Move 3 matches to get 3
perfect squares, no
overlapping or loose end
Remove 2 matches and
leave 2 squares, no
overlapping or loose end
Move 2 matches to get 4 perfect squares, no
overlapping or loose end
First Day of Class
by
Shahid Alam
[email protected]
Fall 2012
First Day of Class
Prepare well
Know your subject
Know your students
-
-
-
-
-
-
Movie English Vinglish
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Integration
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Integration
The first day is very important
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Integration
The first day is very important
How do I begin ?
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Integration
The first day is very important
How do I begin ?
How to connect with the students ?
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Fear of unknown ?
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Fear of unknown ?
Introduction
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Fear of unknown ?
Introduction
Icebreakers
Stepping Through
the Mind of a TA
Fear of unknown ?
Introduction
Icebreakers
Enthusiasm
Practice
Your first class
Engaging Students
by
Shahid Alam
[email protected]
Fall 2012
Why
Students are not participating and the TA does all
the talking
Why
Students are not participating and the TA does all
the talking
Few students are dominating and disrupting the
section, contradicting the TA and so on
Why
Students are not participating and the TA does all
the talking
Few students are dominating and disrupting the
section, contradicting the TA and so on
Students are angry about bad grades on a recent
exam/assignment and blame the TA
Why
Students are not participating and the TA does all
the talking
Few students are dominating and disrupting the
section, contradicting the TA and so on
Students are angry about bad grades on a recent
exam/assignment and blame the TA
Students are unprepared and unmotivated
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
✔ Learning by teaching: Students can teach each other and
in turn learn themselves
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
✔ Learning by teaching: Students can teach each other and
in turn learn themselves
✔ Use of splash cards for tutorials
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
✔ Learning by teaching: Students can teach each other and
in turn learn themselves
✔ Use of splash cards for tutorials
✔ Pair programming
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
✔ Learning by teaching: Students can teach each other and
in turn learn themselves
✔ Use of splash cards for tutorials
✔ Pair programming
✔ Class discussion
Active Learning
✔ A series of short mini lectures embedded by spcific active
learning events designed to meet class objectives
✔ Student debates and discussions
✔ Learning by teaching: Students can teach each other and
in turn learn themselves
✔ Use of splash cards for tutorials
✔ Pair programming
✔ Class discussion
✔ Dead time
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
✔ Eye contact
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
✔ Eye contact
✔ Walk around the room
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
✔ Eye contact
✔ Walk around the room
✔ Stand near the student who have not contributed
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
✔ Eye contact
✔ Walk around the room
✔ Stand near the student who have not contributed
✔ Appreciate students
Active Listening
✔ Smile and nod
✔ Walk towards
✔ Look relaxed
✔ Eye contact
✔ Walk around the room
✔ Stand near the student who have not contributed
✔ Appreciate students
✔ Think aloud
Getting Students Attention
✔ Signals
Getting Students Attention
✔ Signals
✔ Voice
Getting Students Attention
✔ Signals
✔ Voice
✔ Move to another/next problem
Getting Students Attention
✔ Signals
✔ Voice
✔ Move to another/next problem
✔ Take their attention to something else (e.g: a urdu
song for data compression)
Getting Students Attention
✔ Signals
✔ Voice
✔ Move to another/next problem
✔ Take their attention to something else (e.g: a urdu
song for data compression)
✔ Ask question(s)
Practice
Engaging students in your class
Effective Teaching
by
Shahid Alam
[email protected]
Fall 2012
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
✔ Avoid having quick thinkers answering all questions
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
✔ Avoid having quick thinkers answering all questions
✔ Change when students getting bored
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
✔ Avoid having quick thinkers answering all questions
✔ Change when students getting bored
✔ Avoid embarrassing students
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
✔ Avoid having quick thinkers answering all questions
✔ Change when students getting bored
✔ Avoid embarrassing students
✔ Give students credit in a practical way
Basic Tips
✔ Include interesting activities
✔ Help slower learners without boring fast learners
✔ Avoid having quick thinkers answering all questions
✔ Change when students getting bored
✔ Avoid embarrassing students
✔ Give students credit in a practical way
✔ Never say no to a student
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
✔ Clear and concise about rules.
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
✔ Clear and concise about rules.
✔ Don't be indecisive (e.g: I think).
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
✔ Clear and concise about rules.
✔ Don't be indecisive (e.g: I think).
✔ Help students apply their best potentials in the lab.
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
✔ Clear and concise about rules.
✔ Don't be indecisive (e.g: I think).
✔ Help students apply their best potentials in the lab.
✔ Encourage talkative students to give others a chance
to speak out.
Basic Tips
✔ We language. We did a realy good job in the last lab.
✔ Clear and concise about rules.
✔ Don't be indecisive (e.g: I think).
✔ Help students apply their best potentials in the lab.
✔ Encourage talkative students to give others a chance
to speak out.
✔ Lesson plan should be such so that the students can
help each other.
Practice
Effective teaching in your class
TA and Instructor Relationship
by
Shahid Alam
[email protected]
Fall 2012
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
✔ Attend meetings
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
✔ Attend meetings
✔ Ask questions
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
✔ Attend meetings
✔ Ask questions
✔ Know about the day to day activites of the course
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
✔ Attend meetings
✔ Ask questions
✔ Know about the day to day activites of the course
✔ Lesson plan should be consistent with the lectures and
should help with course assignments / projects
Effective Medium
✔ Initiate communication
✔ Know your instructor
✔ Attend meetings
✔ Ask questions
✔ Know about the day to day activites of the course
✔ Lesson plan should be consistent with the lectures and
should help with course assignments / projects
✔ Give useful and practical feedbacks to the instructor
Effective Grading
by
Shahid Alam
[email protected]
Fall 2012
Grading
Who is responsible ?
Grading
Who is responsible ?
Time and Frustration
Grading
Who is responsible ?
Time and Frustration
Feedback
Grading
Who is responsible ?
Time and Frustration
Feedback
Grading Key ?
Grading
Who is responsible ?
Time and Frustration
Feedback
Grading Key ?
Plagiarism
Basics of Grading
Valid and Fair
Basics of Grading
Valid and Fair
Reliable and Consistent
Basics of Grading
Valid and Fair
Reliable and Consistent
Transparent and Timely
Basics of Grading
Valid and Fair
Reliable and Consistent
Transparent and Timely
Redeemable
Basics of Grading
Valid and Fair
Reliable and Consistent
Transparent and Timely
Redeemable
Formative
Methods of Grading
✔ Grade one problem at a time for all papers.
Methods of Grading
✔ Grade one problem at a time for all papers.
✔ Grade each paper sequentially from start to
end.
Methods of Grading
✔ Grade one problem at a time for all papers.
✔ Grade each paper sequentially from start to
end.
✔ Scan several answers before marking.
Methods of Grading
✔ Grade one problem at a time for all papers.
✔ Grade each paper sequentially from start to
end.
✔ Scan several answers before marking.
✔ Panic, mix methods and retreat to your shell.