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scaffolding

[ skaf-uhl-ding, -ohl- ]

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noun

1. a system of temporary structures having platforms to support workers and materials during the construction, repair, or decoration of a building:
  The scaffolding on the cathedral is finally coming down, and the workers can move on.
2. materials for building such structures:
  We sell aluminum scaffolding to clients all over the country.
3. the act or process of building such structures:
  During the scaffolding of the building complex, a specially designed lift carried all the pieces to their places.
Education.
1. a method of instruction in which the learner is provided with gradually reduced support in the application of a new skill until they can demonstrate it independently: the mastered skill then provides the basis for acquiring the next new skill in a similar way:
  Through careful scaffolding, my students learned to persevere and use a range of strategies to solve math problems.
2. the preparation or design of learning materials for use with this method:
  This grading approach requires the careful and strategic scaffolding of lesson plans and assignments.
anything that forms a support or basis for something else:
The general framework of subtasks provides a scaffolding for the more complex computational tasks.

adjective

relating to or involving raised platforms or their construction:
A variety of different scaffolding materials are available for your building project.
The fair is aimed at reps from companies that regularly hire scaffolding contractors.
Education. relating to, involving, or intended for a method of teaching skills by giving the learner gradually reduced support in applying a new skill until they can demonstrate it independently, after which it becomes the basis for learning the next skill:
Some scaffolding exercises were given to students to strengthen their understanding.

scaffolding

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noun

a scaffold or system of scaffolds
the building materials used to make scaffolds

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Word History and Origins

Origin of scaffolding¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English skaf(f)aldyng; equivalent to scaffold + -ing ¹

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And small wonder that he wanted to write a memoir stripped of the form’s obvious scaffolding and joints: no declarations of trauma, little effort to make his life exemplify something bigger.

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In 2023, David Chick of Northamptonshire was arrested after allegedly climbing scaffolding at Broadcasting House and hitting the statue with a hammer.

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"On the Monday morning the letting agency informed me that I could possibly have a Banksy. By then the scaffolding had gone and this seagull appeared."

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With solar panels, metal scaffolding and cornerstones, they began constructing their vision for a sovereign micronation that they planned to call Autopia — the place that builds itself.

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One of rock’s most charismatic and talented frontmen, Eddie Vedder, often climbed the scaffolding and towering speakers and dove into the crowd, doing whatever it took to grab the audience’s attention.

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