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TEACHING AWARDS ISSUE
A newsletter devoted to the support of teaching and learning at the University of Pittsburgh
 September, 2008
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When introducing new content and assignments, instructors often implement cognitive scaffolds, temporary forms of support to help students achieve challenging learning outcomes.

In this issue of the Teaching Times, faculty recipients of the 2008 Chancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award and the Tina and David Bellet A&S Teaching Excellence Award share ways they implement scaffolds in their classrooms.

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Table of Contents

Icon: arrow Winners of the 2008 Teaching Awards
Icon: arrow Using Thinking Aloud Strategies to Work on Cases
Icon: arrow Providing Guidelines and Feedback
Icon: arrow Creating Medical Scenarios with Lifelike Mannequins
Icon: arrow Providing Procedural Frameworks for Marketing Plans
Icon: arrow Using Incomplete Lecture Notes to Check Comprehension and Solve Problems
Icon: arrow Modeling Though Processes for Tacking Professional Challenges
Icon: arrow Using Student Mistakes as Positive Learning Opportunities
Icon: arrow Successful TA-Faculty Partnerships
Icon: arrow Grading with Rubrics in a Writing-Intensive Course
Icon: arrow Calendar of Events

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