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- Attend Class so you know how I’m explaining
things and hear announcements.
- Reply to email questions, especially from
WebWork.
- Conduct Discussion Sessions. Typically you
will
- Answer homework questions.
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This
is very good practice for teaching your own class.
- Be sure to take the WebWork
answers with you and look over the WebWork and paper
homework questions before class.
- If they say “I can’t do
#7,” then just walk them through it, asking them if they
understand every few steps.
- If they say “Why do we
multiply by ½ in #3,” then just telling them why and asking
if that makes sense is probably enough. If they still seem
confused, explain more and ask them where they are lost.
- If they say “WebWork won’t
take my answer,” ask them exactly what they typed. Most of
the time, they have the wrong answer and then you can
explain how to do the problem. Sometimes its something
simple, like typing sin^2(x) instead of (sin (x) )^2.
- Answer any other general
questions about the material.
- Run LearnStar competitions.
- I will give you the filenames
ahead of time and (I hope) a printout of the questions.
- If a lot of people missed a
question, pause the competition (the P key) and explain it.
- About every two weeks, plug in the
cart between the 8:00 and 12:30 classes to let it charge.
- Help them with
groupwork.
- Pass out the sheets and
wander around the room helping anyone with questions.
- Occasionally ask “Does
anyone have questions?” or “Is everyone understanding
everything?” etc.
- Return paper homework and exams.
- Grade paper homework.
- Just check to see that they attempted to
answer every question. They should show “appropriate work,”
meaning that if it’s a multi-step problem, they should have
several things written down before the answer. But for simple
problems like “Find the derivative of x2 cos(x),” they can just
write down the answer.
- Give them one point for each problem
attempted.
- Record the grades in WebCT (www.webct.ttu.edu)
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