The TA Experience: Preparing for Multiple Roles

SECTION I: Research Studies

Introduction

 TA Roles

0. Graduate Assistant Development: Problems of Role Ambiguity and Faculty Supervision
   Lisa Duba-Biedermann
0. Discussing Job Expectations and Workload: Using the TA Position and Course Description
   William E. Davis
0. The CCCC's “Statement of Principles and Standards for the Postsecondary Teaching of Writing": Implications for Writing Program Administrators and TAs
   Karen Dwyer and Irwin Weiser
0. Identification and Validation of Training Needs for Teaching Assistants
   Wendy S. Zabava Ford
0. Investigating Differences in TA Confidence
   Ruth Streveler

TA Effectiveness

0. Evaluating the Evaluation Measures: What Do We Expect from TA Teaching and How Are We Measuring What We Get?
   Mary B. Bort and Nancy L Buerkel-Rothfuss
0. Undergraduate Attitudes and Anxieties in Foreign Language Classes Taught by TAs
   Rosslyn M. Smith and Robert J. Morris
0. A Comparative Study of the Teaching Effectiveness for Three Groups of Graduate Teaching Assistants in Accounting
   Kenneth Jerich and Linda M. Leinicke

TA Attitudes

0. Attitudes about TA Training: Congruence of Perceptions at Three Levels of the Academic Hierarchy
   Nancy L. Buerkel-Rothfuss and Pamela L. Gray
0. International Teaching Assistants and Minority Students: The Two Sides of Cultural Diversity in American Higher Education
   Susan Jenkins and Donald Rubin

TA Discourse

0. 11. Responding to Student Questions: An Analysis of Teaching Assistant Discourse
   Ann Robinson

SECTION II Development Programs for TAs

Introduction

Campus Wide Programs

0. Preparing TAs for Their Instructional Roles by Developing Collaborative Relationships Between An Instructional Development Center and Administrators, Departments, and TAs
   Donald H. Wulff; Robert D. Abbott and Jody D. Nyquist
0. Beyond TA Orientations: Reconceptualizing the Ph.D. Degree in Terms of Preparation for Teaching
   Leo M. Lambert
0. The Graduate Teacher Certification Program: Description and Assessment after Two Years
   Laura Border
0. A Knowledge Base for Educating Graduate Assistants to be Effective Instructors at Illinois State University
   Kenneth Jerich
0. Effective Use of Trained Teaching Assistants in Improving the Retention of University Students
   Christopher Bolgiano and G.R Horton
0. The University of Washington's Entry-Level Initiative: Training Lead TAs to Enhance Undergraduate Learning
   Ken White, Sara Selfe, Mark Roddy and Klaus Brandl
0. The Teaching Associate Program: A Collaborative Approach
   Lavon Gappa
0. The TA Initiative: An Innovative Program for the Preparation and Support of Teaching Assistants at the University of Arizona
   Kristopher A. Weatherly
0. Using Modeling to Develop Teaching Effectiveness and "Classroom Sense" in Graduate Teaching Assistants
   Judith R Strozer
0. Establishing an Effective, Voluntary Teaching Assistant Training Program in a Large Decentralized University Setting
   Judith S. Craig and Robert Ostergren
0. Using Teaching Modules to Train and Supervise Graduate TAs
   Victor A. Benassi Loredana Maggiora Harrison, and Elizabeth A. Jordan
0. Designing Participation into Classroom Activities: Action Oriented TA Training
   Pamela Sherer and Timothy Shea
0. Graduate Students as Instructional Consultants: Case Studies from Two Universities
   Robert Petrulis, Stephen Carroll and Lisa Skow
0. The Self-Authored Case Study: A Powerful Tool in the Education of TAs and Faculty Members Alike
   Bill Rando, Mitchell Diaz and Jacqueline Mintz

Discipline-Specific Programs

0. Training TAs In Disciplinary Clusters: A Cost-Effective Alternative to Departmental Programs
   Linda Nilson
0. Finding a Common Language: Bridging the Expectations Gap in Developing a Teaching Assistant Training Program that Crosses Disciplinary Cultural Boundaries
   Barbara E. Bender and Linda G. Schulze
0. Course-Specific Resource Manual for Chemistry Laboratory Courses
   Tris Samberg, Deborah Winregand and Sara Selfe

SECTION III Mentoring as a TA Development Technique  

Introduction

0. The Sorcerer's Apprentice: Toward a Life Without the Wizard
   Clyde F. Herreid
0. Beyond the Teaching Assistantship: Mentoring the Next Generation of Faculty
   Jack Baker II and William E. Davis
0. Collaborative Learning and Teaching: A Model for Mentoring TAs
   Kristine Hansen, Phillip A. Snyder, Nancy Davenpor and Kimberli Stafford
0. Investment in Teaching: Mentoring for Teaching Assistants
   Kathleen Smith

SECTION IV: Diversity Issues in TA Development

Introduction

0. Designing Programs on Social Diversity for TAs
   Nancy Van Note Chism
0. Using Diversity Videotapes in TA Training
   Brooke L. Quigley, Jody D. Nyquist and Katherine G. Hendrix
0. “Race" and "Ethnicity": Historical, Anthropological and Instructional Perspectives
   C. K Szego

SECTION V: Evaluating Your TA Development Program

Introduction

0. Adapting to Attitude Differences: A Factor Analytic Profile of Graduate Teaching Assistants
   Pamela L. Gray and Nancy Buerkel-Rothfuss
0. Assessing the Learning Outcomes of Instructional Preparation Seminars for TAs
   Lisa Firing Lenze
0. Effectiveness of a Teaching Support Program from the TA Perspective
   Jon R Poole and Don R Sebolt
0. The Use of a Clinical Supervision Model for the Training of Graduate Teaching Assistants
   Kenneth F. Jerich
0. Future Engineering Faculty: An Assessment of Engineering TAs
   Lisa M. White

SECTION VI: Teaching Strategies for TAs

Introduction

0. The Tutor as Creative Teacher: Balancing Collaborative and Directive Teaching Styles
   Susan E. Blalock
0. Helping TAs Use Writing Activities to Enhance Their Teaching: Advice to Writing Consultants
   Deborah H. Hatch

SECTION VII: International TA Development

Introduction

0. Changing (and unchanging) Attitudes and Values of New ITAs: Training Curricula Implications
   Carol Numrich
0. Approaching ITA Language Tutorials from a Collaborative Consultation Perspective
   Karen Freisem and Margaret Lawrence
0. Models of an Oral Proficiency Program for ITAs
   Shirley E. Ostler and Marilyn Perlmutter
0. Making the Connection Between Telephone Tapes and Customized Audiotaping: Getting Natural Language Input for Monitored Speech Output
   Ghislaine Kozuh
0. Implications of Student Evaluations of Teaching for ITA Development
   Darwin D. Hendel, Trudy Dunham, Jan Smith, Jeanne Solberg
   Connie Tzenis, Carol Carrier and Karin Smith
0. Insights into ITA Instruction in Problem-Solving Courses Through Student Perceptions at Midterm
   Gabriele Bauer and Mark W. Tanner
0. The Balanced Equation for Training Chemistry ITAs
   Mark W. Tanner, Sara Selfe and Deborah Wiegand

SECTION VIII: Invited Addresses

Introduction

0. The Birth and Growth of a College Teacher
   Maryellen Weimer
0. Why Teaching Is Important
   Barbara Jordan