…me to teach. But I was wrong. Studies have shown that lecturing has little to do with teaching. A University of Maryland study found that right after a physics lecture,…
…in front of the class and professes. Many instructors have spent years accumulating knowledge and countless hours preparing and refining their lecture notes, and they feel it’s their job to…
…formative assessments that facilitate diagnosing student learning throughout the teaching process. Within large-lecture courses in particular, instructors have traditionally relied on the use of verbal questions to gauge student learning….
…showing your engagement with your discipline can help generate this same engagement in students. Excitement is contagious. 4. Create pathways that lead outside the classroom. For a recent lecture on…
…a seminar course centered on discussion or a lecture punctuated by moments of interaction with students, discussion is likely second only to lecture as the most frequently used pedagogical strategy….
…not only by the sheer number of students but also by the physical space in the classroom. Having 100, 200, or 400+ students in class means teaching in large lecture…
…exams from when I strictly lectured. I then compared those averages to the averages after I implemented collaboratively structured activities and found the average scores improved 3–8 percent over lecture…
…professors and instructors often find themselves repeating the same information while wondering why their students are not focusing their attention to the lecture. Perhaps it is the responsibility of the…
