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In bilingual education, scaffolding denotes support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know

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q2 i? In bilingual education contexts, scaffolding is used to describe support enabling engagement with content in a partially known language. → Ertugruloglu 2023

Evidence

Ertugruloglu 2023

Ertugruloglu, E.O.; Mearns, T.L.; Admiraal, W.F. (2023). Scaffolding what, why and how? A critical thematic review study of descriptions, goals, and means of language scaffolding in Bilingual education contexts. Educational Research Review. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edurev.2023.100550

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The review states as its framing description of the field that in bilingual education scaffolding "is used to describe support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know".

"In bilingual education ‘scaffolding’ is used to describe support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know."

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title In bilingual education, scaffolding denotes support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know
description In bilingual education, scaffolding denotes support that allows learners to engage with content in a language they only partially know
status review
evidence_strength weak
newest_evidence 2023
generated by process:wiki-ingest on 2026-10-21
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sources 1 — ertugruloglu-2023

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