Abstract:
The objective of this research was to study the teachers use of scaffolding strategies to enhance early literacy skills of preschoolers in 6 strategies; open-ended questioning, providing feedback, cognitive structuring, holding in memory, task regulation and instructing. The sample included 385 preschool teachers of level two in school under the Department of Education Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the Office of Basic Education Commission. Research instruments consisted of the questionnaire form and observation form. The finding indicated: Teachers showed the use of scaffolding strategies at a high rate (X̅ = 4.10). The most used were providing feedback (X̅ = 4.25), instructing (X̅ = 4.24) and open-ended questioning (X̅ = 4.19) while cognitive structuring (X̅ = 3.93) was the least. Additionally, teachers in school under the Department of Education Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and the teachers in school under Office of the Basic Education Commission showed the use of scaffolding strategies at a high rate (X̅ = 4.10) and (X̅ = 4.13) respectively. Teachers in school under the Department of Education Bangkok Metropolitan Administration showed the most used was instructing (X̅ = 4.27) while cognitive structuring (X̅ = 3.93) was the least. And for the teachers in school under Office of the Basic Education Commission showed the most used was providing feedbacks (X̅ = 4.40) while task regulation (X̅ = 3.88) was the least.