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Improving Reading Assmt with Scaffolding
1. Improving Your
Reading Assessments with
Scaffolding
Lorraine Valdez Pierce
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
TESOL 2011 Convention* New Orleans, LA
2. What is Scaffolding?
Providing Comprehensible Input
(Krashen)
Reaching Zone of Proximal
Development (Vygotsky)
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3. How Can
Scaffolding
Improve Assessment of Reading?
By reducing linguistic load
By showing what students
actually know & can do
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4. Simplify the Language
Use short phrases
Reduce sentence length
Limit number of sentences
Use one & two-syllable words
Use present tense
Avoid wordiness
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5. Simplify the Format
Reduce page clutter
Limit use of needless visuals
Space out on page
Use large font size
Add boldface type
Use text boxes
Divide into sections
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6. Add Visuals & Graphics
Use pictures to represent words
and ideas
Use graphic organizers
Allow pictorial responses
Teach visualization strategies
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7. Provide Choices
Allow options in tasks
Provide a word or item bank
Ask for completion, not
generation
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8. Benefits of Scaffolding
Add validity to assessments
Allow Ss to show strengths in
content areas
Gain information for redirecting
instruction
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