Learning Assistant Experience

Catalog description

This course is experiential training in facilitating collaborative active learning in science. The students in this experiential learning course are selected by the course instructors to participate as a part of their instructional team to facilitate active learning activities in their classroom and or laboratory courses. Students engaged in this experience must have demonstrated mastery of the course material covered in the course they are facilitating. These students encourage and guide group work, lead problem solving sessions, and provide faculty with student feedback. They are required to attend all laboratory or course sessions as well as attend weekly team meetings to debrief on the week's activities and prepare for upcoming activities.