Growing a Garden without Water: Graduate Teaching Assistants in Introductory Science Laboratories at a Doctoral/Research University

Journal of Research in Science Teaching

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-233

  Luft, Julie A ^a   Kurdziel, Josepha P ^b   Roehrig, Gillian H ^c   Turner, Jessica ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Tucson Unified School District   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOTIVATION; NATURAL SCIENCES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; STUDENTS;

GRADUATE TEACHING ASSISTANTS (GTA); INSTRUCTIONAL ENVIRONMENT; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

TEACHING;

EID: 1642342071     PISSN: 00224308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tea.20004     Document Type: Article

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