Effect of Scaffolding on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) of Elementary School Students

Abstract

In the field of education, the term scaffolding refers to a process in
which teacher model or demonstrates how to solve a problem then step
back, and offering support as needed. The main objective of the study was
to find the effect of scaffolding on social and emotional learning (SEL) of
students. The researcher selected 6th class students as the sample of study.
Social and emotional competence questionnaire (SECQ) was used for
experimental study planned on 6th grade students. T-test and ANOVA were
applied to compare the results of pre-test and post-test. The study
concluded that there was a significant difference in both scores with high
performance in post test scores. The study recommended improving the
performance of students with the help of scaffolding parameter using in
academic world.