Resolution 98-24: UNDERSTANDING THE WORD
| Number | 98-24 |
| Description | Lab instructors should give oral exam |
| Authored by |
SCC |
| Sponsored by |
James Egloff |
| Date Submitted | Tuesday, November 11, 1997 |
| Date Considered | Tuesday, October 6, 1998 |
| Committee | Rules and Appropriations |
| Result | Killed By Committee |
| Remarks | FAILED - There have been no complaints about this issue. |
| Whereas | Students in labratory science classes have problems understanding their experiments and work because of language barriers between themselves and their labratory teaching assistant; and |
| Whereas | Students cannot communicate their immediate questions or concerns about a particular experiment; and |
| Whereas | The students' understanding and participation in a lab suffers because their questions cannot be fully understood; and |
| Whereas | If the lab TA could fully understand the English involved, the students performance in a lab would increase. |
| Be It Further Resolved That | Before teaching any lab, a labratory instructor should pass not only a standardized oral exam but an undergraduate student administered oral exam to determine the proposed TA's ability to instruct future students. |