{"id":1612,"date":"2022-05-20T14:57:27","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T21:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/demo\/?page_id=1612"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:56:30","slug":"resources-for-prospective-current-learning-assistant-program-instructors","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/resources-for-prospective-current-learning-assistant-program-instructors\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources for Prospective &amp; Current Learning Assistant Program Instructors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"container section-title-container\" ><h3 class=\"section-title section-title-bold-center\"><b><\/b><span class=\"section-title-main\" >Undergraduate Learning Assistant (LA) Program<\/span><b><\/b><\/h3><\/div>\n\n<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/learning-communities-trainings\/learning-assistant-program\/\" class=\"button white is-small lowercase\"  style=\"border-radius:99px;\">\n\t\t<span>Return to LA Program Page<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_2070345310\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-middle align-center\"  id=\"row-1591047384\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1572471412\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-11\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-36575453\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1181231862\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1428249906\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1459\" height=\"1017\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/171030_LIB_064-scaled-e1653424889156.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Group of students working together on a group activity\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-1428249906 {\n  padding-top: 99.99%;\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\n}\n#banner-1428249906 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 1% 65%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-1428249906 {\n    padding-top: 150%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-1428249906 {\n    padding-top: 117%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1142910761\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h1><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%\">Resources for Prospective &amp; Current LA Faculty<\/span><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>We invite you to learn more about the LA Program!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 130%\"><strong>LAs are most commonly implemented in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">discussion or lab sections<\/span> to foster collaborative learning among students working together to solve problems or do an activity.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-right\"  id=\"row-561501791\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1686621521\" class=\"col medium-7 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h5><strong><span style=\"font-size: 180%\">Interested in talking to instructors who have had LAs or exploring education research on LAs?<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/e\/2PACX-1vTVTgPgKUEuudOReUhFhZPkxF-tJR4cPVfCrC8nuLqQCvBZjisoQseGwCLWlRzGOaXyu7lpJoeW7YLk\/pubhtml?gid=546944372&amp;single=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See this list of faculty and courses that have had LAs since Fall 2020<\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\">For a collection of more than 50 peer-reviewed publications and presentations studying the impacts of LA programs nationwide, please click <a style=\"color: #0000ff;text-decoration: underline\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1U_eFS_mdt_ZKNE1zNywsHngz0J0zTXmYRn_e2KZifBI\/edit#gid=0\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1787424157\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-257404794\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"534\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/171030_LIB_054-534x800.jpg\" class=\"bg attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Instructor talking to a group of students\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-257404794 {\n  padding-top: 60%;\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #banner-257404794 {\n    padding-top: 76%;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-257404794 {\n    padding-top: 87%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-1787424157 > .col-inner {\n  margin: 0 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #col-1787424157 > .col-inner {\n    margin: -290px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-1787424157 > .col-inner {\n    margin: -165px 0px 0px 0px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-23740087\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-184607776\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-657332868\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 115%\">If you are interested in having Learning Assistants, contact Shanna Shaked by week 3 of the previous quarter or as soon as possible. This will help get all the details sorted out to recruit LAs for your course.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 115%\">Email: <a href=\"mailto:shaked@wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\">shaked@wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev<\/a><\/span><\/h5>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-657332868 {\n  text-align: center;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-303002916\" class=\"col medium-2 small-12 large-2\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<a href=\"mailto:shaked@wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"button primary is-large\" rel=\"noopener\"  style=\"border-radius:3px;padding:7px 30px 7px 30px;\">\n\t\t<span>contact<\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" style=\"max-width:100px;background-color:rgb(203, 200, 200);\"><\/div>\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>LAs CAN FACILITATE ACTIVE LEARNING<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Several <a href=\"http:\/\/stemgateway.unm.edu\/documents\/PLFsClassroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studies<\/a> have pointed to the value of adopting peer interaction and active learning strategies for increasing student learning and grade performance.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Using LAs can help <a href=\"http:\/\/aapt.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1119\/1.3471291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">support<\/a> the implementation of these high impact approaches.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">LA <a href=\"http:\/\/stemgateway.unm.edu\/documents\/PLFsClassroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">implementation<\/a> in large lecture courses has helped lower the \u201cactivation energy\u201d for active learning and contributed to its spread throughout an institution.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">When LAs are used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/read\/13362\/chapter\/10#120\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transform<\/a> traditional lecture-dominated courses into a more interactive and inclusive format, it is generally at a ratio of about one LA for every 20-30 students.