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What Are Your Assumptions? Improving Instruction by Examining Theories.
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Menges, Robert J.; Rando, William C. – College Teaching, 1989
Implicit theories held by graduate teaching assistants were investigated. Information related to their theories-of-action was elicited through interview questions about what they mean by teaching, about how they respond to everyday classroom events, and about assumptions they make regarding those events. (MLW)
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