Instructional issues for teaching assistants

Innovative Higher Education

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 209-230

  Luo, Jiali ^a   Grady, Marilyn L ^b   Bellows, Laurie H ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNL's Teaching and Learning Center

Author keywords

Graduate teaching assistants; Instructors; Perspectives; Teaching styles

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249066098     PISSN: 07425627     EISSN: 15731758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007603816555     Document Type: Article

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