Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. The data disproved his belief: He’d only heard from female students around one-third of the time, even though they made up nearly half his class. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

Lecturing 161

Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

TPS is also a lower-stake activity than most group work, since the learning takes place in an environment that the teacher controls, where the students are encouraged to share their communal learning with the whole class under the direct supervision of the instructor. International Journal of Science Education , 45 (15), 1241–1261.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2024

At first, he stumbled and, his hands weak, relied entirely on teaching assistants to write equations on the board for him. For some reason, it’s a common belief that everyone who goes into fields such as math, economics or computer science is brilliant, probably in part because those fields are financially rewarding, Miller-Cotto says.

Math 186

Math Beliefs Teaching Assistants Culture 186