INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2012
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2012 1 Credit, Pass-Fail |
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| Instructors: | Hal White
(Chemistry and Biochemistry) |
Prof. Seung Hong (Biological Sciences) |
Office: |
203 Brown
Laboratory 831-2908 halwhite at udel.edu |
028 McKinly
Laoratory 831-2898 smhong 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 and Assessment of Learning 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 20 to 24, 2012 Wed,
Aug 22, 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 Hal) Roles and Importance of Being a Teaching Assistant TA Videos from Clemson University |
| August
28 |
No Class |
| September 4 |
How to Succeed in My New Job
(TA)? TA Tale for Today - Father Professor Purposes of Science Laboratories |
| September 11 | What are the Goals of
Undergraduate Laboratory Courses? TA Tale for Today - Do We Really Need to Understand This? Completed Checklist of TA Instructional Duties Due |
| September 18 |
Is it Possible to Grade Fairly? TA Tips for Grading |
| September 25 |
How to Ask Questions that get
Students to Think about What They are Doing? (Dr. White asking questions on YouTube) Bloom's Taxonomy & Questioning Skills |
| October 2 |
Is What was Done Really THAT Bad? Ethics cases in General Chemistry Insight into student laboratory ethics - J. Res. Sci. Teaching 41(1) 47-64 (2004) |
| October 9 |
How to Deal with Disruptive
Behavior and Unexpected Events. Assignment-On-line test to determine your personality type |
| October 16 |
How Do Students Develop Intellectually?
The Perry Scheme |
| October 23 |
Why
Don't Students Seem to Understand? Two short videos "Minds of our Own" and "A Private Universe". Biology Misconceptions Biology Concept Tests Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
| October
30 |
University closed due
to Superstorm Sandy |
| November 6 | Election
Day Vote if you are eligible |
| November 13 | Why Aren't They
Interested? Motivation Applied to Teaching Youtube video of, "Teaching Teaching, Understanding Understanding" shown in class. |
| November 20 | No Class,
Thanksgiving Break |
| November 27 |
Who
Helped Me and How Can I Help others? Mentoring Entering Mentoring University of Wisconsin mentoring Seminar |
| December
4 |
Evaluation
of TA Teaching Case
Studies (Assignment
Due) Course Evaluation Scientific Teaching, Science 304, 521 (2004) |