Enhancing the experience of student teams in large classes: Training teaching assistants to be coaches

Journal of Management Education

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 526-552

  Sargent, Leisa D ^a   Allen, Belinda C ^a   Frahm, Jennifer A ^a   Morris, Gayle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active learning; Skills training; Student teams; Teaching assistants; Team building; Team coaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349650815     PISSN: 10525629     EISSN: 15526658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1052562909334092     Document Type: Article

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