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A Handbook for Teaching Assistants

by Allyson Hadwin and Susan Wilcox,
Instructional Development Centre, Queen's University, Canada

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A 68-page guide to the skills of becoming an effective TA. Sections include roles and responsibilities of the teaching assistant, getting started (including surviving the first day of class), leading seminars and tutorials, lab teaching, lecturing and presenting, advising and counselling students, and tips on setting and marking assignments, tests and exams. The guide ends with hints on dealing with problems and suggestions for assessing your own performance as a TA.

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