Scaffolding

How can scaffolding support the student learning process in your web quest?

My first thought is that the web quest in its entirety might seem daunting. There are multiple pages, a plethora of instructions and steps, and a lot of information to navigate. Personally, I feel panicky and overwhelmed when given large, complicated assignments, and I immediately break them down into smaller steps, which make a big project more manageable. Since my web quest is geared to 6th graders, who might be overwhelmed with middle school to begin with, scaffolding will enable them to learn what the assignment is designed to teach, it will allow them to do it in manageable steps, it will provide them with a sense of accomplishment as they progress, and it will allow me to assess them at various points in the assignment.