Name: Vencint Karl E.

Tacardon
EXERCISE IN SCAFFOLDING
1. Choose a skill you are good at.
= Violin vibrato.
2. Identify an individual to whom you can teach this skill. Somebody who will
benefit from scaffolding.
= My Violin Student
3 & 4. Break down the steps you will take in teaching the skill.
Determine how you will use scaffolding. Describe the specific actions you will
do to the scaffold.

Step 1: I would set up a schedule for my student’s practice time. Once A week
the 6-day practice at home. 30 min. more per day depends on the student.
Use scaffolding with the use of an egg-shaped shaker with my guidance.
Step 2: I would teach him some techniques/tricks on how to do vibrato on the
violin by demonstrating it for him to understand the basic motion by using a
shaker (egg shape shaker) to develop muscles for vibrato.
 Demonstrate first to show why we need to develop muscles for
vibrato
 Hold it in the palm of your left hand and shake it by moving it
forward and backward. Don’t use the arm to shake just the
muscles from your wrist and apply from slow to fast rhythm.
Step 3: Then I would let him practice the motion by himself with my guidance.
 Let my student hold the shaker with his left palm. The wrist
should be loose and free.
 With the arm in the right position, shake the shaker by bending
your wrist forward and backward until it sounds like a maraca.
 Repeat the steps once the motion becomes natural.
 Repeat several times.
Step 4: Then apply the motion to the violin. Removing the scaffold.
 Remove the shaker.
 Have the students practice all the steps.
  Remove the shaker and continue practicing.
Step 5: Let the student practice by himself at home.
5. Teach the skill to the individual.
6. Describe how the learning activity went.
= Well before my student was so frustrated because he wanted to learn
how do I do the vibrato on the violin. At first, because my student has never
done the vibrato, the motion of his wrist was not right. Applying the motion to
its violin was a bit hard for him. I let him repeat the motion on the open string
then slowly have him press down 1st finger while keeping this motion until he
has control of it. I let him practice the vibrato for few minutes on our every
lesson. I let him practice it at home by repeating it several times. After 4 weeks
with consistency, without rushing my student got the right motion but needs
more practice but still needs the practice to master it.