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Streveler, Ruth A.; King, Robert H. – Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 2000
Describes and evaluates a four-session training program for Multidisciplinary Engineering Laboratory (MEL) teaching assistants at the Colorado School of Mines. The sessions focus attention on student development approaches to learning. (EV)
Descriptors: Engineering, Graduate Students, Instructional Improvement, Program Descriptions
Robinson, Janet Bond – Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 2000
Describes a half-semester course for incoming graduate teaching assistants that provided six weeks of discussion, six formative observations, and six peer reviews and culminated in a summative performance evaluation. The course was based on literature supporting the importance of social interaction in workplace learning. Provides results of…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Graduate Students, Instructional Improvement, Peer Evaluation
Etkina, Eugenia – Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development, 2000
Describes a "Basics of Teaching Physics" course as an approach to training teaching assistants (TAs) in science, math, engineering, and technology (SMET) departments. The regular graduate course is based on constructivist learning: TAs construct their own understanding through guided questions, problem solving, reading and analyzing papers,…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Graduate Students, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
