Author's Keywords: Behavior alteration techniques, graduate teaching assistants, self-efficacy theory, teacher preparation	Convention Convention is an application service for managing large or small academic conferences, annual meetings, and other types of events! Submission - Custom fields, multiple submission types, tracks, audio visual, multiple upload formats, automatic conversion to pdf. Review - Peer Review, Bulk reviewer assignment, bulk emails, ranking, z-score statistics, and multiple worksheets! Reports - Many standard and custom reports generated while you wait. Print programs with participant indexes, event grids, and more! Scheduling - Flexible and convenient grid scheduling within rooms and buildings. Conflict checking and advanced filtering. Communication - Bulk email tools to help your administrators send reminders and responses. Use form letters, a message center, and much more! Management - Search tools, duplicate people management, editing tools, submission transfers, many tools to manage a variety of conference management headaches! Click here for more information.
Association: Name: International Communication Association URL: http://www.icahdq.org
Citation: URL: http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p230028_index.html Direct Link: HTML Code:

Young, Stacy. and Bippus, Amy. "The Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation: An Assessment of a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Training Program" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 22, 2008 <Not Available>. 2009-05-23 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p230028_index.html>

Young, S. L. and Bippus, A. M. , 2008-05-22 "The Effectiveness of Teacher Preparation: An Assessment of a Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Training Program" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Communication Association, TBA, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Online <PDF>. 2009-05-23 from http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p230028_index.html

Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript Abstract: Graduate teaching associates play a vital role as instructors at many universities but often are not always confident in their ability to perform their job-related duties. Using Bandura’s (1997) theory of self-efficacy as a guide, this project examined the implementation of a teacher training program for GTAs and assessed its outcomes. Our results revealed that after receiving training, GTAs reported that they were more likely to choose prosocial behavioral alternation techniques to manage students. They also reported significantly higher self-efficacy across three instructional areas: classroom management, promoting student involvement, and using instructional strategies. Finally, GTAs also expressed a belief that they could count on more supervisor support than they believed they had pre-training. Only the perceptions of peer support remained unchanged. Overall, the findings reflect a positive effect of training on GTAs’ feelings of competence in handling the challenges of their positions and offer several suggestions in terms of design, implementation, and assessment of teacher training programs.

A day in the life of a graduate teaching assistant: Emotions and instructional communication

Imagining Future Students, Future Teachers: A Collaborative Model to Recruit Minority Candidates to Teacher Education Programs

Contextual Teacher Preparation: Cohort Effects on Student Teacher Self-Efficacy

Preparing Moral Educators: Developing Cultural Awareness, Character Education, and Instructional Competencies through Teacher Training Programs