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Direct linkDoucette, Danny; Clark, Russell; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2020
At universities where introductory physics labs are taught by graduate student teaching assistants (TAs), there is a need for specialized professional development for those TAs. This paper presents a specific instantiation of a model for lab TA professional development that uses a combination of cognitive apprenticeship and expectancy-value…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Teaching Assistants, Physics, Science Instruction
Download full textPaszkowski, Cynthia; Haag, Margaret – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2008
In 2006-2007, we established a writing exercise in two large first-year biology courses. Overall, our exercise, which consisted of multiple drafts of a 500-word essay, offered students a good introduction to how editorial feedback can improve content and style in scientific writing. We discuss our goals, procedures, outcome, and students'…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Essays, Writing Assignments
