Lev Vygotsky’s process of children cognitively developing by having a higher-skilled person give them help at the beginning and slowly withdrawing help as the child’s learning progresses is __________.

This process is called scaffolding: a more knowledgeable person gives a child support while learning a task, then gradually removes that support as the child becomes more capable. Therefore, the correct choice is scaffolding.

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