Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants’ buy-in to reform instruction

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 a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Renee Michelle Goertzen, Rachel E. Scherr, Andrew Elby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2009-12-01
Series:Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research
Online Access:http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.020109