by Natalie Graham, Environmental Science, Policy and Management Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 For the fall 2019 semester course called Biogeography, I devised a new interdisciplinary learning experience across physical sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Biogeography was offered at UC Berkeley for the first time in many years in fall 2018.
by Holly Gildea, Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 While teaching my section of MCB 160L, Neurobiology Laboratory, I hit a roadblock. Prior to 160L, the majority of my students had never taken an upper-division laboratory class, but the semester began surprisingly smoothly. However, in week four…
by Jade Fostvedt, Chemistry Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 “Does anyone know the d-electron count for this iron complex?” My question was met with nervous stares and silence from the 30 students in the lecture hall. “Anyone?” No response. “Anyone?” After a painful few minutes, I answered my own question…
by Casey Finnerty, Civil and Environmental Engineering Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 As a GSI, I learned that if I wanted my students to think creatively, I had to be creative in the way I taught. During the 2019 Spring semester, I became the GSI for Water Systems of the…
by Jakob Dahl, Chemistry Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 When I taught Introductory Organic Chemistry lab (Chem 12 A) as a first-year graduate student, it quickly became clear that it was a very challenging class, both for the students and for me as a GSI. There was a rapid pace…
by Jeremy Adams, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2020 Dynamics and Control of Chemical Processes is the final content-driven course in the chemical engineering curriculum and has a reputation as one of the most mathematically intense courses in the major. In the class, students are taught fairly…
Here, you will find best practices for GSIs for remote teaching designed by your peers, guides on how to use bCourses and Zoom tailored to the needs of GSIs, resources for support and consultation, and campus policies. This site will be continually updated throughout the semester.
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