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Vincent, Carol – Institute of Education - London, 2012
Professor Carol Vincent gets the 2012 Professorial Lecture series underway with a thought provoking talk drawing on research projects conducted over the last twelve years. The lecture will explore factors identified in current policy, media, and other social and political forums as the risks and responsibilities of contemporary parenting, with a…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Risk, Ethnic Groups, Social Class
Engleberg, Isa N.; Boileau, Don M. – 1989
To prepare a course on "Communication Skills for the Community College Teacher" a literature search and a focus group interview on the topic of effective community college lecturing was carried out. The literature search revealed shortcomings in the literature on lecturing, which tends to be oriented to secondary school or four-year…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Colleges, Doctoral Programs, Higher Education
Hult, Richard E., Jr.; And Others – 1984
The study examined the encoding function in student note taking in relationship to learning from a university lecture. It was expected that note taking effectiveness would be positively related to learning; and, that the notes of high and low effective note takers would differ significantly. After pretesting, a 551-word lecture on research methods…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Content Analysis
Ristow, Robert S.; Edeburn, Carl E. – 1983
The purpose of this study was to determine whether existing instrumentation is capable of identifying learning style differences within and among college students. Focusing upon methodology, rather than processing, the Renzulli/Smith Learning Style Inventory (RSLI) was administered to 115 sophomores and juniors. The RSLSI was developed to assess…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Games
Radford, David L. – 1988
The study of science involves learning the processes of science as well as its content. The recent revival of interest in developing thinking skills has encouraged added emphasis on process skills instruction. A science teacher wanting to add instruction of process skills is faced with several problems: (1) texts and lab manuals are not likely to…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Strategies, Lecture Method
Poehler, David L. – 1984
A pilot project examined the effectiveness of computer assisted instruction (CAI) in teaching selected concepts of health and fitness: coronary risk, lifestyle, and nutrition as related to weight control. A convenience sample of 58 students from two Concepts of Health and Fitness classes were randomly assigned to two groups, both of which used…
Descriptors: Body Weight, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1995
The present study drew on existing theories and research to further uncover the mysteries of the college teaching/learning paradigm, particularly the causal links between effective instruction and student learning of novel lecture material. The experimental design involved 380 introductory psychology students and consisted of a Lecture…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attention, Class Organization
An Observational Study of the Lecture Delivery Style Characteristics of High and Low Rated Lectures.
Albanese, Mark A.; And Others – 1986
This study identifies distinguishing differences in lecture delivery styles of lecturers rated by students in a large multi-instructor course: the Introduction to Clinical Medicine Course (ICM). The 20 lowest- and highest-rated lecturers of the 1982 and 1983 ICM courses served as the target group. Non-student raters observing the 1984 lectures…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Behavior Rating Scales, Higher Education, Interrater Reliability
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1993
This study investigated the effects of college students' actual, rather than manipulated, perception of control along with expressive instruction, as they relate to cognitive and emotional aspects of academic achievement. In a simulated college classroom study, 228 male and female introductory psychology students at the University of Manitoba…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Instruction
Rehn, Robert A. – 1985
The relationship between student personality traits and achievement with either mediated self-instruction or didactic large group instruction was investigated. Subjects were 159 female third-year nursing students at Loyola University of Chicago. Subjects received instruction on tracheostomy care and intravenous (I.V.) therapy through either a…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Audiotape Recordings, Autoinstructional Aids, Dogmatism