Teaching assistant as a learning instructor, spring 2021, group A

If you could not attend the session or face technical difficulties during the session, please read the slides for day 3.

Please do this this assignment, if you were present less than half of the session.

Please read also carefully the slides by study psychologist Paula Sjöblom

The materials contain four fictional student profiles describing how they act in learning situations.

Pick a student profile (one of the four) of your choice and think about the following questions:

• Why does the student act as he or she does?
• What are the the consequences for their learning?
• How might this student behave in class? What does this look like in the eyes of the teaching assistant and to the other students?
• What could the teaching assistant do to help this student?

Write about one (1) A4 page of text describing your thoughts and reflections and submit it here by Wednesday 3.3.2021