socratic-teaching-scaffolds

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Socratic Teaching Scaffolds guide learners to discover knowledge through strategic questioning and progressive support removal. This skill transforms passive explanation into active discovery, corrects misconceptions by revealing contradictions, and builds durable understanding through self-generated insights.

A teaching framework combining Socratic questioning (strategic questions that guide discovery) with instructional scaffolding (temporary support that fades as competence grows).

Ask probing questions to identify current knowledge level, misconceptions, and learning goals. See Socratic Question Types for diagnostic question categories.

Use when teaching complex concepts (technical, scientific, philosophical), helping learners discover insights through guided questioning rather than direct explanation, correcting misconceptions by revealing contradictions, onboarding new team members through scaffolded learning, mentoring through problem-solving question frameworks, designing self-paced learning materials, or when user mentions "teach me", "help me understand", "explain like I'm", "learning path", "guided discovery", or "Socratic method". Source: lyndonkl/claude.

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