摘要：AbstractThe learning difficulties faced by down syndrome children are always related to the limitations of their short term memory, scare to face failure, weak cognitive ability and metacognitive skill. These lead to difficulties to read and fail to focus in the learning sessions. The scaffolding strategy can be used to overcome these problems in order to assist the learning process of the down syndrome children. Therefore, this paper discusses the development of the scaffolding models and the incorporated of the models into the early reading activities of Bahasa Melayu for the multimedia courseware known as MEL-SindD.
关键词：Scaffolding: Down Syndrome;courseware;multimedia;reading
