Development and evaluation of a prep course for chemistry graduate teaching assistants at a research university

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 865-872

  Marbach Ad, Gili ^a   Schaefer, Kathryn L ^b   Kumi, Bryna C ^a   Friedman, Lee A ^a   Thompson, Katerina V ^a   Doyle, Michael P ^a  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Graduate Education Research; Professional Development; TA Training Orientation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862198451     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed200563b     Document Type: Article

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