TA professional development seminar, 2018-2019

MacQuarrie Hall 320 or 331B, M 3:00-4:15

Last update of this page: Sun Aug 26, 10:00pm

Announcements:

• First "all hands" TA meeting, Mon Aug 27, 3:00-4:30pm, MH320. Topic: Your first day/outlook on the semester.

The SJSU Math/Stats TA Handbook:

• Pedagogy: How to give a math lecture; How to listen to your math class; How to plan a math class.
• Math 8 admin handouts: Greensheet (MW), Greensheet (TuTh), Rules for homework in Math 8, How to succeed in a math class, Information sheet.
• Math 18A subject matter handouts: Sample Math 18A final, List of topics to be covered in Math 18A.
• Older sample Math 8 finals: Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019.

Schedule (tentative):

Links to further resources:

• Mathematical Association of America handbook on best teaching practices
• Video scenarios for classroom teaching

• Some online suggestions for time management:
  • For graduate students, from Michigan State and North Carolina State.
  • For TA's in particular, from UC Berkeley and the Univ. of Hawaii.
  But maybe you shouldn't be spending so much time reading stuff on the internet, either! To boil all of that down to one (out-of-context) phrase: If you're having trouble managing your time, don't mourn, organize.

• Active learning:
  • Introductions from Cornell, from Michigan State, from NC State, "for busy skeptics",
  • AMS blog series on active learning

• Cooperative learning and collaborative learning (what's the difference?): An introduction to cooperative learning in math.