SCAFFOLDING Definition & Meaning

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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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�y��vlog 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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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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Allan said he had accepted that he had lost his money, but when his family tried to call the roofers to try to get the scaffolding down, they did not respond.

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Major construction on the new building was completed in late October, at which point scaffolding came down and the city got its first real view of the 900-foot-long concrete structure.

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It is shrouded in scaffolding while the neglected, rusting hulk is gradually restored.

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