STATISTICS 245
About the Course
3 lectures and 2 recitations per week
5 credit course
The lectures are taught by professors of Statistics.
Recitation:
- Structure of recitation:
- Go over student questions on concepts, homework problems.
- Extra practice problems.
- Grade dependent on recitation:
- No.
- Things that are taught differently from other courses:
- Nothing, really.
- Challenging concepts:
- Things go well most of the time.
- Helpful tips for new TAs:
- Attend lecture in your first quarter teaching any course. This is the best way to really know what’s being taught and when.
- Talk to experienced TAs. They can tell you what specific problems to expect when teaching a particular topic.
- Get activities, worksheets, etc. from people who have taught the class before. This will save you a lot of time your first quarter, and you will have resources that you know work.
- Plan ahead.
- Sometimes it helps to very briefly go over topics, concepts and ideas, before you work on problems that implement these. Students may have forgotten the concepts from lecture and may need a little “refreshing.”
- Ask students questions to be sure they get the concepts.
- Go over student questions on concepts, homework problems.
- Extra practice problems.
- No.
- Nothing, really.
- Things go well most of the time.
- Attend lecture in your first quarter teaching any course. This is the best way to really know what’s being taught and when.
- Talk to experienced TAs. They can tell you what specific problems to expect when teaching a particular topic.
- Get activities, worksheets, etc. from people who have taught the class before. This will save you a lot of time your first quarter, and you will have resources that you know work.
- Plan ahead.
- Sometimes it helps to very briefly go over topics, concepts and ideas, before you work on problems that implement these. Students may have forgotten the concepts from lecture and may need a little “refreshing.”
- Ask students questions to be sure they get the concepts.