Episode 20: Building Minds with Scaffolding

Cognitive Gamer by Stephen Blessing

Oct 8, 201828:11Games & Hobbies

I’m joined again by the resident developmental psychologist, where we talk about scaffolding, a learning technique where help and assistance are removed bit by bit until the full skill has been learned. Game References M...

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