Laboratory teaching assistant vs graduate teaching assistant

Differences between laboratory teaching assistant and graduate teaching assistant duties and responsibilities

Laboratory teaching assistant example responsibilities.

• Lead and instruct college level students in the fundamentals of astronomy through experiments design to teach basics to non-engineering majors.
• Manage and develop the instruction of anatomy and physiology labs.
• Lead discussion sections for students to understand concepts including introductory quantum theory and statistical thermodynamics as well as their applications.
• Operate laboratory equipment including IR spectrometers, NMR spectrometers and mass spectrometers.
• Plan lessons for laboratory, split grading responsibilities with other TA, assist students with weekly laboratory experiments.
• Head laboratory instructor for general physiology, comparative physiology, comparative morphology, anatomy and physiology, and herpetology.
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Graduate teaching assistant example responsibilities.

• Accomplish assessment of PU foam samples base on morphology by SEM and optical microscope.
• Assist classmates with developing positive study habits and strategies for managing classroom material.
• Tutor calculus, algebra, probability, financial mathematics and others as requested.
• Learned advance PCR techniques and troubleshooting.
• Analyze yield of Suzuki reaction using HPLC.
• Develop method for analysis of steroids in herbal medicines using HPLC.
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