Respecting tutorial instructors' beliefs and experiences: A case study of a physics teaching assistant

Effective physics instruction benefits from respecting the physics ideas that introductory students bring into the classroom. We argue that it is similarly beneficial to respect the teaching ideas that novice physics instructors bring to their classrooms. We present a case study of a tutorial teachi...

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Main Authors: Renee Michelle Goertzen, Rachel E. Scherr, Andrew Elby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2010-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.6.020125