by Jenna Wilson, Chemistry Time management is something that I, and many other students, either struggle, or have struggled, with. In fact, I, and many other instructors, have seen that procrastination is something like a plague upon our students. Whenever I go in to read my students’ papers, over half of papers were turned in…
Managing thesis-writing alongside the endless homework as a TA by Darío Lizancos Robles Finish your classes, they said. You’ll have plenty of time to work on your dissertation once you’re done with schoolwork, they said. It kind of makes sense, right? You’ve worked hard and completed the last classes you will ever have to take…
by Anna Allen Misconception #1: the more time and effort I put in, the better students will learn. Written down, this suggestion seems slightly more irrational than the same wordless notion I carry around in my heads from day to day: if I spend hours crafting the perfect writing lesson plans, writing assignments, and feedback,…
by Rachel Will How does one provide useful feedback in an age of information saturation? Going into the Fall 2016 semester, I knew my primary TA responsibilities were to provide feedback to the weekly and bi-weekly writing assignments for the students enrolled in the course. The class size was small, which is usually amenable to more…