6 Apr
2005
6 Apr
'05
6:35 p.m.
Gary Harris writes...
I have a graduate student who just completed a Masters
Thesis in
which
he analyzed data from end-of-term course evaluations
from several
thousand students in classes taught by GTAs and data from interviews
with GTAs who have taken Pedagogy. The primary conclusion supported
by
this analysis is that the pedagogy course is having a
significant
positive effect on the GTAs' level of confidence, with related impact
on
both their practice and attitudes with respect to
teaching.
"What are some reasonable journals for such
submissions?"
First thought: I would redirect this question to the TA-research
listserv at ta-research(a)list.une.edu
Otherwise: the Journal of College Teaching might be a place. The
Spring 2005 edition will have an article about the state of the field of
research into the professional lives of mathematics graduate student
teaching assistants.
It would be worth hearing others' suggestions from the research list.
Tim.
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