Served as a TA for an introductory course in fluids, teaching and leading the laboratory section of the course

Course Description

An introductory course in fluids; students learn the fundamental properties of static and flowing water and other itroductory topics in fluid mechanics including Navier-Stokes equation

Responsibilities

Setup and led 5 laboratory sections exploring: surface tension, viscocity, bernoulli’s principle, sub-critical/super-critial flow and hydraulic jumps, and transition from laminar to turbulent flow Graded assigments, laboratory reports and answered student questions in office hours

Evaluations

This was a small course (13 students). Anonymous evaluations collected assessed 4 questions on my performance on a scale of 1-5 with 5 as the highest. I recieved photocopies of the evaluations which are included below.

Selected Comments from evaluations:

• “Tyler teaches for learning and understanding rather than assignment completion. In office hours he would challenge me to fully understanding the background knowledge, concepts and applications of the questions”
• “One of the best TAs I’ve had at Duke” (recieved 3 times)
• “… he gave criticism that I could actually use to improve and get better grades in the future”
• “I struggled to follow along with the material in class quite often especially when we got caught in the weeds with math. Tyler was very helpful in providing a broader scale understanding of concepts and then translating those to the application on homework”
• “he did not make me feel bad about being confused like other TAs have done”
• “He is friendly and approachable but also is always focused on the task at hand”
• “Tyler actively sought to help out students with homework and lab assignments and made questions into eager conceptual learning opportunities”

Below are the questions and average score recieved:

Q1: (4.77/5) What was your TA’s level of knowledge of the course material?

Q2: (4.92/5) Compared to other TAs you have had at Duke, how would you rate this TA?

Q3: (4.62/5) How would you rate this TA’s contribution to your understanding of the course material?

Q4: (4.77/5) Please evaluate the level of professionalism of your TA

Materials

Full Evaluations