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-607611438\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                    <div class=\"overlay\"><\/div>            \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-208847301\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n  <div class=\"icon-box testimonial-box icon-box-left text-left\">\n                <div class=\"icon-box-img testimonial-image circle\" style=\"width: 142px\">\n                      <\/div>\n                <div class=\"icon-box-text p-last-0\">\n            \t\t\t\t<div class=\"testimonial-text line-height-small italic test_text first-reset last-reset is-italic\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"avia-testimonial-content \">\n<div class=\"avia-testimonial-markup-entry-content\">\n<h2><span style=\"font-size: 75%\"><i>&#8220;When I first arrived at UCLA, I was nervous to talk to a professor, let alone ask them for help, so I saw the LAs as approachable and knowledgeable figures!&#8221;<\/i><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n          <\/div>\n          <div class=\"testimonial-meta pt-half\">\n             <strong class=\"testimonial-name test_name\">Anonymous Student<\/strong>\n             <span class=\"testimonial-name-divider\"> \/ <\/span>             <span class=\"testimonial-company test_company\">Student Response<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  \n\n          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align-center\" style=\"max-width:1400px\" id=\"row-1420691618\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1936703488\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-610199986\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"602\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-29-at-10.31.54-PM.png\" class=\"bg attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Figure showing Peer-Led Team Learning (which shares many characteristics of Learning Assistants) led to decreased DFW rates in an introductory biology class, with a disproportionately higher effect for URM students\" \/>                                    \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-413133810\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\n              <\/div>\n           <\/div>\n                            \n<style>\n#text-box-413133810 {\n  width: 60%;\n}\n#text-box-413133810 .text-box-content {\n  font-size: 100%;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #text-box-413133810 {\n    width: 60%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n    <\/div>\n \n\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n            \n<style>\n#banner-610199986 {\n  padding-top: 300px;\n}\n#banner-610199986 .banner-bg img {\n  object-position: 48% 48%;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #banner-610199986 {\n    padding-top: 99.99%;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-799969275\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>LAs ARE ASSOCIATED WITH FACTORS THAT INCREASE URM PERSISTENCE AND LEARNING<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/content\/12\/4\/618.full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two<\/a> of the five exemplary Physics departments highlighted by the National Research Council for retaining URM students featured an LA program.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">A very recent <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/ftp\/arxiv\/papers\/1607\/1607.07121.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> covering LAs used in 67 courses at 16 different institutions found that LAs decreased and helped flip the achievement gap.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\"><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosbiology\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pbio.1002398\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peer-Led Team Learning<\/a> (which shares many characteristics of Learning Assistants) led to decreased DFW rates in an introductory biology class, with a disproportionately higher effect for URM students (figure at right)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-799969275 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-799969275 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 50px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1400px\" id=\"row-1088698390\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-845951803\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-7\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>LAs CAN AID INSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION OF TEACHING BY FOCUSING ON DISCUSSION\/LAB<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">While lectures are generally less collaborative, discussion and lab sections are&nbsp;ideal for LA augmentation.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">LAs can <a href=\"http:\/\/aapt.scitation.org\/doi\/10.1119\/1.3471291\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">facilitate<\/a> group work and collaborative learning in a discussion section through training and by simply supplying more available instructors to circulate in the classroom.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-845951803 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-845951803 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 50px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1182813310\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-5 medium-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n  <div class=\"banner has-hover\" id=\"banner-1798082692\">\n          <div class=\"banner-inner fill\">\n        <div class=\"banner-bg fill\" >\n                                                \n                    <\/div>\n\t\t\n        <div class=\"banner-layers container\">\n            <div class=\"fill banner-link\"><\/div>            \n\n   <div id=\"text-box-1037052851\" class=\"text-box banner-layer x50 md-x50 lg-x50 y50 md-y50 lg-y50 res-text\">\n                                <div class=\"text-box-content text dark\">\n              \n              <div class=\"text-inner text-center\">\n                  \n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_770302482\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"262\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-29-at-10.39.54-PM-705x262-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"Drawing showcasing how LAs can facilitate group work and collaborative learning in a discussion section through training and by simply supplying more available instructors to circulate in the classroom.\" 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class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large align-middle align-center\" style=\"max-width:1400px\" id=\"row-1010173394\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1519041154\" class=\"col medium-5 small-12 large-5\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_2024705491\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"462\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-3.43.17-PM-705x462-1.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"A graph showing that in classrooms with LAs, students engaged in discussion relevant to the clicker question 93% of the time, even in sections with more than 200 students.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-3.43.17-PM-705x462-1.png 705w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-3.43.17-PM-705x462-1-610x400.png 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_2024705491 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-139314954\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-left\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\"><b>LAs IN LECTURE CAN INCREASE STUDENT REASONING<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nap.edu\/read\/18687\/chapter\/4#54\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> showed that in classrooms with LAs, students engaged in discussion relevant to the clicker question 93% of the time, even in sections with more than 200 students.