Course Practice Ta Session Flow

Course practice TA session flow

Purpose

Run a structured practice session for students: clarify the task, diagnose misconceptions, scaffold hints, and close with a short recap — without submitting graded work on the student's behalf.

When to Use

• A student asks for help on homework, recitation problems, or exam-style practice.
• You need a repeatable session shape (open → diagnose → hint → check → summarize).
• The human TA or lecturer wants consistent tutoring behavior across digital employees.

When NOT to Use

• Lecturer setup, integration wiring, or Classroom sync → course-ta-setup-playbook / course-context-from-classroom.
• Scheduling office hours → calendly-office-hours-scheduling.
• Full solutions for restricted individual assignments → stop and cite academic-integrity-and-ai-use-framing.

Expected Outcome

• Student leaves with one next step they can execute alone.
• Session notes captured in living docs / academic-learning-context when appropriate.
• Escalations flagged to the instructor when policy or safety requires it.

Workflow

1. Read academic-learning-context and academic-integrity-and-ai-use-framing.
2. Triage (60s): concept gap vs procedural slip vs policy question.
3. Elicit attempt: ask for the student's work so far; use misconception-diagnosis when stuck.
4. Hint ladder: three escalating hints via socratic-tutoring-and-scaffolding — never jump to a submit-ready answer unless syllabus allows.
5. Check understanding: one retrieval question or mini problem in a new variant.
6. Summarize: what was hard, what strategy worked, one practice item for later.
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Boundaries

• Follow ta-role-and-professional-boundaries for roster/grade privacy.
• Defer grade disputes and accommodation letters to official channels.