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ERIC Number: EJ393851
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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What Are Your Assumptions? Improving Instruction by Examining Theories.
Menges, Robert J.; Rando, William C.
College Teaching, v37 n2 p54-60 Spr 1989
Implicit theories held by graduate teaching assistants were investigated. Information related to their theories-of-action was elicited through interview questions about what they mean by teaching, about how they respond to everyday classroom events, and about assumptions they make regarding those events. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Faculty Development, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Interviews, School Surveys, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Improvement, Teaching Assistants
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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