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RaKissa Manzanares; Jessica Webb; Leigh M. Harrell-Williams; Gary A. Olson; Scotty Houston; Melinda Lanius; Kelsey Funkhouser; David Shannon; Josias O. Gomez; Michael Jacobson; Lora Merchant – PRIMUS, 2024
A comprehensive graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training program in mathematical sciences designed at one institution is being adapted and replicated at two peer institutions. Using a case study approach, this paper outlines the development of the program components, which include a first-year teaching seminar, peer mentoring and support from a…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Program Development, Mathematics Instruction
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McDowell, Teresa; Fang, Shi-Ruei; Kosutic, Iva; Griggs, Julie – Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 2012
In this article, we report the results of a survey that accessed the perceptions of family studies and family therapy international master's and doctoral students across the United States. Our goals included giving collective voice to the experience of international students and gathering their suggestions for improving programs. Themes that…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Family Counseling, Program Development, Faculty Development
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Serpati, Lauren; Loughan, Ashlee R. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2012
Pickering and Howard-Jones (2007) reported educators' enthusiasm for NeuroEducation from a sample of teachers attending neuroscience professional development courses. Their results revealed teachers: (1) are enthusiastic about the role of neuroscience in education; (2) believe an understanding of the brain for educational program development is…
Descriptors: Evidence, Research Problems, Program Development, Faculty Development
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Givvin, Karen B.; Santagata, Rossella – Professional Development in Education, 2011
The focus of this paper is on detailing the decisions made when we created, implemented and studied a mathematics professional development (PD) program in low-performing, urban schools. Our program held many characteristics espoused by researchers as critical for effectiveness. We begin by reviewing the characteristics of quality PD programs that…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Urban Schools, Middle Schools, Grade 6
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Brock, Cynthia H.; Pennington, Julie L.; Ndura, Elavie – Pedagogies: An International Journal, 2012
Working in conjunction with a local school district in the United States, we developed a professional development project--called the Multiliteracies Teacher Institute Project (M-TIP). It composed of a series of three interrelated university courses that were designed to provide university graduate credit and professional development to teachers…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Faculty Development, Racial Identification, Teacher Attitudes