I teach quantitative skills for ecological research, although these skills may be useful for other areas as well. I always enjoy sharing my knowledge and skills and helping students to develop the skills they need. I believe that everyone is special, so I would love to talk to my students so that I can know their needs and strength, and help each of them in the way they need and feel comfortable. I believe practice is very important for learning quantitative skills, so I try my best to provide practice opportunities for my students. We learn quantitative skills to solve real world problems, so I provide real world examples for students to learn and practice. During my teaching I found that it is very helpful to facilitate communications and sharing among students. This not only helps students who learn from others but also benefits students who teach, because your understanding becomes deeper when you explain things to others (which is also the case for myself).
I have taught the following courses, with some teaching materials available for download. |
Introduction to r programmingI developed an online course for non-major undergraduate and graduate students who need to learn basic programming skills in R. The course included a combination of lectures, programming demonstration and practice. We also had an online discussion board so that I could answer students' questions and students could help each other, which turned out to be very helpful.
I reorganized the teaching materials and made them available here. |
MathematicsI taught two non-major undergraduate courses "College Algebra" and "Math for Liberal Arts". I developed teaching materials, gave lectures in the classes, organized group discussions, and prepared and graded homework, quizzes, and exams. I used a lot of real world examples (e.g. sports, pop culture) to explain basic mathematical concepts to my students, which largely stimulated their learning interests. The group discussions turned out to be successful, as students explained concepts and methods to each other very well. This is indeed valuable early teaching experience for me.
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