INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2005
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2005 1 Credit, Pass-Fail |
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Instructor:
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Hal White |
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203 Brown Laboratory
831-2908 halwhite at udel.edu |
Time
& Place:
The class meets Tuesdays
from 8:00 to 9:15 A.M. in 236 Alison Hall. In addition, the course is coupled
to the annual TA Conference
sponsored by the Center for Teaching
Effectiveness and departmental TA Orientation sessions during the week
before classes start. The tentative course schedule appears below.
Based on TA needs, the topics and their order are subject to change on request
to the instructor with a week's notice. The first 10 to 15 minutes of each
class will be available to discuss events of note from teaching laboratories
during the previous week.
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| August 22 to 29, 2005 3:00 - 5:00 PM, Tues,
Aug 23 |
TA Conference Biology TA Orientation Session Chemistry TA Orientation Sessions Joint Biology-Chemistry TA Sessions (110 Memorial Hall) Roles and Importance of Being a Teaching Assistant TA Videos from Clemson University |
| August 30 | No Class |
| September 6 | Getting Started - Dealing with the Essentials |
| September 13 | Making Laboratories Relevant and
Interesting - Stimulating Attitudes of Inquiry Completed Checklist of TA Instructional Duties Due |
| September 20 | Tests, Rubrics, and Grading
TA Tips for Grading |
| September 27 | Preparing for a Future Laboratory
Assignment |
| October 4 | Preparing for Future a Laboratory continued |
| October 11 | Ethics and Dealing with Academic
Dishonesty Assignment |
| October 18 | Personality Types and Teaching
Assignment-On-line test to determine your personality type The Art of Questioning to Improve Student Learning Bloom's Taxonomy & Questioning Skills |
| October 25 | Changing Students and Changing
TAs - Developmental Models The Perry Scheme Conceptual Understanding Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
| November 1 | Entering Mentoring
Part I |
| November 8 | Entering Mentoring Part II University of Wisconsin mentoring Seminar |
| November 15 | Evaluation of TA Teaching Case Studies (Assignment Due) |
| November 22 | Assignment - Please read the linked
articles below on Cooperative Learning in the Laboratory Example from Biology Example from Organic Chemistry |
| November 29 | Semester Review - What would you
do differently next time? Course Evaluation |