INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2002
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2002 1 Credit, Pass-Fail |
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Instructor:
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Hal White |
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123 Brown Laboratory
831-2908 halwhite@udel.edu |
Time
& Place:
The class meets Mondays from
10:10 to 11:00 A.M. in 112 Brown Laboratory. 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 26 to 30, 2002
2:00 - 4:00 PM, Tues, Aug
27
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TA
Conference
Biology TA Orientation Session Chemistry TA Orientation Sessions Joint Biology-Chemistry TA Sessions Roles and Importance of Being a Teaching Assistant TA Videos from Clemson University |
| September 2 | Labor Day - No Class |
| September 9 | Getting Started - Dealing with the Essentials |
| September 16 | Making Laboratories Relevant and Interesting
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Stimulating Attitudes of Inquiry |
| September 23 | Tests, Rubrics, and Grading
TA Tips for Grading |
| September 30 | Ethics and Dealing with Academic Dishonesty
Assignment |
| October 7 | The Art of Questioning to Improve Student
Learning
Bloom & Questioning |
| October 14 | Seeing Through Students' Eyes |
| October 21 | Changing Students and Changing TAs - Developmental
Models
The Perry Scheme |
| October 28 | Personality Types and Teaching
On-line test to determine your personality type |
| November 4 | When Things Go Wrong, Be Prepared |
| November 11 | Conceptual Understanding
Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests |
| November 18 | Cooperative Learning in the Laboratory
Example from Biology Example from Organic Chemistry |
| November 25 | Semester Review - What would you do differently
next time?
Course Evaluation |
| December 2 | No Class |