{"product_id":"the-teaching-assistants-guide-essential-skills-for-college-lectures-and-labs-9781621825173","title":"The Teaching Assistant's Guide: Essential Skills for College Lectures and Labs","description":"\"How should I prepare to teach a new topic?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"How do I balance my time between teaching, research, and my own classes?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"What if the students don't respect me?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew TAs--typically young graduate students--need answers to these and many other questions as they step into their roles as teachers. \u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e offers advice to help first classes go smoothly, worksheets to help advance preparation, a teaching diary to record experiences and save time, guidance for maintaining boundaries, proven strategies to increase student participation, tips to make grading fast and fair, and steps to make a class inclusive and welcoming. Bringing together practical advice from experienced TAs and insights from education research, this handbook will help all new teachers get off to a great start. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"TAing your first class as a graduate student can feel nerve-racking and overwhelming. It's hard to know what to expect. \u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e is a terrific step by step guidebook to help set you up for success. I wish I had this resource when I was starting out!\" --\u003cstrong\u003eShannon Odell\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNeuroscientist and Science Communicator\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eThe Teaching Assistant's Guide\u003c\/em\u003e fills a gaping hole in the teaching literature. Himelblau creates a terrific road map for TAs with a mixture of cartoons, quotes from experienced TAs, and his own unique voice. This book is for anyone hoping to improve the classroom experience for TAs and their students.\" --\u003cstrong\u003eJo Handelsman\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDirector of the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and author of \u003c\/em\u003eScientific Teaching\u003cem\u003e and \u003c\/em\u003eA World Without Soil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-17377765\"\u003eEd Himelblau\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 152\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.01h x 7.07w x 0.34d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781621825173\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1621825175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SCI\"\u003eScience\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SCI063000\"\u003eStudy \u0026amp; Teaching\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU059000\"\u003eTeacher \u0026amp; Student Mentoring\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEd Himelblau (he\/him) is a biology professor at California Polytechnic State University. He is also a cartoonist for The New Yorker and other publications. (See Ed's cartoons at himelblau.com and @himelblog.) Ed lives in San Luis Obispo, California with his wife and daughter. He received the Cal Poly Distinguished Teacher Award in 2018. Since 2015, Ed has taught a class for incoming graduate students who are teaching for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48460869697773,"sku":"9781621825173","price":43.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_f8b9b05f-960d-4dd8-9f46-855032e2d1ce.jpg?v=1753670898","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-teaching-assistants-guide-essential-skills-for-college-lectures-and-labs-9781621825173","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}