Applying a framework for characterizing physics teaching assistants’ beliefs and practices

Spike, Benjamin T.; Finkelstein, Noah D.

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Applying a framework for characterizing physics teaching assistants’ beliefs and practices

written by Benjamin T. Spike and Noah D. Finkelstein

Teaching Assistants (TAs) play an important role in supporting research-based instructional environments, yet the connection between TAs' pedagogical beliefs and instructional practices is not well understood. We build upon a broad foundation of research on the nature of pedagogical content knowledge to develop an analytic framework for characterizing how physics TAs both describe and enact their roles as teachers. In a previous work [1], we started developing a framework for TA pedagogical beliefs and highlighted examples of emergent differences between TAs along one particular dimension, agency. In this paper, we extend this framework to include TAs' instructional goals, and their methods and purpose of assessment. Using examples drawn from several semesters of interviews and classroom videotape, we apply this framework and describe instances of both strong and weak coordination between TA beliefs and practices.

Physics Education Research Conference 2012
Part of the PER Conference series
Philadelphia, PA: August 1-2, 2012
Volume 1513, Pages 394-397

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Published: January 24, 2013

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Education Foundations - Assessment = Methods - Sample Population = Instructor: TA - Teacher Characteristics = Pedagogical Content Knowledge	- Graduate/Professional	- Reference Material = Research study

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Restriction:: © 2012 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.4789735
NSF Numbers:: 0448176; 0833364
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.J
Keywords:: PERC 2012, teacher belief
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created July 1, 2013 by Zachary Davis
Record Updated:: December 17, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: January 24, 2013
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