This paper aims to investigate students' likes and dislikes of the teaching that they have experienced and its effects on students' perceptions of the learning environment, student learning and academic performance. The study compares a lecture-based setting to a student-activating learning/teaching environment, considering both instructional and…

Twenty years of research shows that using interactive techniques more often can make a class more effective. For example, a study of six thousand physics students compared classes using passive lecture to classes using interactive techniques that allowed for discussion among students and between the professor and students. The study showed that…

The purpose of this project was to develop Web-based learning modules that combine (1) animated 3D graphics; (2) 3D models that a student can manipulate independently; (3) passage of time in embryonic development; and (4) animated 2D graphics, including 2D cross-sections that represent different "slices" of the embryo, and animate in…

A blended learning approach to the teaching of a level 2 inorganic chemistry module is presented. Lectures were replaced by study packs, which were supported by formative on-line assessment delivered via Blackboard and a programme of 20 workshops. Learning activities written using the Lockwood format were included in the study pack to facilitate…

This paper presents an action research approach to exploring methods of improving the learning styles and outcomes of first year university students within large class environments. The genesis of this project stemmed from an observation that entire tutorial groups were often lethargic in their approach to learning. Following a survey of learning…

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)

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)