Experts scaffold by reassuring novices to continue acting or thinking, removing uncertainty about whether they chose the right action¶

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q2 i? Reassurance (e.g. 'pumping' with non-specific prompts like 'What else?') lets novices ignore meta-dialogue about right steps and focus on the task; it was the second most frequently used scaffolding behaviour in Tambaum's dataset. → Christine C. A. van Nooijen · Bjorn B. de Koning · Wichor M. Bramer · Anna Isahakyan · Maryam Asoodar · Ellen Kok · Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer · Fred Paas 2024

Evidence¶

Christine C. A. van Nooijen · Bjorn B. de Koning · Wichor M. Bramer · Anna Isahakyan · Maryam Asoodar · Ellen Kok · Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer · Fred Paas 2024¶

Christine C. A. van Nooijen · Bjorn B. de Koning · Wichor M. Bramer · Anna Isahakyan · Maryam Asoodar · Ellen Kok · Jeroen J. G. van Merrienboer · Fred Paas. (2024). A Cognitive Load Theory Approach to Understanding Expert Scaffolding of Visual Problem-Solving Tasks: A Scoping Review. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09848-3

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Qualitative synthesis of reassurance excerpts in the review's results. In Tambaum (2017), pumping made up 42 of 208 observed scaffolding behaviours; echoing and agreeing question-answers let novices retain independence while course-correcting without confrontational negative feedback.

"Providing reassurance is a key component of scaffolding, as novices completing a task by themselves are often faced with the dilemma ‘have I chosen the right action?’."

Discussion¶

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