What strategies might Mr. Van Holten use to scaffold the ...

[gonzo233]

What strategies might Mr. Van Holten use to scaffold the difficult task that he has assigned?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Why do the students not take notes even though Jackson has made it easy for them to do so?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[rachel]

Answer to Question 1

There are numerous possibilities; here are three examples:
 Provide models of what a good paper might look like.
 Teach students strategies for organizing the information they obtain

Answer to Question 2

There are at least two possible reasons:
 In the middle school grades, students are still relatively naive about the things they need to do to learn and remember information. The students in Ms. Marotta's class have probably had little opportunity to observe the advantages of note taking for their own learning.
 The goals toward which the students should be striving