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Download full textPollio, Howard R. – Teaching/Learning Issues, 1990
This pamphlet examines notetaking by college students in a discussion of: (1) student attitudes regarding notetaking; (2) observations of notetaking behavior; (3) the relationship between notetaking, quizzes, and college grades; (4) how notes help test performance; and (5) individual differences and notetaking practices. Based on observations and…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, College Students, Higher Education
Wilkinson, James – Innovation Abstracts, 1983
College teachers can act as intermediaries between a class and a body of knowledge by making three important contributions: structure, evaluation, and support. The teacher's task is to keep the student's initial drive and enthusiasm intact while thwarting the desire to be content with easy answers. Teachers need to encourage a critical outlook and…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Role, College Students, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Ericksen, Stanford C. – 1978
Aspects of the lecture that make it come across well, requirements for learning in the classroom, and selected findings from an instructor-designed questionnaire that includes student evaluations of instruction are discussed. Lecturing teachers need to talk with credibility and enthusiasm and to prepare the substance of the presentation, the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Langer, Philip – TUTOR: Graduate Teacher Program Newsletter, 1987
Suggestions on how to enhance college teaching are provided. Lecturing is stressed as a critical component of teaching, and each lecture's introduction, main body, and conclusion must be correlated prior to any given lecture. Information on how to compose and give a lecture includes: what to put in an introduction; what can be done to help the…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Evaluation Methods, Grading
Coleman, Laurence J.; And Others – Teaching/Learning Issues, 1989
This pamphlet examines instructional improvement process in postsecondary education. It first discusses the importance of teaching, revealing that too little sustained attention to the process of teaching is a major deterrent to its improvement, and explains why teaching evaluation has been largely abandoned as the sole improvement mechanism.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Quality, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPowell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1983
Five articles on research and development in higher education and three review articles are presented. Titles and authors are as follows: "Students' Assessments of Instruction as a Basis for Teaching Improvement and Promotions Decisions: A Case-Study" (John Jones); "The Making of Academic Promotion Decisions: Criteria and…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Research, Employment Practices, Evaluation Criteria
