INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2013
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2013 1 Credit, Pass-Fail |
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| Instructors: | Hal White
(Chemistry and Biochemistry) |
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Office: |
203 Brown
Laboratory 831-2908 halwhite at udel.edu |
Time
& Place:
The class meets Tuesdays
from 8:00 to 9:15 A.M. in 205 Brown Lab.
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, 2013 8:30 AM Thurs,
Aug 22, 1:30 - 4:30 PM |
TA
Conference at the Trabant
University Center and Gore Hall. Chemistry TA Orientation Sessions Joint Biology-Chemistry TA Sessions (205 Brown Lab) Roles and Importance of Being a Teaching Assistant TA Videos from Clemson University |
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| August
27 |
No Class |
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| September 3 |
How to Succeed in My New Job
(TA)? TA Tale for Today - Father Professor Purposes of Science Laboratories |
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| September 10 | 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 |
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| September 17 |
Is it Possible to Grade Fairly? TA Tips for Grading |
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| September 24 |
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 |
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| October 1 |
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) |
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| October 8 |
How to Deal with Disruptive
Behavior and Unexpected Events. Assignment-On-line test to determine your personality type |
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| October 15 |
How Do Students Develop Intellectually?
The Perry Scheme |
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| October 22 |
Why
Don't Students Seem to Understand? Two short videos "Minds of our Own" and "A Private Universe". Youtube Video on Ten Common Biology Misconceptions Biology Concept Tests Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
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| October
29 |
Why Aren't They
Interested? Motivation Applied to Teaching Youtube video of, "Teaching Teaching, Understanding Understanding" shown in class |
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| November 5 | Who Helped Me and How Can I Help others? Mentoring | |
| November 12 | Entering Mentoring University of Wisconsin mentoring Seminar |
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| November 19 |
Evaluation of TA Teaching Case Studies (Assignment Due) | |
| November 26 |
No Class, Thanksgiving Break | |
| December
3 |
Course
Evaluation
Scientific Teaching, Science 304, 521 (2004) |