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Title: Leveraging the expertise of the urban STEM student in developing an effective LA Program: LA and Instructor Partnerships
A key component to the success of the Learning Assistant (LA) Model is the relationship that forms between LAs and faculty members. These relationships can enhance the effectiveness of the model by leveraging the expertise of the LAs and placing LAs in leadership roles where they can co-think and codesign activities and lessons with faculty, as well as provide insights to faculty about the students in the class and the learning environment. Interviews with LAs and faculty members, in addition to video from weekly preparation sessions, illustrate the different types of partnerships that can evolve between LAs and faculty and help us understand the roles different factors play in these partnerships. We contrast three different types of partnerships between LAs and faculty that exist along a continuum: mentor-mentee, faculty-driven collaboration, and collaborative. This data highlights the importance and the benefits of being attentive to these partnerships in developing a robust and effective LA Program.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1524829
PAR ID:
10108221
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
2016 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings
Page Range / eLocation ID:
288 to 291
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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