Question

Mary is helping her son, Dean, put together a difficult, but manageable, puzzle. When Dean tries to insert a piece in the wrong place a few times, Mary points to the bottom of the puzzle and says, "Does it go down here?" Mary is engaging in

Answer 1

scaffolding

Step-by-step explanation:

Scaffolding is a method of instruction in which teachers shows the process of solving a problem to the students and explain the steps as the students proceeds forward. After making a few explanations, the instructor then leaves students to work independently but help him only when he feels that is student is stuck and will need guidance. .

Here Dean was stuck while solving the puzzle and mary came to her rescue. This is clear example of Scaffolding