Teaching

273 topics in this forum

1. What piece(s) of advice would you give to new TAs? 1 2 3 4

   By harrisonfjord, May 12, 2014
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   • adjunctlifer
   • May 26, 2020

2. Gender discrimination as a TA/student attendance 1 2 3 4

   By TMP, January 24, 2015
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   • dr. t
   • April 30, 2015

3. Frustrating, unfair TA work 1 2 3

   By tajob, April 30, 2016
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   • Anthony2016
   • December 5, 2020

4. Teaching 1 2 3

   By menzies, April 12, 2006
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   • Minnesotan
   • June 4, 2006

5. Dealing with Unprofessional Student Emails 1 2 3

   By Karajan, December 12, 2013
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   • Karajan
   • January 17, 2014

6. Cellphones in Class! ARGHH! 1 2 3

   By Karajan, February 20, 2014
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   • overworkedta
   • March 14, 2014

7. Evaluations... 1 2 3

   By Arrowfletch, October 10, 2013
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   • gr8pumpkin
   • April 2, 2014

8. LOR for forgettable student 1 2 3

   By IRdreams, September 13, 2011
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   • TheFez
   • June 2, 2012

9. How to grade non-native English? 1 2

   By polisciftw, January 24, 2012
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   • juilletmercredi
   • April 27, 2012

10. Dress 1 2

    By attrapereves, March 14, 2012
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    • CageFree
    • June 1, 2013

11. "Stripping a Professor of Tenure Over a Blog Post" 1 2

    By 1Q84, February 14, 2015
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    • Karoku_valentine
    • March 5, 2015

12. How do your students address you? 1 2

    By Gauche, February 22, 2013
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    • maelia8
    • April 15, 2014

13. Grading Dilemma (To F or not to F) 1 2

    By Between Fields, September 23, 2013
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    • somethinbruin
    • October 10, 2013

14. Students Whining About Fairness 1 2

    By wildviolet, December 21, 2012
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    • Shelley Burian
    • January 21, 2013

15. "What grade would you give this draft?" 1 2

    By comp12, May 2, 2014
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    • _kita
    • April 20, 2015

16. How to respond to an email calling me out? 1 2

    By maelia8, September 23, 2016
    • 26 replies
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    • ExponentialDecay
    • October 9, 2016

17. How to handle "argumentative" students? 1 2

    By harrisonfjord, April 25, 2014
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    • Sigaba
    • June 5, 2014

18. Email etiquette 1 2

    By VulpesZerda, September 26, 2015
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    • TakeruK
    • December 24, 2015

19. Can someone find me an excuse...? 1 2

    By reinhard, December 9, 2014
    • 25 replies
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    • mandarin.orange
    • January 23, 2015

20. Questions about being a TA 1 2

    By robot_hamster, December 22, 2010
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    • zillie
    • March 2, 2012

21. Should international students change their names in class? 1 2

    By Sapphire120, January 20, 2018
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    • RunnerGrad
    • March 15, 2018

22. Never TA'd before... think I am going to puke

    By Frozenroses, April 9, 2012
    • 24 replies
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    • maelia8
    • May 10, 2014

23. Gender trouble as a TA

    By EndlessAshley, February 19, 2016
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    • LucyArt
    • August 27, 2016

24. Guilt is preventing me from TAing (no joke!)

    By spunky, August 19, 2013
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    • snowshoes
    • September 23, 2013

25. Is TA'ing as horrible as I am imagining?

    By ion_exchanger, February 16, 2013
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    • nnnnnnn
    • April 20, 2013