The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that there would be no significant differences between elementary school children who were taught math, reading, and language by several untrained teacher assistants using highly structured materials, and those children who were taught by professional experienced teachers using less structured…

This study was concerned with the development, implementation and assessment of an in-service program for teaching fellows in the chemistry department at The University of Michigan. The in-service program focused on the interpersonal aspect of teaching. A total of fifteen teaching fellows were involved in different aspects of the program, with…

The guidelines used by the Bowling Green State University, Ohio, speech communication department to assess graduate assistants' teaching skills are outlined in this paper. Visitations by observers, in conjunction with introductory sessions, weekly staff meetings, and teacher's manuals, can provide follow-up feedback regarding the implementation of…

The conference reported here was concerned with the problem of how to develop the kind of excellence in college biology teaching that universities have traditionally demanded in their research. Fifty-three persons from the western states attended the conference. This report contains: (1) the conference schedule; (2) a list of the participants; (3)…

This report of the first regional CUEBS conference on the subject of the preparation of college biology teachers contains: (1) a schedule of the conference; (2) a list of the participants; and (3) summaries of the major papers and discussion as well as the reports of the working sessions. The papers included: "Problems in the Administration of…

This 9-month training program for paraprofessionals started in June 1969 with a 6-week summer session, followed by fall and spring semesters in 1969 and 1970. Its objectives were to train indigenous nonprofessionals as teacher aide assistants for employment in inner city and ghetto schools, to meet the current shortage of certificated bilingual…

Recognizing that more faculty time is spent in teaching than in scholarship, and that most graduate departments have provided inadequate preparation for their students to meet the type of teaching demanded by prospective hiring institutions, the author recommends the implementation of several policies to insure proper training of teaching…

Student achievement in an introductory psychology course was found to correlate most strongly with the teaching assistant's Graduate Record Examination (GRE)-Advanced psychology score, and number of undergraduate psychology courses taken by the instructor. Student satisfaction with the teacher, however, was best predicted by the instructor's…

Presents some strategies that have been used to overcome problems in instructional areas of introductory biology programs. Focuses on maintaining an emphasis on inquiry, developing the process of science, the design of process laboratory activities, reducing cookbook laboratory orientation, and educating staff. (CW)

The effectiveness of a teaching skills program for residents at Louisiana State University Medical Center was evaluated among 22 residents in obstetrics and gynecology, medicine, and family medicine who were randomly assigned to control and experimental groups. There was greater increase in the scores of the experimental than the control groups.…

Describes the University of Arizona's plan of action for defining and testing second language proficiency at the fourth semester level (a college requirement). Tasks include (1) reviewing proficiency literature; (2) redefining the second language requirement by using the ACTFL proficiency guidelines; (3) developing testing techniques; and (4)…

Discusses some of the problems in enrollment in academic engineering programs, particularly in electrical and computer engineering. Describes the teaching engineering program at Utah State University in an effort to address these problems. (TW)

Teaching assistants are unionized at most large Ontario and British Columbia universities. The institutions tend to be urban, have large graduate enrollments, and have faced greater budgetary concerns at the time of unionization. Canada's public policy and labor relations decisions have favored unionization more than the United States's have. (MSE)

Discusses two problems in current programs designed to train teaching assistants in composition: economics and attitude. (AEA)

A study of the effectiveness of teaching assistants is reported with many direct quotations from the 534 suggestions received. Topics included attitudes, teaching quality, amount of responsibility, availability, coordination with professors, evaluation, knowledge of subject matter, and mastery of English language by foreign assistants. (Editor/LBH)