INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION
Tentative Schedule - Fall 2004
1 Credit, Pass-Fail
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INTRODUCTION TO LABORATORY INSTRUCTION Tentative Schedule - Fall 2004 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 at udel.edu |
Time
& Place:
The class meets Tuesdays from
8:00 to 9:15 A.M. in 109 Memorial 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 23 to 27, 2004 2:00 - 4:00 PM, Tues, Aug
24 |
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 31 | No Class |
| September 7 | Getting Started - Dealing with the Essentials |
| September 14 | Making Laboratories Relevant and Interesting
- Stimulating Attitudes of Inquiry Completed Checklist of TA Instructional Duties Due |
| September 21 | Tests, Rubrics, and Grading
TA Tips for Grading |
| September 28 | Preparing for a Future Laboratory
Assignment |
| October 5 | Preparing for Future a Laboratory continued |
| October 12 | Ethics and Dealing with Academic Dishonesty
Assignment |
| October 19 | 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 26 | No Class |
| November 2 | Election Day, No Class |
| November 9 | Changing Students and Changing TAs
- Developmental Models The Perry Scheme Conceptual Understanding Chemistry Misconceptions Chemistry Concept Tests Physical Science Concepts in Biology |
| November 16 | Evaluation of TA Teaching Case Studies (Assignment Due) |
| November 23 | Assignment - Please read the linked
articles below on Cooperative Learning in the Laboratory Example from Biology Example from Organic Chemistry |
| November 30 | Semester Review - What would you do
differently next time? Course Evaluation |