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left\">Groups who regularly interacted with an LA during lecture were more likely to both request reasoning during a discussion and to spend more of discussion time on task.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#col-139314954 > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:850px) {\n  #col-139314954 > .col-inner {\n    padding: 0px 50px 0px 50px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1161193668\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1161193668 {\n  padding-top: 50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_726873317 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section dark\" id=\"section_1582448138\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1590521242\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-905197395\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner text-center\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff\"><b>LA-TRANSFORMED PHYSICS + BIOLOGY COURSES HAVE HIGHER LEARNING GAINS<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1582448138 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n  min-height: 300px;\n  background-color: #2774ae;\n}\n#section_1582448138 .section-bg-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #section_1582448138 {\n    min-height: 50px;\n  }\n  #section_1582448138 .section-bg-overlay {\n    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.09);\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1060116660\">\n\t\t<div class=\"section-bg fill\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row row-large\" style=\"max-width:1400px\" id=\"row-1150536319\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-343746365\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.58.28-PM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.58.28-PM.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"Graph of Physics Concept Inventory and the Effect Size as a Function of primary use of LAs\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.58.28-PM.png 672w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.58.28-PM-553x400.png 553w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1200645938\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1200645938 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<div>A <a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/abs\/1607.07469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> of LA use in 69 courses across 17 institutions&nbsp;found that LAs increased performance on physics concept inventories, with the largest impacts in labs, followed by discussion section, then lecture.<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-576202312\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.52.19-PM-1030x390-1-800x303.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1030\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.52.19-PM-1030x390-1.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"A table set showing a study at University of Colorado at Denver\u00a0 found that even when implemented by a variety of faculty members, many of whom were not familiar with physics education research, sections taught with LA-assisted tutorials achieved higher normalized gains.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.52.19-PM-1030x390-1.png 1030w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.52.19-PM-1030x390-1-800x303.png 800w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.52.19-PM-1030x390-1-768x291.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h6>A <a href=\"http:\/\/stemgateway.unm.edu\/documents\/PLFsClassroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">study<\/a> at University of Colorado at Denver&nbsp; found that even when implemented by a variety of faculty members, many of whom were not familiar with physics education research, sections taught with LA-assisted tutorials achieved higher normalized gains.<\/h6>\n\t<div id=\"gap-977074998\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-977074998 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1962030640\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.53.57-PM-705x628-1.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" >\t\t\t<div class=\"image-zoom image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:50%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"705\" height=\"628\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.53.57-PM-705x628-1.png\" class=\"attachment- size-\" alt=\"A graph showing most students surveyed about LAs agree that LAs helped them learn and feel more satisfied with the course.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.53.57-PM-705x628-1.png 705w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/Screen-Shot-2017-02-02-at-1.53.57-PM-705x628-1-449x400.png 449w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-1856806577\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-1856806577 {\n  padding-top: 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>Most <a href=\"http:\/\/stemgateway.unm.edu\/documents\/PLFsClassroom.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">students<\/a> surveyed about LAs agree that LAs helped them learn and feel more satisfied with the course.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<style>\n#row-1150536319 > .col > .col-inner {\n  padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1060116660 {\n  padding-top: 30px;\n  padding-bottom: 30px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1246349741\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2109818761\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_33820936\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-Provide22-boxes-4-1500x1181-1-1016x800.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-Provide22-boxes-4-1500x1181-1-1016x800.jpeg 1016w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-Provide22-boxes-4-1500x1181-1-508x400.jpeg 508w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-Provide22-boxes-4-1500x1181-1-768x605.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-Provide22-boxes-4-1500x1181-1.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_33820936 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1009332968\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1139144560\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-ASK-FROM-YOU22-boxes-1500x694-1-1400x648.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-ASK-FROM-YOU22-boxes-1500x694-1-1400x648.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-ASK-FROM-YOU22-boxes-1500x694-1-800x370.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-ASK-FROM-YOU22-boxes-1500x694-1-768x355.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wp-misc.lifesci.ucla.edu\/ceils-dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/66\/2022\/05\/LA-Program-22We-ASK-FROM-YOU22-boxes-1500x694-1.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1139144560 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<h2>Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff\"><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff\" href=\"https:\/\/stemeducationjournal.springeropen.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s40594-020-00267-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/strong><\/span> for a 2021 literature review of studies on the impacts of LAs.<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-994398827\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2052537426\" class=\"col medium-9 small-12 large-9\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-740568988\" class=\"text\">\n\t\t\n\n<h5><span style=\"font-size: 115%\">If you are interested in having Learning Assistants, contact Shanna Shaked by week 3 of the previous quarter or as soon as possible. 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