Mathematics Teaching Assistant Preparation And Development

Speer, Natasha M.; Gutmann, Timothy; Murphy, Teri J.

doi:10.3200/ctch.53.2.75-80

Cited by 35 publications

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“…Even a short opportunity to experience and practice teaching skills can support improvement in TAs knowledge about teaching . Examples for TAs’ professional development experiences are described in many fields, for example in mathematics, in biology, in engineering, and in physics . Most of the research on TAs’ professional development relates to general teaching skills, while only a few studies relate to teaching in open‐inquiry environments or to assessment knowledge needed to grade and give feedback on scientific lab reports, specifically in chemistry …”

Section: Rationale For the Professional Development Activitymentioning

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A Professional Development Activity to Help Teaching Assistants Work as a Team to Assess Lab Reports in a General Chemistry Course

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Bruce

Klemmer

et al. 2018

Israel Journal of Chemistry

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Graduate student teaching assistants (TAs) are often responsible for assessing student work, such as laboratory reports, and it is important that the same student effort be assessed similarly across TAs. Prior exercises with TAs showed a wide range of scoring among a team of TAs assessing the same lab report. A three-hour Professional Development (PD) activity spread over three weeks was conducted with TAs in a general chemistry course to gain skill in the assessment of lab reports within the context of working as a group. In week 1, TAs individually assessed an identical, redacted lab report. In week 2, TAs discussed their scoring of the first lab report, and then assessed and discussed selected portions of additional lab reports. During week 3, TAs assessed another redacted lab report. Results show a modest narrowing in TAs' scoring from week 1 to week 3, which suggests this activity could be employed as part of a strategy to develop "community" standards among TAs.

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Section: Rationale For the Professional Development Activitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Professional Development Activity to Help Teaching Assistants Work as a Team to Assess Lab Reports in a General Chemistry Course

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Bruce

Klemmer

et al. 2018

Israel Journal of Chemistry

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“…Rather, I attempt to illustrate the value of the journals by focusing on one of the prominent journals in the field, College Teaching. A sampling of recent issues yielded articles such as Preparing an Effective Syllabus [14], Mathematics Teaching Assistant Preparation and Development [15], Teaching with Rubrics [1], The Investigation of Study Strategies That Maximize Learning for Underprepared Students [4], and Productively Waiting for Latecomers [7].…”

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Pedagogical Literature: What can be Learned and Where to Begin?

Jones¹

2008

PRIMUS

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“…Included among this literature is research related to faculty advisors and the effect of this relationship (Bair, Haworth, & Sandfort, 2004;Forbes, 2004;Zhao, Golde, & McCormick, 2007), mentoring and counseling doctoral students (Peyton, 2001;Stewart, 352 Brought to you by | Universitaet Giessen Authenticated Download Date | 6/14/15 4:51 PM 1995; Tenenbaum, Crosby, & Gliner, 2001), doctoral student preparation and professional development (Austin, 2002;Ethington & Pisani, 1993;Park, 2004;Smith, 2001;Speer, Gutmann, & Murphy, 2005;Wasley, 2007), attrition and time to degree completion (Golde, 1998(Golde, , 2000(Golde, , 2005Kerlin, 1995;Lovitts & Nelson, 2000;Sowell & Zhang, 2007).…”

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Belonging and Mattering: How Doctoral Students Experience Community

White¹,

Nonnamaker²

2008

NASPA Journal

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The concept of community in higher education is broadly defined yet often exclusively linked with the undergraduate student population. Based on a two-year qualitative study at Oregon State University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, this article explores the notion of doctoral student community. Community as experienced by science doctoral students is unique and complex and is influenced by multiple communities including the discipline, institution, department, lab, and advisor. Each community may be more salient at different junctures of the doctoral journey. A model depicting these nested communities was developed and is discussed along with implications for practice.

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Mathematics Teaching Assistant Preparation And Development

Cited by 35 publications

References 12 publications

A Professional Development Activity to Help Teaching Assistants Work as a Team to Assess Lab Reports in a General Chemistry Course

A Professional Development Activity to Help Teaching Assistants Work as a Team to Assess Lab Reports in a General Chemistry Course

Pedagogical Literature: What can be Learned and Where to Begin?

Belonging and Mattering: How Doctoral Students Experience Community

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