Cindy Hinds is an adjunct psychology instructor at Ozarks Technical Community College. She has standards from her professional association requiring her to teach higher-level critical thinking skills. Most of her students are not prepared to engage in critical thinking work. She uses scaffolding techniques, where information is provided within students' zone of proximal development through a process of guided assistance. Early in the semester, weekly response posts are worth fewer points than later in the semester. Hinds likes to receive recognition for hard work, which makes her work harder. She asks students about their reactions to moving away from traditional teaching and whether her methodology creates enough collaboration.