"Although the description of mentorships can be traced back to ancient Greek history," most of the empirical research on mentorships has been conducted within the past two decades. Such research has tended to focus on the relationship itself--an intense, personal bond that spans a spectrum of activities and time. This article, however,…

Students attending a lecture usually have a wide range of prior knowledge about the topic in question. Rather than seeing this as a problem, lecturers can take advantage of such differences. This article shows how students' misconceptions about old age were used to inform a lecture on the topic. Prior knowledge can thus be used to aid teaching and…

This study examines student perceptions regarding the effectiveness of small-group work in a large lecture class. The article considers and illustrates from students' perspectives the ways in which small-group activities could enhance comprehension of course material, reduce anonymity associated with large lecture classes, and promote student…

The notion of quality in undergraduate mathematics lectures is examined by using theoretical notions and research results from the literature and empirical data from a case study on lecturing on limits of functions. A systemic triangular model is found to catch critical quality aspects of a mathematics lecture, consisting of mathematical…

This study extrapolated from Liberman's (2004) calibration model and Kimball and Metcalfe's (2003) conceptualization in order to evaluate students' judgment of learning (JOL) of material presented in either an expository or a constructivist format. The purpose of this study was to determine if students have differing degrees of JOL based on the…

This study examined students' preferences for lecturers' personalities on three continents. Two-hundred and 35 university students in Malaysia, 347 university students in Britain and 139 university students in the United States provided ratings of 30 desirable and undesirable lecturer trait characteristics, which were coded into an internally…

The role and effectiveness of lecture is examined as a method of teaching social studies, and is seen as a useful tool of teacher instruction. (JR)

The effects of distributed study, self-pacing, a criterion of mastery, and individualized testing were examined by assigning 422 students in an introductory psychology course to one of four different teaching/learning systems. The first encompassed a traditional lecture/discussion group format. The second employed the personalized system of…

This study reports an attempt to measure differences in learners caused by audio tape and lecture procedures in a social science course. The sample consisted of only two classes, both taught by the same teacher. Three measures were used in evaluation of the two procedures: (1) scores on the Allport-Vernon-Lindsey Study of Values; (2) scores on the…

The approach of a major historical theorist in Russia, V. O. Kliuchevsky, may be a useful model for the teacher of contemporary. (KM)

In adult education the two basic methods are group discussion and the lecture. Both of these are economical and both are extremely versatile. The author believes the formal lecture does not produce as good results as the active teaching method, discussion. (Author/AS)

Author, recently chosen by All College Student Government as "Instructor of the Year at Ferris State College, provides formula for effective lecture method. (WM)

A report on the use of multimedia carrels in place of lectures for undergraduate instruction, presented at the 41st Congress, Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science, August, 1969. (LS)

The expertise of other professionals can be brought into university level music education classes via telelecture. The process consists of connecting an amplified voice box to a phone outlet and involves two-way communication so that students may ask questions. (KC)