Contact Info:
Physics Dept., University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742-4111
Ph: 301-405-6185
Email: goertzen@gmail.com
Research Interests:
- Tutorial teaching assistants
- Instructor attention
- Instructor buy-in to reform instruction
- How to recognize and characterize effective TA instruction
Currently Working On:
- How and why TA buy-in varies across institutions
- Effects of social and environmental contexts on tutorial instructors
- Institutional effects on the implementation of reform curricula and methods
Talks and papers
"Tutorial TAs in the classroom: Similar teaching behaviors are supported by varied beliefs about teaching and learning." R. M. Goertzen, R. E. Scherr, and A. Elby, Accepted to: Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research. (2010)
"A new perspective on teaching assistants as tutorial instructors: Respecting TAs' beliefs and experiences." R.M. Goertzen, R.E. Scherr, and A. Elby, submitted to Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research.
"Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants' buy-in to reform instruction," R. M. Goertzen, R. E. Scherr, and A. Elby, Physical Review Special Topics: Physics Education Research 5, 020109. (2009)
"Indicators of Understanding: What TAs listen for in student responses," Goertzen, R.M., Scherr, R.E., & Elby, A.(2008). PHYSICS EDUCATION RESEARCH CONFERENCE. AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 1064, pp. 119-122 (2008)
"Advocating a new perspective on TA professional development," R.M. Goertzen, R.E. Scherr, & A. Elby. AAPT Winter 2010 Poster and Talk, Washington, DC.
"Accounting for tutorial teaching assistants' buy-in," AAPT Winter 2009 Poster, Chicago, IL.
"Learning about physics graduate student TAs using case studies," R.M. Goertzen, R.E. Scherr, & A. Elby. AAPT Summer 2008 Poster, Greensboro, NC.
Curriculum Vitae
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