Third Annual TA Workshop -- "TAcracy" : Effective Teaching Strategies for TAs, by TAs
Demba Ba, Stephen Hou
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Anxious about teaching for the first time? Don't worry! Please come to the 3rd annual EECS TA Workshop, which provides insight into effective strategies that would help graduate students fare well in their duty as a Teaching Assistant (TA). Focus group-style discussions will revolve around topics that are relevant to all TAs, regardless of the subject. Participation from veteran TAs will help one to benefit from the experience of TAs who've been there and done that.
Dinner is provided.
Contact: Demba Ba, demba@mit.edu
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: EECS Graduate Students Association
Managing the TA Duty
Demba Ba, Stephen Hou
How do I do well in my classes, get research done, and at the same time do a good job TAing, all in the same term? As a head TA, how do I do my job best?
Mon Jan 29, 05:30-07:00pm, 34-401B
Helping Students Learn Best
Demba Ba, Stephen Hou
What can I do to ensure that my students learn the material? How do I write good problem-set problems? How do I balance individual work with collaboration? What are good uses of office hours? How do TAs best give their students feedback?
Tue Jan 30, 05:30-07:00pm, 34-401B
Teaching Tutorials
Demba Ba, Stephen Hou
How is recitation different from tutorial? What does it mean to run a good tutorial? How do I encourage my students to interact with me and with each other? What do I do if no one seems to know what's going on?
Wed Jan 31, 05:30-07:00pm, 34-401B
Latest update: 27-Dec-2006
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