TA styles
This style is most associated with initiating questions and giving praise.
What is "Guide-on-the-Side"?
Giving students positive feedback is called this.
What is "Verbal Praise or Monitoring"?
These labs focus on hands-on procedures.
What are "Procedural Labs"?
Talking about how to set up or run an experiment.
What is "Experimental Interaction"?
A student group is off task, and you’re a TA. You stand quietly nearby. Which style are you using?
What is "Observer"?
This TA style waits for students to approach them.
What is "Waiter"?
This TA behavior involves starting conversations with students.
What is "Initiating Talk"?
Labs where students analyze data fall under this type.
What are "Analytical Labs"?
Discussing the meaning behind data is this kind of interaction.
What is "Analytical Interaction"?
You want to encourage more conceptual discussion. What kind of lab should you run?
What is "Conceptual"?
Which TA style is characterized by constant student requests for help?
What is "Busy Bee"?
TAs in this style asked the most one-on-one questions.
What is "Guide-on-the-Side"?
Which lab type led to the most conceptual discussions?
What are "Conceptual Labs"?
Explaining scientific principles relates to this code.
What is "Conceptual Interaction"?
A TA stands silently, only helping when asked. What’s a more effective strategy based on the article?
What is "Initiate 1-on-1 questions"?
This style is known for quietly watching students.
What is "Observer"?
Which behavior occurred in all TA styles over 70% of the time?
What is "1-on-1 Talk"?
The type of lab that had the most varied verbal interactions.
What are "Procedural/Analytical Labs"?
True or False: TAs initiated more conversations than students.
What is "False"?
You want students to reflect more deeply. Which verbal behavior should you use more?
What is "Conceptual prompting or analytical questioning"?
This style had the lowest interaction rates across all categories.
What is "Waiter"?
The behavior most associated with the Observer style.
What is "Monitoring"?
This factor, not the TA style, most strongly influenced the nature of verbal interaction.
What is "Lab Activity Type"?
The most common type of verbal interaction overall.
What is "Experimental"?
Students aren’t talking to each other much. What might be missing from your activity?
What is "Collaborative or open-ended structure"?