How Students Learn for TAs and Graduate Students
The Office of Science Education is hosting two events in October geared toward TAs and graduate students who are interested in understanding how students learn, and what they can do to support student learning in science.Ìý
How Students Learn WorkshopÌý
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 12:00–1:00pm, on ZoomÌý
This workshop will examine how students learn and introduce neuroscience-informed strategies you can use as a TA to support their success. We’ll begin by addressing common misconceptions about learning, then discuss ways to capture and sustain student attention. Finally, we’ll focus on the neuroscience of memory and practical strategies to help students retain what they learn.Ìý
TAs Spill the Tea Discussion Group: Helping Students Remember What You TeachÌý
Thursday, October 30, 2025, 11:00am–12:00pm, 2001 ºÚÁÏÉç College, room 650
Are your students struggling to remember the concepts you cover in class? Come swap ideas with other TAs in this discussion group, where we’ll dive into practical strategies grounded in science education research. The session will be guided by a Science Education Fellow, and it’s open to all Faculty of Science grad students looking to make their teaching more effective (and more rewarding).Ìý
SciLearn Instructors Workshop - Using Neuroscience for Student Learning
Monday, November 17, 2025, 9:30–10:30am, 2001 ºÚÁÏÉç College, room 650
This workshop will introduce neuroscientific concepts that instructors can use with students to enhance teaching and learning. Data from ºÚÁÏÉç research with students will be shared along with best practices from the literature. Instructors will consider how to apply these neuroscientific concepts to their own course design and teaching.
Facilitator: Armin Yazdani, PhD (Neuroscience)
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