Exploring the teaching methods used in graduate teaching assistant-led calculus recitations
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DOI: 10.1080/0020739x.2024.2376721
Abstract: ABSTRACT Many universities offer recitation sections taught by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) as a way to supplement their large enrolment calculus courses. While some mathematics departments have revamped their calculus recitations to feature more evidence-based… read more here.
Keywords: graduate teaching; student; recitation; teaching methods ... See more keywords
You did what?!: graduate teaching assistant misbehaviors in multi-section introductory communication courses
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DOI: 10.1080/01463373.2020.1731697
Abstract: ABSTRACT The study explores graduate teaching assistants’ (GTAs) perceptions of misbehaviors of other GTAs across multi-section introductory communication courses. Utilizing the teacher misbehaviors’ typology, this study examines novice teachers’ perceptions of teacher misbehaviors. A convenience… read more here.
Keywords: introductory communication; introductory; section introductory; graduate teaching ... See more keywords
The incorporation of languaging tasks into pragmatics training for L2 teachers: The case of a Spanish graduate teaching assistant
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DOI: 10.1177/13621688241309459
Abstract: To enhance the visibility of pragmatics in second language (L2) teacher education, this study observed the development of a Spanish-speaking graduate teaching assistant (GTA) regarding his pragmatic knowledge and reflections on potential application during a… read more here.
Keywords: graduate teaching; pragmatics training; languaging tasks; language ... See more keywords
Developing a Model of Graduate Teaching Assistant Teacher Efficacy: How Do High and Low Teacher Efficacy Teaching Assistants Compare?
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DOI: 10.1187/cbe.20-05-0096
Abstract: Graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are often responsible for teaching introductory courses to undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics students. The TAs are usually novices at teaching, and an important factor in their resilience and persistence… read more here.
Keywords: high low; teacher efficacy; efficacy; graduate teaching ... See more keywords
Improving University Life Science Instruction with Analogies: Insights from a Course for Graduate Teaching Assistants
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DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-07-0142
Abstract: Abstract concepts dominate university science teaching, and much of this content is taught without sufficient connection to students’ prior knowledge or everyday experiences. As this can be problematic for students, the aim of this research… read more here.
Keywords: science; university; teaching assistants; graduate teaching ... See more keywords
Journey to becoming a culturally responsive science educator: reflections about use and barriers from graduate teaching assistants at a Minority-Serving Institution
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DOI: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1418689
Abstract: A pedagogical framework with the aim of dismantling sociostructural disparity and systemic oppression is culturally responsive science teaching (CRST). Although CRST has been linked with improved student empowerment, self-efficacy, and ethnic and academic identity, more… read more here.
Keywords: graduate teaching; science; responsive science; culturally responsive ... See more keywords
An Evidence-Based Approach to Developing Faculty-Wide Training for Graduate Teaching Assistants
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DOI: 10.53761/1.20.4.17
Abstract: In 2000, Sharpe proposed a framework for graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training based on three key principles: departmental training, faculty training, and accreditation. Sharpe’s paper culminated in a call for Higher Education (HE) institutes to… read more here.
Keywords: training; gta training; training based; framework ... See more keywords