Coaching

&
Scaffoldi
ng
Coachi
ng?
one who instructs
or trains

who gives
someone
lessons
Scaffol
ding?
teaching method
that enables a
student to solve a
problem, carry out
a task, or achieve
a goal through a
gradual shedding
of outside
assistance.
CHARACTERISTIC
S:
No attempt to
transmit
knowledge
Teachers role is
supporting rather
than didactic
Collaboratio
n where
more able
partners
can assist
Questions to ask
Is the teachers role more
supportive than didactic?

Are there more knowledgeable

students able to assist with
coaching?

Does the teacher, guide or provide

contextual support?
Activities Seatworks

Example Activities
 Math Grade 5
Topic: Reading and Writing numbers
Task: Writing in a check
 Like an Engineer
Topic: Geometry
Grade 6 (By group)
- The teacher ask the students to
build a house using solid figures.
Using Twitter
Rather than letting
the students recite,
Dr. Monika from
Texas let her student
tweet to her their
questions.
Comments Suggestions

COMMENTING ON AUTHENTIC
TASKS
 Group 1
Topic : Social Studies
Task : Bulletin Board
Grade Level: 6

Create a bulletin board consist of what

they learned or did in the class. The
students will do this for the whole
school year.
 Comments
- It seems like the teacher has nothing
to do with the doing the activity.
 Suggestions
- As the students will be
making the bulletin board,
the teacher can be the
councilor for them to ask if
they are doing good or not.
 Group 2
Topic: Recreational activities
Task : Journal Writing
Grade Level: 10

The students will be writing a journal

for the whole third grading and
compile their works
 Comments
Scaffolding and coaching was
not applied in the activity for,
it does not require the
presence of the teacher but
the students experiences
only.
 Suggestions
For the teachers presence to be
there, each week the students
will let their journals be checked.
Group 3

Topic: News
Writing
Task: Interview
Grade Level: 10
 Each student will think of any
activities or happenings in their
school, then they have to have
an interview with the people who
are involved. They have to create
an article of the articles that they
had gathered.
 Comments
- It integrated the 3rd characteristic of
coaching and scaffolding which is
collaboration but the teachers
involvement in the activity is not
specified.
Suggestions
For coaching and
scaffolding to be
present in the
activity, the
teacher could let
her students role
play an interview
setting.
No attempt to
The teachers role
transmit is only to support.
knowledge

Collaboration with
others
 A teacher must give to
the students what they
have to learn yet keeping
some topics for the
students to learn by
themselves.