As Cindy was learning to write her alphabet, her mom initially helped her hold her pencil and form the letters, soon after this her mom let Cindy hold her own pencil and form the letters. Now Cindy can write her alphabet all by herself. According to Vygotsky, Cindy’s mom was engaging the process of

As Cindy was learning to write her alphabet, her mom initially helped her hold her pencil and form the letters, soon after this her mom let Cindy hold her own pencil and form the letters. Now Cindy can write her alphabet all by herself. According to Vygotsky, Cindy’s mom was engaging the process of

Answer

• Scaffolding
  Explanation:
  This process is called scaffolding. It is an instructional technique in which the teacher or someone skilled provides individualized support by incrementally improving learner’s ability to build prior knowledge. It is considered an effective way of instructing a child to do a novel task or a task they aren’t perfectly good in. The skilled person does the task together with the unskilled, and then leaves them to do it on their own.