Anonymous wrote:There are so many stories of the kids who were smart enough to make A’s without needing to actually learn how to study who slam into late high school or college work and start failing because they finally get challenging enough material that they do need to study, and suddenly realize they don’t really know what to do.

I'm a professor at an extremely selective college, and I see this play out ALL THE TIME.

As the teacher, I would be more worried about the kid who completed all the tasks but didn’t do well on the tests! Clearly, the system isn’t working for those kids. For your child, OP, he/she has demonstrated that they understand the material if doing well on the tests. Isn’t that was the grades should reflect? Knowledge and understanding of content?

This strategy sounds repetitive and heavily focused on process instead of product. Scaffolding is all about the gradual release of support and greater independence in students. I would ask what the B reflects. Plus, study skills look different for everyone. What works for one student might not work for another. Your child might be able to do one day of note taking or determine which 12 terms are important.

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Anonymous wrote:"scaffolding", like in real world instructions, is extra framing to help you build the result.


The result you want is good note-taking, outlining, drafting, and finalizing work.

If you can do that without scaffolding, drop the scaffolding, bit by bit.

You missed the point. The scaffolding can’t be dropped without a drop in the grade. It’s a graded assignment. And it sounds like the entire class is given the same assignment meaning the assignment will continue until all kids in the class are proficient.

Then you suck it up or find a school that’s a better fit for your kid.

Anonymous wrote:"scaffolding", like in real world instructions, is extra framing to help you build the result.


The result you want is good note-taking, outlining, drafting, and finalizing work.

If you can do that without scaffolding, drop the scaffolding, bit by bit.

You missed the point. The scaffolding can’t be dropped without a drop in the grade. It’s a graded assignment. And it sounds like the entire class is given the same assignment meaning the assignment will continue until all kids in the class are proficient.

"scaffolding", like in real world instructions, is extra framing to help you build the result.


The result you want is good note-taking, outlining, drafting, and finalizing work.

If you can do that without scaffolding, drop the scaffolding, bit by bit.