Studies of achievement scores as the criterion of lecture effectiveness have been limited to use of experienced teachers lecturing in the classroom to classes of one age group only. This study sought (1) to compare videotape recordings of lectures with live lectures, (2) to determine whether the quality of videotape affects achievement scores, and…

Lecturing, as a means of conveying information to a group of listeners, can be an inefficient format that teaches little without active interaction between speaker and audience. (JD)

Describes a strategy designed to alleviate two major problems of the lecture system in chemistry. The strategy involves presenting "station breaks" of historical and practical information during lectures to reduce boredom and the ignorance of the history and commercial importance of chemistry. (JN)

The essays in this collection explore how different lecturing situations can be handled and how lecturing confidence and techniques can be improved. The book covers a wide range of scenarios in these chapters: (1) "Learning from Objectives" (Stanley Yeo); (2) "New at This" (Sally Brown); (3) "The Smart Student" (Marilyn Baird); (4) "The Mobile…

Author's main thesis here is that there has been but meager research on the question of how we should go about achieving goals and that there is a need for much more research into the question of teaching methods on the community college level. (Author/RK)

Reported is the evaluation of a program in which lectures were integrated with programmed instruction assignments and a series of quizzes which concluded that PI can be an effective means of teaching large classes. (JB)

Research comparing "learning from a programmed text, augmented (audio-visual) lectures, and straight lectures." (Authors/LS)

A particular instance in which a professor at one college gave a lecture course at another by means of a telephone communication system serves as the basis for discussing this method of instruction in general. (LS)

Describes a study which investigated the effectiveness of a simulation-gaming method of instruction to teach a college level introductory economics course. Also investigated were the interaction effects between student characteristics and the simulation-game as well as the lecture-discussion methods of instruction. (RM)

This study investigated the impact of four student characteristics and the instructors on the relative abilities of a simulation-gaming method and the lecture-discussion method to increase the economic knowledge, retention of economic knowledge, and interest toward economics of college students enrolled in an introductory economics course.…

Reports the result of an experiment in a college level American Social Policy course to determine the effectiveness of a simulation as a teaching method which increases cognitive learning. Results are negative. Students attending lectures scored somewhat higher than students involved in the simulation. (Author/RM)

Addresses concerns related to the replacement of large lecture courses by immersive digital environments with similarities to advanced videogames. Explains why the large lecture format deserves replacement, reviews the field of game-based learning, and illustrates the approach in the example of an introductory psychology class. (SLD)

An experiment with 109 college students examined the effects of advance organizers and repeating a lecture on test performance. Advance organizers that integrated subtopic information (linear and matrix organizers) increased recall of subtopic information but more general organizers (conventional) aided overall recall, especially general topic…