Collaborators in Teaching and Learning: Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in the Classroom

Middle Managers of the Leadership Classroom: Realizing the Developmental Capacity of Teaching Assistants

“…Thus, they provide extra support for students and give faculty needed time for administrative duties and research (Herrman & Waterhouse, 2010). TAs, paid hourly or through course credit, are sometimes undergraduates who performed well in the course where they are assisting with the teaching responsibilities (e.g., tutoring students, facilitating discussion sections, and assisting with administrative tasks; Fingerson & Culley, 2001). Many disciplines successfully employ undergraduate TAs: computer science (Reges, 2003), mathematics (Goff & Lahme, 2003), nursing (Herrman & Waterhouse, 2010), psychology (Fremouw, Millard, & Donahoe, 1979), Spanish (RodriguezSabater, 2005), and sociology (Fingerson & Culley, 2001), with most of the work focused on tutoring, facilitating classroom discussions, and assisting with administrative duties.…”

Resolving Instructor Challenges in the Online Classroom

“…Instructors who rely on student teaching assistants in the traditional classroom often nd that the online environment does not alter the fundamental concept of the teaching assistant, but does make important changes in how that role is accomplished (Caulkins & Kelly, 2006;Fingerson & Bartoietti, 2001). It is helpful for the instructor to plan an orientation of online courses for student assistants and also provide a student manual which includes items such as online ofce hours, job duties, and a condentiality statement.…”

Successfully planning and implementing peer-to-peer lecture films – “Making it work”

“…al. (2010) or undergraduate teaching assistance: Fingerson and Culley (2001). Therefore peer-to-peer lecture videos are successfully implemented in teaching scenarios of the first year materials science course at HTW Berlin.…”