Tena Crews

Michael,

Thanks for emphasizing the importance of scaffolding. It does lead to deeper learning and success. Nice job.

Michael Slotemaker

I also believe the impact of scaffolding cannot be overstated, although I have no history with accounting courses.

When teaching upper-level English classes, I often identified that students who struggled were missing some important scaffolding. Somehow, many students manage to move through general education courses without truly learning how to engage in critical thinking while reading and writing. For this reason, I truly appreciate the opportunities to facilitate entry level writing courses. The ability to impact students' future potential for success is a great blessing.

~Michael

Tena Crews

Bob,

So great to see how you understand that scaffolding play such an important role in your students' learning. I like you "Motzart" analogy. Thanks for sharing.

Bob Gillard

I teach in electrical diagnostics and scaffolding plays an important part in the students learning in this class as well. they always want to just jump in the deep end even though they are unsure of basic terminology even. I try to tell them you can't play Motzart if you dont know what the purpose of the black keys are on the piano. The basics are so important but also easily overlooked by eager learners that want to be experts in one day.

Tena Crews

Neer,

You provide an excellent example as how important scaffolding is. It is essential to student success.

Thanks.