What does a recitation TA do?
Recitation instructors are in charge of one or two smaller sub-groups of a lecture class. Recitations meet for one hour either once or twice a week, depending on the class. It is the purpose of the recitation to help students understand the material covered in lecture and in their readings. How the TA chooses to cover this material is, for the most part, his/her choice. In recitation, most TAs spend a lot of time going over the assigned problem sets, discussing material covered in the professor’s lectures and bringing in new problems for the students to try. Recitation instructors also spend time outside of lecture and recitation tutoring their students and grading problem sets.
