The GSTA is happy to announce their upcoming workshop on April 24, 2024, at 6:30 PM ET:
Practical Skills for Graduate Instructors and Teaching Assistants: Leveraging the Science of Learning to Help Students Succeed
Session description: Join us to learn about common disconnects between the learning strategies students often employ and, most importantly, how to help them move towards more evidence-based, high-impact strategies. The presenter will share a variety of approaches for helping students understand and apply the science of learning that she has implemented across a wide array of contexts, from Intro Psych to upper-level courses and summer bridge programs to office hour meetings.
The session will cover examples such as the following:
· managing 1:1 conversations with students who report that they either "do not know how to study" or studied for many hours but found it did not work as well as it had for them in the past
· implementing a low-stakes, easy-to-grade written assignment to help students debunk learning myths and identify effective strategies
· using exam wrappers to promote metacognitive reflection
· facilitating an in-class activity that gets all students moving, reflecting, and talking about their use of strategies
· using course content as a medium for a group project where students explicitly practice several of the most effective learning strategies in creating their end product
To register to receive a Zoom link and recording of the workshop, provide your email at this link: https://forms.gle/8gyPrdFEWectezLN9.
About the presenter: Skye Mendes is a doctoral candidate in the Developmental Psychology program at Arizona State University with an M.A. in Psychology from ASU and an Ed.M. in Prevention Science and Practice from Harvard University. She has taught a variety of courses across several institutions, primarily focused on Intro Psych and Research Methods. Skye has been recognized for her teaching at the departmental, institutional, and national level, receiving her department's inaugural Graduate Student Pedagogy Award, ASU's GPSA Teaching Excellence Award, and Society for the Teaching of Psychology's Wilbert J. McKeachie Award for Teaching Excellence. Much of the session will also be informed by Skye's past professional background providing academic coaching and directing tutoring services across STEM disciplines for the University of Rhode Island.
Would you be interested in sharing your own tips as part of GSTA’s professional development and skill-building series? Contact us at GSTA@teachpsych.orgto share your ideas. We welcome presentations from those at varying career stages.
