Word: tfs
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Like Davis, Computer Science 50: "Introduction to Computer Science I" instructor Margo I. Seltzer, assistant professor of computer science, employs a large team of TFs and says she relies on extensive training and frequent communication to manage the group...
...TFs do not do any teaching," she says. "They do not present any new material. They review, they provide tips for solving problems--they're like tutors and counselors but they are not doing the teaching," she says...
However, Seltzer says TFs are still of tremendous value...
...very clear to me that students are much less threatened by TFs than by me," she says...
...TFs express a range of views on their role as teachers. Maria K. Blees '97, a former CS-50 TF, says she sees herself as more of a facilitator than a primary instructor...