I’m guessing some schools do more of this and others less? Do more “traditional” schools do more? I’ve heard of kids leaving more progressive schools because they need more structure, is this the type of structure / hand holding people are referring to?[/quote]

The tasks you're describing are not by themselves traditional education. I think it's just that the level of the work is not a good match for your kid (many kids, IMO).

It might be useful to know if most of the students find this boring, or if they're still getting Bs despite this scaffolding. The school is not going to want to excuse your kid from work the rest of them are doing. But it's worth bringing up with the teacher that this is making your kid disengage, and can they rethink it or perhaps change the grading policy so it's more optional. [/quote]

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