Scaffolding, is this the best approach?

One thing that seems to be constantly brought up throughout these past two chapters is the concept of scaffolding. These chapters are constantly looking at how interaction between that teacher and student is what is needed for learning to occur. One thing that is heavily emphasized however is that this just doesn't occur with instruction, but rather students need to look and discover elements of process on their own. The students do not only need to know how to do certain things, but need to also know why they are doing it.

This whole concept relates heavily with Vygotsky's ideas on social learning. Students need guidance to their answers, instead of simply teaching themselves, or being told how to do it. Eventually using this model, they will be able to not only do what is required of them, but also be able to explain why. And hopefully they will enjoy doing it. This is real learning, not just being able to create a product.