Abstract
This essay examines the ways basic course directors assess their teaching staff. In particular, the study describes ways course directors from a variety of disciplines use language to evaluate teaching competence and to differentiate among staff members with regard to job performance. As would be expected, most course directors in this sample used evaluation terms such as good/bad or effective/ineffective. Only a few used other types of differentiation schemes, such as those based on maturity of the teaching assistant or attitudes toward teaching.
Recommended Citation
Buerkel-Rothfuss, Nancy L.
(1999)
"How Basic Course Directors Evaluate Teaching Assistants: Social Constructionism in BasicCourseLand,"
Basic Communication Course Annual: Vol. 11, Article 6.
Available at:
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/bcca/vol11/iss1/6
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