[LIT] resolutions/Unfinished assignments

[Ty Dartez]

I agree, Beverly!

It makes me think of the research-based fact that kids learn what they 
actually do, not what they are told. What they actually do becomes 
habit. Therefore, if they are practicing breaking assignments into 
parts and completing small tasks up to a project completion, those are 
all skills that they are learning. And Tena even said that her 
eighth-graders didn't seem to need much help with these tasks. I think 
that is testimony to the effectiveness of scaffolding them through 
their first projects.

May Dartez
6-8 LA, GA
On Jan 1, 2008, at 4:22 PM, bmaddox at comcast.net wrote:

> What Tena is doing is not handholding, is it?  I see it as a type of 
> scaffolding that leads them to later independence.  They have to 
> practice these skills so that they will develop the ability to 
> organize tasks independently as older teens in high school. 
>