.." And is a concept which has as its basis that "at the beginning of learning, students needs a great deal of support" and over time the support is removed in a gradual manner as the student become prepared to be more independent. Modeling is the process of assisting the students in the construction of meaning and assisting them in learning the necessary strategies and skills in the learning process and in meaning making with what has been learned. Cooperative learning is a strategy for instruction that has been found to be especially effective in literacy instruction and the students "learn to read, write, and think by having meaningful engagements with more experienced individuals." (Wells, 1990; as cited in Useful Instructional Strategies for Literature-Based Instruction, 1997) the Greece School District website 'Reading Strategies: Scaffolding Student's Interactions with Texts' document provides information concerning reading strategies that may be used along with a description and when during the instruction process that each of these strategies is most appropriately used. The Literacy, Information, and Technology in Education (LITE) website provides information relating to comprehensive literacy resources and provides many activities to inform the teaching practice concerning scaffolding...

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