B4. What is the relationship between scaffolding and individualised learning?

Considering students receive, interpret and process information in ways unique to themselves there is need to make every effort to use individualised learning. Although it would be virtually impossible to truly individualise learning for all students, teachers should employ differentiated approaches where feasible. Here teachers can modify the activity to make it more difficult or simpler, thus providing tasks that are appropriate to the individuals in their class.

There is some debate about how practical it is within a school setting to effect individualisation effective. However teachers should be aware of strategies which they have seen in practice and to which they have been introduced explore ways of individualising learning.

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