Outlines an effective approach for eliciting student involvement in the lecture which is called "the error-prone talk" based on the students' identification of errors consciously generated by the teacher during the talk. (Author/YDS)

Discusses an alternative approach to lecturing, the interactive lecture. Examines the effects of interactive teaching in lectures using an interactive voting system and peer instruction on the attainment of learning objectives, student motivation, and student perception of the instruction offered. (Contains 20 references.) (Author/YDS)

A lesson was designed for lower division general education, non-major biology lecture-only course that included the historical and scientific context, some of the skills used to study the human genome, results, conclusions and ethical consideration. Students learn to examine and compare the published Human Genome maps, and employ the strategies…

This paper employs a three-step process to analyze three empirically supported strategies for teaching statistics to BSW students. The strategies included: repetition, immediate feedback, and use of original data. First, each strategy is addressed through the literature. Second, the application of employing each of the strategies over the period…

Purpose: This paper aims to examine how students from foundation degrees (FDs) run at local further education colleges coped (academically and to a lesser extent psychologically) with the transition to a final year honours degree at a university. Design/methodology/approach: This paper is based on the experience of FD graduates who joined the…

In India, like in most other countries in the East, lecturing used to be the predominant method of classroom instruction. This practice was rooted in the cultural values that posit a teacher as one who is venerable, flawless and unquestionable. When students construct knowledge from active participation in a course, real learning and critical…

This study investigates the combined impact of a memory test and subsequent listening practice in enhancing student listening abilities in collegiate business administration courses. The article reviews relevant literature and describes an exploratory study that was undertaken to compare the effectiveness of this technique with traditional…

For more than 20 years, two courses, History, Education, and Guidance of the Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Introduction to Instructional Methods for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing, have been taught at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania using a traditional lecture format. A state grant provided funding to explore the use of technology to teach online…

"Principles and Standards for School Mathematics" outlines essential features crucial to teaching mathematics so that all students have opportunities to learn mathematics content with conceptual understanding. Although the document outlines extensive goals for the teaching and learning of mathematics, the majority of classrooms fall short in its…

In this article, the author presents her arguments in favor of lecturing. She believes that students benefit from seeing education embodied in a master learner who teaches what she has learned. She concludes that lecturing should be defended because a narrow view of learning as mainly self-generated misses the fact that the vitality of the…

The author discusses two teaching methods used at the college level: 1) lectures; and 2) encounter group techniques. (Author/RM)

University lecturers undergoing training revealed that the lecture situation was a greater source of anxiety to the respondents of a 1973 survey than other teaching situations such as seminars or tutorials. (Author)

Lectures are perhaps appropriate to present material not yet published or for material to be presented only once and hence not worth publishing. The author feels that for most undergraduate teaching neither of these conditions holds. (Editor/PG)

In this article the lecture is examined as a teaching method. The elements of a good lecture are discussed as well as the negative aspects and pitfalls involved in using this means of instruction. Information is provided that may be helpful to instructors interested in improving the quality of their teaching with better lecturing techniques. (JD)