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Ryker, Katherine; McConnell, David – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
This study examines the implementation of teaching strategies by graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) in inquiry-based introductory geology labs at a large research university. We assess the degree of inquiry present in each Physical Geology lab and compare and contrast the instructional practices of new and experienced GTAs teaching these labs. We…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Graduate Students
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Kolikant, Yifat Ben-David; Gatchell, David W.; Hirsch, Penny L.; Linsenmeier, Robert A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
We present an approach for integrating instruction of scientific writing and reading into undergraduate science courses, inspired by the pedagogical theory of cognitive apprenticeship. We demonstrate its implementation and describe a study of students' feedback that enabled us to elicit students' difficulties and fine-tune the next application…
Descriptors: Science Education, Teaching Methods, Formative Evaluation, Technical Writing