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The Torch or the Firehose : A Guide to Section Teaching

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The Torch or The Firehose: A Guide to Section Teaching, by M.I.T. Mathematics Professor Arthur Mattuck, is a guide to recitation teaching at M.I.T. During a typical recitation section, a teaching assistant (T.A.) meets with a small group of students to review the most recent lecture, expand on the concepts, work through practice problems and conduct a discussion with the students. With good humor and sound advice, Professor Mattuck offers both novice and seasoned recitation instructors guidelines on how sections can best serve as a complement to lectures, how to help students become better learners and how to enjoy their experience as recitation teachers. Lecturers claim they have learned something from it, too.This content was first published as a printed booklet in 1981. This is the second edition. It has had a wide distribution, both at M.I.T. and other universities, since it first appeared. It is finally available in digital format to allow broader distribution and use of this valuable material.If any significant changes are required to adapt it to the needs of another institution, please clearly notify readers that the work is modified from the original version and provide a link to this web site. For archival purposes, translators should notify M.I.T. OpenCourseWare of their version.

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Cambridge : Massachusetts Institute of Technology., 2009

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Section Teaching

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Arthur Mattuck

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