Partners in Innovation Teaching Assistants in

Partners combines in-depth interviews with quantitative data to show how innovations in the roles of graduate teaching assistants at universities are improving both their own experiences and the overall educational environment.

Tables

vii

Acknowledgments

ix

1 Introduction

1

(6)

2 The Importance of Teaching Assistants to Undergraduates in the Sciences

7

(8)

3 The Role of Teaching Assistants in Three Classroom Change Initiatives

15

(12)

4 The Benefits to Teaching Assistants of Working in Innovative Courses

27

(12)

5 The Nature and Consequences of Teaching Assistants' Evaluations of the Three Classroom Initiatives

39

(62)

6 Teaching Assistants' Explanations for Undergraduate Responses to Innovative Teaching and Learning: Student Learning Difficulties versus Student Resistance

101

(34)

7 Redefining the Teaching Assistants' Role in Innovative Courses: Expansion of Traditional Work Roles

135

(48)

8 Redefining the Teaching Assistants' Role in Innovative Courses: New Facets of the Teaching Assistants' Role

183

(46)

9 The Relative Contributions of Undergraduate and Graduate Teaching Assistants

229

(18)

10 Professional Development for Teaching Assistants

247

(32)

11 Fostering Collegial Engagement among Teaching Assistants Working in Innovative Courses

279

(20)

12 Conclusions

299

(14)

References

313

(8)

Index

321

(6)

About the Authors

327

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Partners in Innovation Teaching Assistants in College Science Courses

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