PSTUM
List,
What kind of support
do you offer math TAs during the semesters in which they teach, particularly
those who are teaching for the first time? Have you found any of the
following methods of support useful and, if so, why?
a) Observations of
the TA's teaching by faculty members, with feedback to the
TA
b) Observations of
the TA's teaching by other TAs, with feedback to the TA
c) Videotaping the
TA's teaching and having the TA watch the tape with someone
d) Collecting
feedback (either via evaluation forms or student interviews) from the TA's students and
reviewing it with the TA
e) Having the TA
give a practice version of an upcoming lecture in front of other TAs, faculty
members, or actual students
f) Seminars or
courses on teaching and pedagogy
g) Regular meetings
for TAs associated with a particular course to discuss teaching
matters
h) Other
ideas?
Derek
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Derek Bruff, Ph.D.
Assistant
Director, Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
116 Calhoun Hall / Box 351537,
Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
615-322-7290 / www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/