Teaching assistant's guide: essential skills for college lectures and labs
- New York: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2024.
- xi, 139p.: ill.; pbk.: 26 cm.
Includes Appendix, Bibliographical References and Index
“How should I prepare to teach a new topic?” “How do I balance my time between teaching, research, and my own classes?” “What if the students don’t respect me?”
New TAs—typically young graduate students—need answers to these and many other questions as they step into their roles as teachers. The Teaching Assistant's Guide offers advice to help first classes go smoothly, worksheets to help advance preparation, a teaching diary to record experiences and save time, guidance for maintaining boundaries, proven strategies to increase student participation, tips to make grading fast and fair, and steps to make a class inclusive and welcoming. Bringing together practical advice from experienced TAs and insights from education research, this handbook will help all new teachers get off to a great start.