by Varsha Desai, Chemistry Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2018 Experiments in chemistry laboratories often have complex protocols where students perform several steps sequentially to obtain a “correct” product. Seemingly small mistakes can result in a domino effect that leads to inconclusive end results. For example, students forget to “mix” a…
Peg Skorpinski photo Professor Martin V. Covington, cherished mentor, teacher, colleague, and friend, passed away on January 29, 2018, just five months after publishing his most recent work, Life Beyond Grades: Designing College Courses to Promote Intrinsic Motivation. To show the breadth and depth of Marty’s impact…
TEA Recipients 2015-2016 to 2019-2020 Click below to expand each year and see the recipients with links to their essays. 2019-2020 Jeremy Adams, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Mapping the Math: Using Concept Maps to Learn Controls Theory Jakob…
by Christian Lambert, Goldman School of Public Policy Teaching Effectiveness Award Essay, 2016 Assessing student work is the household chore of any given course: important and useful, but often begrudged and disparaged, too. As an instructor in an introductory course that many students pursue in order to fulfill pre-requisites for…
This is a good time to review ways you can encourage students to engage actively in their learning. The online Teaching Guide for GSIs offers excellent strategies to use in a variety of GSI-led settings. Active Learning Techniques…
Department of Economics Recipient, Faculty Award for Outstanding Mentorship of GSIs Background of the Award Statement of Mentoring Philosophy Excerpts from the GSIs’ Nomination Letters Background of the Award Each spring graduate students are invited to nominate faculty members for the Faculty Award for…
One of the best resources for graduate students learning to teach is listening to faculty members reflect on teaching. Berkeley boasts a world-class research faculty who are also highly skilled and exemplary teachers. The talks linked below are drawn from teaching conferences for GSIs as well as seminars and workshops…
This is a good time in the semester to review ways you can encourage students to engage actively in their learning. The online Teaching Guide for GSIs offers some excellent strategies to use in a variety of GSI-led settings. Active Learning…
This page lists the TEA essays by topics that arise frequently in GSIs’ teaching: Grading and Assessment Participation and Discussion Group Work and Collaborative Learning Laboratory and Studio Classes Diverse Learners and Learning Styles Problem Solving Critical…
Discipline-Cluster Workshop Descriptions In the discipline-cluster workshop you will join with other first-time GSIs in similar fields to prepare for your first teaching experience at UC Berkeley. The workshop will focus on topics such as preparing for the semester and first day of class, active learning techniques, and challenging…