INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2006
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2006 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 208 Gore 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 21 to 28, 2006 1:00 - 3:00 PM, Wed,
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 29 |
Getting Started - Time
Management, presented by Dr. Thomas Beebe |
| September 5 |
Making Laboratories Relevant and
Interesting - Stimulating
Attitudes of Inquiry Purposes of Science Laboratories Completed Checklist of TA Instructional Duties Due |
| September 12 | Tests, Rubrics, and Grading TA Tips for Grading |
| September 19 |
Preparing for a Future Laboratory Assignment |
| September 26 | Preparing for Future a Laboratory continued |
| October 3 |
Ethics and Dealing with Academic
Dishonesty Assignment |
| October 10 | 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 17 | No Class |
| October 24 | Changing Students and Changing
TAs - Developmental Models The Perry Scheme Conceptual Understanding Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
| October 31 |
Entering Mentoring
Part I |
| November 7 |
Election Day - No
Class |
| November 14 | Entering Mentoring Part II University of Wisconsin mentoring Seminar |
| November 21 | Evaluation of TA Teaching Case Studies (Assignment Due) |
| November 28 | Assignment - Please read the
linked articles below on Cooperative Learning in the Laboratory Example from Biology Example from Organic Chemistry |
| December
5 |
Semester
Review - What would you
do differently next time? Course Evaluation |