Teaching

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1. How much "hand-holding" for 100-level class?

   By geologyninja13, February 27, 2018   

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   • studentsdontcare
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   • pinoysoc
   • February 28, 2018

2. Disorganized prof

   By 2much, February 23, 2018
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   • fuzzylogician
   • February 27, 2018

3. Managing anxiety of students

   By Adelaide9216, January 16, 2018
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   • MastigosAtLarge
   • February 26, 2018

4. teaching very religious students who like acronyms

   By serenade, March 16, 2017
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   • E-P
   • February 13, 2018

5. What is considered a good score on your course/instructor evaluations?

   By Quantitative_Psychology, January 11, 2018   

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   • dr. t
   • January 15, 2018

6. Intolerant student in feminist class

   By Adelaide9216, December 2, 2017
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   • dr. t
   • December 4, 2017

7. Advice on asking for pregnancy leave (intimidating professor)

   By HermoineG, November 6, 2017   

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   • HermoineG
   • November 14, 2017

8. Professor too lenient on students

   By laconia, March 16, 2017
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   • samman1994
   • October 24, 2017

9. Thoughts on bringing your significant other to your class?

   By shadowclaw, March 17, 2017
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   • lemma
   • October 22, 2017

10. Chemistry Technical Writing Course?

    By deciding, September 15, 2017   

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    • chemistry
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    • Hope.for.the.best
    • September 15, 2017

11. Quitting a TA position for a Research postion

    By Quantitative_Psychology, September 12, 2017   

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    • Quantitative_Psychology
    • September 14, 2017

12. To TA or not to TA on your first year of PhD?

    By Fossey, April 29, 2016   

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    • dr. t
    • September 14, 2017

13. TAing for prof with poor 'rate my prof' score

    By GlobalInformatician, August 9, 2017
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    • GlobalInformatician
    • September 12, 2017

14. What do you do while proctoring an exam?

    By serenade, May 9, 2017
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    • rheya19
    • July 31, 2017

15. TA Research Methods Problem Student and Professor

    By Quantitative_Psychology, July 20, 2017   

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    • maxhgns
    • July 21, 2017

16. I Really Don't Like Teaching. Should I quit my PhD program?

    By SpaceCowboy, June 1, 2016
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    • AlexaBarret
    • July 12, 2017

17. How to Deal Problem Students as a TA

    By CornUltimatum, April 25, 2016   

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    • AlexaBarret
    • July 12, 2017

18. RA vs TA choice

    By Caveshvig, June 7, 2017
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    • fuzzylogician
    • June 16, 2017

19. Contacting profs before the semester

    By ohthehumanities, June 15, 2017   

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    • ohthehumanities
    • June 15, 2017

20. Buying TA Material

    By rushistory, September 8, 2016
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    • rising_star
    • May 14, 2017

21. Students afraid I can't teach

    By Cheshire_Cat, October 16, 2016
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    • senperfect
    • May 12, 2017

22. Teaching Large Class second semester

    By fiboniz, May 9, 2017
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    • fiboniz
    • May 9, 2017

23. Are TA positions offered to Master's Students?

    By jaaaayciee, April 21, 2016
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    • ayim93
    • May 8, 2017

24. TA grading turnaround time

    By serenade, April 26, 2017
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    • serenade
    • May 2, 2017

25. going above a TA's head

    By serenade, December 22, 2016
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    • Quantitative_Psychology
    • March 7, 2017