Supporting Graduate Students' Academic and Professional Success
Lab Sections
Graduate students at UCR have put together a set of suggestions and tips for leading an effective lab:
- Tips for First-Time Laboratory Teaching Assistants
- This article reviews several tips for leading lab sections
- Active Learning Techniques
- This site provides a list of 29 active learning techniques/activities for the college/university classroom
- Helping Students Get More Out of Lab
- This article discusses ways to foster student connection to the lab content
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- This document covers tips and strategies for fostering motivation, promoting active learning, building community, and ensuring that students are appropriately challenged
- Running Laboratory Activities
- This website reviews a variety of resources you can use as you run your lab sections remotely
It's also helpful to understand what aspects of your teaching students will be asked about in their evaluations at the end of term. Here is the TA evaluation form for laboratory sections: