JoinResearch and Teaching: The Five Minute Teach: Instructional Design to Support TA Training and Writing Instruction in the Sciences
The Five Minute Teach (5MT) serves as both a training tool for graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and a format for explicit discipline-based writing instruction. Here the
authors describe the development and execution of the 5MT as part of a professional development course for TAs in the sciences. Specifically, the 5MT uses learning
objectives and a structured lesson plan template to help TAs design writing-related activities.