Document Type
Article
Publication Date
October 2002
Publication Title
Research and Teaching in Developmental Education
First Page
41
Last Page
48
Disciplines
Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
Abstract
There has been little research on the experiences of undergraduate teaching assistants, and this small body of information is usually tightly focused on traditional disciplinary concerns like sociology, psychology, and communications. Additionally, undergraduate teaching assistant research tends to focus on upper-division students. This article explores the benefits and drawbacks of using lower-division developmental education students as teaching assistants in developmental social science courses. Included are comments from students enrolled in a course staffed by a sophomore as the teaching assistant. Employing developmental education students as teaching assistants can be beneficial to instructors, students, and the teaching assistants themselves.
Recommended Citation
Walter R. Jacobs. "Using Lower-Division Developmental Education Students as Teaching Assistants" Research and Teaching in Developmental Education (2002): 41-48.
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