TA professional development seminar, 2018-2019
MacQuarrie Hall 320 or 331B, M 3:00-4:15
Last update of this page: Sun Aug 26, 10:00pm
Announcements:
First "all hands" TA meeting,
Mon Aug 27, 3:00-4:30pm, MH320
. Topic: Your first day/outlook on the semester.
The SJSU Math/Stats TA Handbook:
Source code available in TA Google Drive (Docs) directory.
Pedagogy:
How to give a math lecture
;
How to listen to your math class
;
How to plan a math class
.
Math 8 admin handouts:
Greensheet (MW)
,
Greensheet (TuTh)
,
Rules for homework in Math 8
,
How to succeed in a math class
,
Information sheet
.
Math 18A subject matter handouts:
Sample Math 18A final
,
List of topics to be covered in Math 18A
.
Older sample Math 8 finals:
Spring 2014
,
Fall 2014
,
Spring 2015
,
Fall 2015
,
Spring 2016
,
Fall 2016
,
Spring 2017
,
Fall 2017
,
Spring 2018
,
Fall 2018
,
Spring 2019
.
Schedule (tentative):
Date
Time
Room
Topics for discussion
Guests/Presenters
Mon Aug 27
3:00-4:30
MH320
Your first day/planning the semester
Tue Sep 04 through
Fri Sep 07
First classroom visits (Math 8 and 19)
Links to further resources:
Mathematical Association of America handbook on best teaching practices
Video scenarios for classroom teaching
Some online suggestions for time management:
For graduate students, from
Michigan State
and
North Carolina State
.
For TA's in particular, from
UC Berkeley
and the
Univ. of Hawaii
.
But maybe you shouldn't be spending so much time reading stuff on the internet, either! To boil all of that down to one (out-of-context) phrase: If you're having trouble managing your time,
don't mourn, organize
.
Active learning:
Introductions
from Cornell
,
from Michigan State
,
from NC State
,
"for busy skeptics"
,
AMS blog series on active learning
Cooperative learning
and
collaborative learning
(
what's the difference?
): An
introduction to cooperative learning in math
.