INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2009
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2009 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 24 to 28, 2009 Wed,
Aug 26, 1:30 - 4:30 PM
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TA Conference
Biology TA Orientation Session Chemistry TA Orientation Sessions Joint Biology-Chemistry TA Sessions (208 Gore Hall) Roles and Importance of Being a Teaching Assistant TA Videos from Clemson University |
| September 8 |
Making Laboratories Relevant and
Interesting - Stimulating
Attitudes of Inquiry Purposes of Science Laboratories |
| September 15 | Tests, Rubrics, and Grading
TA Tips for Grading Completed Checklist of TA Instructional Duties Due |
| September 22 |
Preparing for a Future
Laboratory -I Assignment |
| September 29 |
Preparing for a Future
Laboratory -II |
| October 6 |
Ethics and Dealing with Academic
Dishonesty Revision of 9/22 assignment due Assignment Ethics cases in General Chemistry Read this article before class - J. Res. Sci. Teaching 41(1) 47-64 (2004) |
| October 13 |
Personality Types and Teaching Assignment-On-line test to determine your personality type |
| October 20 |
The Art of Questioning to
Improve Student Learning Bloom's Taxonomy & Questioning Skills |
| October 27 | Changing Students and Changing
TAs - Developmental Models The Perry Scheme |
| November
3 |
Motivating
Students to Learn Motivation Applied to Teaching |
| November 10 | Conceptual Understanding Biology Misconceptions Biology Concept Tests Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
| November 17 | Entering Mentoring Part I |
| November 24 | Entering Mentoring Part II University of Wisconsin mentoring Seminar |
| December 1 |
Evaluation of TA Teaching Case
Studies (Assignment
Due) |
| December
8 |
Semester
Review - What would you
do differently next time? Looking to the Future- Scientific Teaching, Science 304, 521 (2004) Course Evaluation |