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STAT 777

Seminar in Teaching Mathematics and Statistics

Catalog2026-2027
Credits2 units
LevelGraduate
S U Only

Overview

Description

Prepares graduate students to become successful Teaching Assistants in mathematics and statistics courses. The activities, discussions, and work are designed to be useful and practical during the first semester of teaching and beyond. Topics include fostering student engagement, selecting appropriate mathematical tasks, formative assessment, reflective instruction, lesson planning, preparing to be a peer mentor, building a teaching CV, and documenting teaching practices.

Units

Lecture2

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Offering

Offered: Every Fall

Terms

fall

Attributes

S U Only

Learning Outcomes

  • participate in professional development activities related to mathematics teaching assistants’ duties.
  • discuss instructional strategies for teaching mathematics that can be used by teaching assistants in classroom, group, or individual learning settings.
  • reflect on how these new strategies and skills will be implemented into their current teaching assistant duties and future instructional responsibilities.
  • document their teaching and prepare a CV and teaching statement.