Research and Teaching: Graduate Teaching Assistant Training That Fosters Student-Centered Instruction and Professional Development

by: Hannah Robus, Robert Parson, Thomas C. Pentecost, Laurie S. Langdon, and Margaret Asirvatham

This article discusses the effect of a new graduate teaching assistant training program on the TA's ability to lead student-centered recitations and on their professional development.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_06_68Volume 041Issue 06

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At large research institutions where graduate teaching assistants provide a significant component of instruction in freshman and sophomore classes any changes in pedagogy must involve them.... See More

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