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In addition to complying with all Penn State employment requirements and conditions, graduate students under consideration for an assistantship with the Schreyer Institute need to meet all of the conditions and requirements listed in this document.

Citations about mentoring, primarily academic mentoring. Includes references for mentoring faculty, mentoring graduate students, mentoring minority academic, mentoring for diversity & inclusion.

"The Graduate Writing Center (GWC) provides free one-on-one professional consulting and interactive workshops for Penn State graduate students of all disciplines and all levels of writing ability. The GWC is sponsored by the Pennsylvania State University Graduate School, the Department of English, and World Campus." Page includes detailed information and scheduling options.

Spring 2024 events especially for grad students and postdocs, sponsored by the Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. These events are open to anyone at Penn State but are especially useful for graduate students and postdoctoral students as they strengthen their pedagogical skills.

Abstract: Writing multiple-choice test items to measure student learning in higher education is a challenge. Based on extensive scholarly research and experience, the author describes various item formats, offers guidelines for creating these items, and provides many examples of both good and bad test items. He also suggests some shortcuts for developing test items. All of this advice is based on extensive scholarly research and experience. Creating valid multiple-choice items is a difficult task, but it contributes greatly to the teaching and learning process for undergraduate, graduate, and professional-school courses.

Author: Thomas M. Haladyna, Arizona State University

Keywords: Multiple-choice items, selected response, test-item formats, examinations

Instructional Foundations is a series of workshops for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and instructors
from all disciplines who have never taught at the university level (grading experience OK) prior to Fall 2016. The
series is designed to provide people new to college teaching with knowledge, skills and confidence they can use in
their first teaching experience.

To Teach is to Learn is a series of podcasts focused on what it means to be surrounded by teaching and learning everyday. The series was created by Dr. Nichola Gutgold, Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences at Penn State, after she received the 2018 Alumni Teaching Fellow Award. Dr. Gutgold interviews colleagues about teaching and learning. This episode features Dr. Charlotte Eubanks, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Japanese, and Asian Studies & Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature.

This is an example of a survey administered to graduating seniors. It is used by the Penn State Berks elementary education program for learning outcomes assessment (program assessment) purposes.

This document describes methods for developing surveys for collecting learning outcomes assessment (program assessment) evidence from graduating seniors, alumni and employers.

An agenda and outline of a workshop topics on an academic resume, a teaching philosophy and an electronic teaching portfolio. This workshop is intended for graduate students who are teaching.

Common questions that applicants for faculty positions can expect to encounter.

This is a case study appropriate for use with any faculty or graduate instructor audience. It touches on themes including religious differences, inclusivity, difficult dialogues, and class discussions.

This case study would be appropriate for use with faculty or graduate student instructors. It deals, in particular, with issues of inclusivity and students' inability to pay for required texts.

This document is an example of a survey that can be used to determine graduating students' perceptions of the knowledge and skills they have developed during their program. This tool can be used for learning outcomes assessment (aka program assessment).

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