Conducting a Laboratory. University of Southern California - Center for Excellence in Teaching. Provides guidance for TAs and lab instructors on conducting laboratories, organized into four categories: Before the Course Begins; Before Each Lab; Mechanics of Running the Experiment; and During the Lab. Also provides checklists for Self-Assessment, Assessing the Labs Contributions to Student Learning, Assessing Lab Experiments and Activities Related to the Lectures, and Assessing the Conditions of the Lab.

Conducting a Laboratory. University of Colorado. Covers goals of the laboratory experience, preparation for teaching labs, guidelines for conducting lab sessions, the use of laboratory notebooks and reports, and grading policies. From Part Three of the CU-Boulder Graduate Teacher Program Handbook.

Guidebook for Teaching Labs. University of Michigan - Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. Topics include: Goals and Purposes of Labs; The Role of the Lab Instructor; Things to Do Before Class Begins: A Checklist; The First Day of Class; Teaching in the Laboratory; Preparing for the Lab; Running the Lab; What Can You Teach in the Lab; Using Lab Groups; and Grading Lab Reports. Provides examples of a lab report outline and evaluation.

Handbook for Teaching Assistants: Lab Sections and the TA. University of California - Santa Barbara. A set of laboratory teaching tips based on the 'easy as PIE' model: Plan what you're going to do, Implement what you've planned, and Evaluate what you've done.

Laboratories (in Chapter 2: How Teachers Teach). Committee on Undergraduate Science Education - Science Teaching Reconsidered. Employs a question-based approach to help elaborate the key considerations needed to develop effective teaching laboratories for the sciences. Also includes brief sections on Lab Reports and Teaching Labs with Teaching Assistants. Full text made available online by National Academy Press.

Laboratories and Demonstrations. Dalhousie University Teaching Assistant Guide. An outlined-based overview on laboratories and demonstrations written for TAs but useful to all involved in lab instruction. Topics include: preparing yourself for lab sessions; preparing students for lab sessions; planning specific labs; conducting specific labs; and interaction with students during labs.

Laboratory Teaching. University of Virginia - Teaching Resource Center. An excellent overview of the key processes and methods involved in providing quality laboratory instruction, including preparation, in-lab activity, lab lectures, supervising students' work, using visual aids and summarizing the experience. From Section III - Typical Teaching Situations, Teaching at the University of Virginia : A Handbook for Faculty and Teaching Assistants.

Running a Lab Section. University of California - Irvine. Summarizes feedback from college faculty on an article critiquing laboratory science instruction. Concludes that the problems with laboratory instruction may derive from our lack of knowledge about a lab's true role in facilitating student learning. From The Teaching Professor, March 1989, Volume 3, Number 3.

Science Labs. Indiana University - Teaching Handbook. A nice overview of how to maximize the effectiveness of science labs. Sections include: preparing lab sections; managing laboratory sections; safety procedures; student preparation and supervising the experiment. Also emphasizes the need to refrain from giving outright answers or advice.

Teaching Contexts. Florida State University. Chapter 11 in Instruction at FSU: A Guide to Teaching & Learning Practices. Covers unique elements in the planning and delivery of effective discussion classes, laboratory sessions and large classes.

Teaching in the Laboratory. University of California - San Diego Teaching Assistant Handbook. Section of the University of California - San Diego Teaching Assistant Handbook. Covers planning the laboratory, leading the laboratory section, and evaluating the laboratory experience.

Teaching Introductory Laboratory Courses: Suggestions for Graduate Teaching Assistants Instructing College-Level, Introductory, Laboratory Classes. University of Virginia - Teaching Resource Center. The purpose of this document is to offer ways to make laboratory classes an enjoyable and successful setting in which to pursue scientific inquiry and enhance scientific understanding. Provides dozens of practical tips related to the preparatory, implementation and follow-up phases of laboratory instruction.

Teaching Labs More Effectively. Michigan State University. A short essay on the importance of the laboratory experience and what makes for great lab instruction. Includes good reference list. Word Document

Teaching Resources Guide: In the Lab. University of California - Irvine. Provides four sections of tips on laboratory teaching: Teaching Laboratory Sections, Assessing Student Laboratory Experiences, Teaching Scientific Writing, and Handling Classroom & Lab Emergencies.

The Teaching Assistant Experience - Laboratory Sections. University of Pittsburgh. Lab teachers have three primary goals: (1) ensuring students safety; (2) guiding students though laboratory experiments; and (3) helping students discover the theories and concepts behind the experiments that are conducted. To that end, this summary covers safety procedures, first lab preparation, weekly preparations, supervising experiments, encouraging student preparation and nontraditional labs.