Undergraduate teaching assistants in Asia: A Singapore case study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101647
Abstract: Abstract Undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) have long been shown to support student learning in higher education, but most of the research on UTAs has been done in Western contexts. The aim of this study was… read more here.
Keywords: undergraduate teaching; study; assistants asia; asia singapore ... See more keywords
TAs like me: Racial interactions between graduate teaching assistants and undergraduates
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.02.005
Abstract: Using administrative data from a large, diverse university in California, we identify the extent to which the academic outcomes of undergraduates are affected by the race/ethnicity of their graduate student teaching assistants (TAs) in economics… read more here.
Keywords: student; tas like; course; race ... See more keywords
Use of variables in calculus class: focusing on Teaching Assistants’ discussion of variables
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DOI: 10.1080/0020739x.2021.1971314
Abstract: Given the importance of the ability to use variables flexibly in Calculus and students’ difficulties related to various uses of variables, this study examined how variables are treated in calculus class. Data for this study… read more here.
Keywords: variables calculus; use variables; calculus class; uses variables ... See more keywords
Psychical contexts of subjectivity and performative practices of remuneration: teaching assistants’ narratives of work
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DOI: 10.1080/02680939.2017.1325519
Abstract: Abstract A range of sociological work has theorized neoliberal regulative regimes, suggesting the contradictions contained in the enactment of policy and foregrounding the painful effects of these processes on subjectivities produced within performative school cultures.… read more here.
Keywords: contexts subjectivity; psychical contexts; performative practices; practices remuneration ... See more keywords
Written feedback provided by first-year engineering students, undergraduate teaching assistants, and educators on design project work
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DOI: 10.1080/03043797.2017.1340931
Abstract: ABSTRACT Feedback is an important part of design education. To better understand how feedback is provided to students on their engineering design work, we characterised and compared first-year engineering students’, undergraduate teaching assistants’, and educators’… read more here.
Keywords: work; engineering; undergraduate teaching; teaching assistants ... See more keywords
An investigation into the effects of short-course professional development on teachers’ and teaching assistants’ self-efficacy
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DOI: 10.1080/19415257.2019.1665572
Abstract: ABSTRACT Whilst attendance at short, day-long courses or workshops features prominently in teachers’ continuing professional development (CPD) profiles, research remains equivocal about their lasting impact. The present study addresses questions about the impact of short-course… read more here.
Keywords: teachers teaching; professional development; short course; self efficacy ... See more keywords
Occupational asthma in teachers.
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DOI: 10.1093/occmed/kqac087
Abstract: BACKGROUND Work-related asthma symptoms are common in teachers and teaching assistants, there are few studies evaluating their causes. AIMS To identify causes of occupational asthma in teachers and teaching assistants referred to the Birmingham Occupational… read more here.
Keywords: teaching assistants; occupational asthma; asthma teachers; teachers teaching ... See more keywords
Teaching assistants managing behaviour – who knows how they do it? Agency is the answer
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DOI: 10.1111/1467-9604.12273
Abstract: This paper revisits a previous publication which questioned how Teaching Assistants (TAs) manage behaviour in mainstream English primary schools (Clarke and Visser, 2016). That paper highlighted the lack of specific research in the area and… read more here.
Keywords: behaviour; paper; managing behaviour; agency ... 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
Exploring STEM Teaching Assistants’ Self-Efficacy and Its Relation to Approaches to Teaching
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DOI: 10.1187/cbe.22-06-0115
Abstract: Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) play large roles in introductory undergraduate education despite having little to no teaching experience or professional development (PD). Self-efficacy and teaching approach have each been studied as independent variables… read more here.
Keywords: approaches teaching; teaching assistants; self efficacy; teaching self ... 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