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Common Core State StandardS for engliSh language artS & literaCy in hiStory/SoCial StudieS, SCienCe, and teChniCal SubjeCtS

scaffolding – Temporary guidance or assistance provided to a student by a teacher, another adult, or a more capable

peer, enabling the student to perform a task he or she otherwise would not be able to do alone, with the goal of fos-

tering the student’s capacity to perform the task on his or her own later on

short research project – An investigation intended to address a narrowly tailored query in a brief period of time, as in

a few class periods or a week of instructional time

source – A text used largely for informational purposes, as in research.

standard english – In the Standards, the most widely accepted and understood form of expression in English in the

United States; used in the Standards to refer to formal English writing and speaking; the particular focus of Language

standards 1 and 2 (CCSS, pp. 26, 28, 52, 54)

technical subjects – A course devoted to a practical study, such as engineering, technology, design, business, or other

workforce-related subject; a technical aspect of a wider field of study, such as art or music

text complexity – The inherent difficulty of reading and comprehending a text combined with consideration of reader

and task variables; in the Standards, a three-part assessment of text difficulty that pairs qualitative and quantitative

measures with reader-task considerations (CCSS, pp. 31, 57; Reading, pp. 4–16)

text complexity band – A range of text difficulty corresponding to grade spans within the Standards; specifically, the

spans from grades 2–3, grades 4–5, grades 6–8, grades 9–10, and grades 11–CCR (college and career readiness)

textual evidence – See evidence

With prompting and support/with (some) guidance and support – See scaffolding

Though Vygotsky himself does not use the term scaffolding, the educational meaning of the term relates closely to his con-

cept of the zone of proximal development. See L. S. Vygotsky (1978). Mind in society: The development of higher psychologi-

cal processes. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

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