Bulletin of the American Physical Society
2018 Building a Thriving Undergraduate Physics Program
Volume 63, Number 3
Saturday–Sunday, February 10–11, 2018; American Center for Physics, College Park, Maryland
Session P2: Learning Assistant Program: Supporting Learning, Creating Community, Building Physics Indentity |
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Room: Eleanor Close Conference Room A |
Sunday, February 11, 2018 8:15AM - 8:27AM |
P2.00001: Learning Assistant Programs: Supporting Learning, Creating Community, Building Physics Identity Keynote Eleanor Close The Learning Assistant Model transforms courses and departments by supporting implementation of research-based, interactive instructional strategies. Over the past decade, many studies have found that LAs positively impact student learning. The LAs themselves also benefit: we have found that in addition to becoming more confident and competent in physics, LAs perceive themselves to have increased competence in communication and a stronger sense of belonging to a supportive and collaborative community of peers, near-peers, and faculty. LAs at Texas State have described changing their ways of learning and of being students, both within and beyond physics, as a result of their LA experience. The majority of our majors now serves as LAs for at least one semester. This presentation will describe the LA model; implementation of the model at Texas State, including a brief discussion of funding and logistical considerations; and themes of identity transformation emerging from our research on the impact of program participation. [Preview Abstract] |
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