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Briefing for Graduate Teaching Assistants Briefing for Graduate Teaching Assistants
Alistair D N Edwards Alistair D N Edwards University of York, UK University of York, UK http://www. http://www.cs cs. .york york.ac. .ac.uk uk/~ /~alistair alistair
Attendance Attendance
Please fill in the sheet Please fill in the sheet
Why do we use teaching assistants? Why do we use teaching assistants?
- To give students more
To give students more-
- individual tuition
individual tuition
- To relieve the load on lecturers
To relieve the load on lecturers
- To expose students to different approaches
To expose students to different approaches
- To give research students teaching practice
To give research students teaching practice
Forms of teaching Forms of teaching
Lectures Lectures
Normally taken by a lecturer, though you might Normally taken by a lecturer, though you might stand in stand in occasionally
- ccasionally
(Attendance is optional) (Attendance is optional)
Problem classes Problem classes Laboratories Laboratories
Attendance is compulsory Attendance is compulsory
Jobs for teaching assistants Jobs for teaching assistants
Helping with problem sheets Helping with problem sheets Answering questions Answering questions Marking submitted scripts Marking submitted scripts
Not Not formal assessments formal assessments
Taking a register in Labs Taking a register in Labs
Preparation Preparation
Briefing by the lecturer Briefing by the lecturer Get a copy of any problem sheets Get a copy of any problem sheets
…and any sample solutions …and any sample solutions
Look at lecture notes Look at lecture notes
Attendance at lectures should not be necessary Attendance at lectures should not be necessary
…unless particular topics …unless particular topics
- r introductions
- r introductions