Not-so-critical friends: Graduate student instructors and peer feedback

Not-so-critical friends: Graduate student instructors and peer feedback

Graduate student instructors (henceforth, instructors) play a crucial role in teaching early STEM courses. Thus, professional development for these instructors addresses an urgent need to improve STEM student success. This paper focuses on a semester-long professional learning community in which six...

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Main Author: Daniel Reinholz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Georgia Southern University 2017-07-01
Series:International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
Subjects:
Mathematics Education; Reflection; Teacher Learning
Graduate Student Instructors; Graduate Teaching Assistants
Online Access:https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol11/iss2/10
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spelling doaj-7a1f57b66b594d9f83e4a5e2cc5b9a022020-11-24T22:50:03ZengGeorgia Southern UniversityInternational Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning1931-47442017-07-0111210.20429/ijsotl.2017.110210Not-so-critical friends: Graduate student instructors and peer feedbackDaniel ReinholzGraduate student instructors (henceforth, instructors) play a crucial role in teaching early STEM courses. Thus, professional development for these instructors addresses an urgent need to improve STEM student success. This paper focuses on a semester-long professional learning community in which six mathematics graduate student instructors engaged in regular cycles of peer observation, feedback, and reflection. In contrast to other professional development work, this approach emphasized that instructors give, not just receive, peer feedback. Analyses of post-semester interviews indicated that all instructors enhanced their noticing of students. The interviews also highlighted the challenges of providing critical, supportive feedback.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol11/iss2/10Mathematics Education; Reflection; Teacher LearningGraduate Student Instructors; Graduate Teaching Assistants
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International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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Graduate Student Instructors; Graduate Teaching Assistants
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description Graduate student instructors (henceforth, instructors) play a crucial role in teaching early STEM courses. Thus, professional development for these instructors addresses an urgent need to improve STEM student success. This paper focuses on a semester-long professional learning community in which six mathematics graduate student instructors engaged in regular cycles of peer observation, feedback, and reflection. In contrast to other professional development work, this approach emphasized that instructors give, not just receive, peer feedback. Analyses of post-semester interviews indicated that all instructors enhanced their noticing of students. The interviews also highlighted the challenges of providing critical, supportive feedback.
topic Mathematics Education; Reflection; Teacher Learning
Graduate Student Instructors; Graduate Teaching Assistants
url https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/ij-sotl/vol11/iss2/10
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