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Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research
written by Renee Michelle Goertzen, Rachel E. Scherr, and Andrew Elby
Successful implementation of tutorials includes establishing norms for learning in the tutorial classroom. The teaching assistants (TAs) who lead each tutorial section are important arbiters of these norms. TAs who value (buy into) tutorials are more likely to convey their respect for the material and the tutorial process to the students, as well as learning more themselves. We present a case study of a TA who does not buy into certain aspects of the tutorials he teaches and demonstrate how his lack of buy-in affects specific classroom interactions. We would hope to design professional development programs to help TAs appreciate the power of tutorial instruction. However, our research suggests that the typical professional development activities offered to tutorial TAs are not likely to be effective. Instead, it appears that what we call the "social and environmental context" of the tutorials--including classroom, departmental, and institutional levels of implementation--has the potential to strongly affect TA buy-in to tutorials and probably outweighs the influence of any particular activity that we might prepare for them.
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DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109
PACSs:
01.40.Fk
01.40.J-
Keywords:
case study, environmental context, professional development, social context, teaching assistants, tutorials
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R. Goertzen, R. Scherr, and A. Elby, , Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5 (2), 020109 (2009), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109).
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R. Goertzen, R. Scherr, and A. Elby, Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants’ buy-in to reform instruction, Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5 (2), 020109 (2009), <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109>.
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Goertzen, R., Scherr, R., & Elby, A. (2009, December 14). Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants’ buy-in to reform instruction. Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 5(2), 020109. Retrieved December 3, 2024, from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109
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Goertzen, R, R. Scherr, and A. Elby. "Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants’ buy-in to reform instruction." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5, no. 2, (December 14, 2009): 020109, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109 (accessed 3 December 2024).
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Goertzen, Renee Michelle, Rachel Scherr, and Andrew Elby. "Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants’ buy-in to reform instruction." Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res. 5.2 (2009): 020109. 3 Dec. 2024 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109>.
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