Surveying New Teaching Assistants: Who They Are, What They Know, and What They Want to Know.

Weiser, Irwin

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ERIC Number: EJ419848

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Publication Date: 1990

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Surveying New Teaching Assistants: Who They Are, What They Know, and What They Want to Know.

Weiser, Irwin

WPA: Writing Program Administration, v14 n1-2 p63-71 Fall-Win 1990

Reports results of a survey of new teaching assistants. Finds that the majority of teaching assistants need training as teachers of writing and that nearly half need support in more general matters concerning teaching. Highlights some of the differences between experienced and inexperienced teaching assistants. (RS)

Descriptors: Educational Research, Higher Education, Student Attitudes, Surveys, Teaching Assistants, Teaching Experience, Teaching Skills, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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