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A New Look at Student Attention Spans

…made that determination. “What was the dependent measure, and how did researchers measure attention during a lecture without influencing the lecture itself as well as students’ attention?” (p. 85) They…

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Why Change Our Approach to Teaching?

…helping students learn core skills through hands-on activities. Research has long cast doubt on the use of lecture in education. Donald Bligh, in his book What’s the Use of Lecture?,…

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Combating the Curve

Lecturing is one of the most traditional methods of teaching in higher education.  On any given day, there are hundreds of lectures being delivered in classrooms across college campuses.  Lecture,…

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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?

…a concept-based microlecture that explains the backwards design model, or a skills-based microlecture that demonstrates how to craft measurable objectives for a lesson plan. Microlectures have three key characteristics (Zheng,…

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