Content tagged: improving lectures

A New Look at Student Attention Spans

Article: Friday, December 4th, 2009

Have you heard that advice about chunking content in 10- to 15-minute blocks because that’s about as long as students can attend to material in class? It’s a widely touted ... Read full story »

Activities that Get Students Ready to Learn

Article: Friday, July 31st, 2009

Starting a lecture can be challenging: getting everyone seated, attentive, and ready to move forward with the content can take several minutes. I have found that sometimes it feels abrupt ... Read full story »

Classroom Teaching Methods: Are Your Lectures Sidetracking Student Learning

Article: Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Most teachers work to add interest to lecture material in an attempt to keep students engaged. If they aren’t attending, they aren’t listening, and if they aren’t listening, it’s pretty ... Read full story »

Creative Ways to Start Class: Getting Students Ready to Learn

Article: Friday, April 10th, 2009

Starting a lecture can be a challenge: getting everyone seated, attentive, and ready to move forward with the content can take several minutes. I have found that sometimes it feels ... Read full story »

Improving Lectures

Article: Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

“Is The Teaching Professor anti-lecture?” the sharply worded e-mail queried. “No, we aren’t,” I replied, “We’re anti poor lectures … just like we’re against group work that doesn’t work and ... Read full story »

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