Category | Code | Description |
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Social dimension | Social scaffolding (SS) | The instructor helped the groups to establish the collaborative atmosphere with a sense of trust, support, and security |
Cognitive dimension | Low-control cognitive scaffolding (CS-L) | The instructor raised open-ended questions that elicited the groups’ thinking without providing new information |
Medium-control cognitive scaffolding (CS-M) | The instructor provided hints or clues to help the groups solve cognitive problems | |
High-control cognitive scaffolding (CS-H) | The instructor provided answers directly to the group or used the computer to show how to program | |
Metacognitive dimension | Metacognitive scaffolding (MS) | The instructor planned, monitored and regulated the group’s learning goals and collaborative processes |