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Saville, Bryan K.; Zinn, Tracy E. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2011
In general, people associate college and university teaching with lecture-based methods, in which an expert (the teacher) delivers information to a group of nonexperts (the students), who subsequently show their newfound "knowledge" by answering examination questions. Because of the common notion that knowledge and intelligence are…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, Conventional Instruction
The Climate for Undergraduate Teaching and Learning in STEM Fields
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Baldwin, Roger G. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 2009
Undergraduate education in the STEM fields (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) needs improvement, a conclusion that multiple national reports over the past two decades have reached. Critiques of STEM education may emphasize different aspects of the STEM undergraduate education problem. Nevertheless, each delivers one clear and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Science Education, Technology Education, Engineering Education
Computer Communications and Learning.
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Bellman, Beryl L. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
Computer conferencing offers many opportunities for linking college students and faculty at a distance. From the Binational English and Spanish Telecommunications Network (BESTNET) has evolved a variety of bilingual video/computer/face-to-face instructional packages to serve institutions and nontraditional students on several continents. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs