Eric,
I have a stack of resources on TA training sitting on my desk that I've
need to look through for another project. Are you still interested in
some references on this topic? I might have some time next week to get
to that stack, and I'm confident it will produce something useful for
your colleague.
Derek
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Derek Bruff, Ph.D.
Assistant Director, Vanderbilt Center for Teaching
Senior Lecturer, Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics
116 Calhoun Hall
Box 351537, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
615-322-7290
www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/
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Subject: [PSTUM-list] refs on TA training effectiveness?
This may sound like an obvious question, so I am hoping there
are some obvious answers.
A colleague of mine is helping NSF with a "What's Known From
Research" report and realized she had no research citations
to support the idea that graduate teaching assistants teach
better and their students learn better if the TAs receive
some kind of training or support. I think everyone believes
it. I've seen a couple of theses about this issue discussed
on the list.
Can people who've done the literature review give me what you
consider the best references addressing this specific question?
Preferably with a sentence or two commentary on each...
best wishes, Eric
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Eric Hsu, Associate Professor of Mathematics San Francisco
State University
http://math.sfsu.edu/hsu erichsu(a)math.sfsu.edu
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