scholarly journals Teaching assistant and pupil interactions: The role of repair and topic management in scaffolding learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Bosanquet ◽  
Julie Radford
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Topic Management ◽  
Scaffolding Learning

Role of Peer Mentoring in Psychology Teaching Assistant Development

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Amlung ◽  
Melissa Dengler ◽  
Elizabeth Simpson ◽  
Brian Stone ◽  
Grace Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Mentoring ◽  
Teaching Assistant

scholarly journals Using the Engagement Profile to Design an Engaging Robotic Teaching Assistant for Students

Robotics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Cooney ◽  
Wolfgang Leister
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Educational Materials ◽  
Wizard Of Oz ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Future Work

We report on an exploratory study conducted at a graduate school in Sweden with a humanoid robot, Baxter. First, we describe a list of potentially useful capabilities for a robot teaching assistant derived from brainstorming and interviews with faculty members, teachers, and students. These capabilities consist of reading educational materials out loud, greeting, alerting, allowing remote operation, providing clarifications, and moving to carry out physical tasks. Secondly, we present feedback on how the robot’s capabilities, demonstrated in part with the Wizard of Oz approach, were perceived, and iteratively adapted over the course of several lectures, using the Engagement Profile tool. Thirdly, we discuss observations regarding the capabilities and the development process. Our findings suggest that using a social robot as a teaching assistant is promising using the chosen capabilities and Engagement Profile tool. We find that enhancing the robot’s autonomous capabilities and further investigating the role of embodiment are some important topics to be considered in future work.

scholarly journals An Overview of the Teaching Assistant Consultant Program for Developing Competency in Novice Engineering Graduate Teaching Assistants

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kush Bubbar ◽  
Alexandros Dimopoulos ◽  
Cynthia Korpan ◽  
Peter Wild
Keyword(s):  
Student Teaching ◽  
Teaching Assistants ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Specific Model ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Graduate Teaching ◽  
International Teaching ◽  
Specific Implementation ◽  
The University

As engineering education strives to progress towards a student-centric learning model, a competency gap with future educators becomes more apparent. In particular, the expectation of graduate student teaching assistants (GTAs) in attaining teaching competency to support this dynamic learning environment, often without sufficient training, is unrealistic.In the following paper, we present an implementation of the flexible Teaching Assistant Consultant (TAC) program, which serves to support the development of novice GTA competencies using a discipline-specific model with emphasis on assisting the unique challenges of international teaching assistants.We introduce the specific role of the TAC in terms of core principles and deliverables, and the strategic structure of the campus wide program at the University of Victoria. We conclude by detailing the specific implementation of the program in engineering by illustrating the role and deliverables of the engineering TAC.

Tips for TA’s. The role of the physics teaching assistant

1983 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Bozack
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Physics Teaching

scholarly journals Designing an Engaging Robotic Teaching Assistant for Adults Using the Engagement Profile

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Cooney ◽  
Wolfgang Leister
Keyword(s):  
Graduate School ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Teaching Assistant ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Wizard Of Oz ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
Future Work

We report on an exploratory study conducted at a graduate school in Sweden with a humanoid robot, Baxter. First, we describe a list of potentially useful capabilities for a robot teaching assistant derived from brainstorming and interviews with faculty members, teachers, and students. These selected capabilities consist of reading, greeting, alerting, remote operation, clarification, and motion. Second, we present feedback on how the robot's capabilities, demonstrated in part with the Wizard of Oz approach, were perceived, and iteratively adapted over the course of several lectures, using the \EP tool. Third, we discuss observations and findings regarding the capabilities and the development process. Our findings suggest that using a social robot as a teaching assistant is promising using the chosen capabilities. We find that personalizing the capabilities and the role of embodiment are important topics to be considered in future work.

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