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Screen Capture on the Fly: Combining Molecular Visualization and a Tablet PC in the Biochemistry Lecture
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Cox, James R. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2006
The biochemistry lecture is often the place where students receive the greatest exposure to the structural nature of biomolecules. The use of molecular visualization software and web-based animated tutorials has enhanced the way instructors teach this important area of structural biology. Using the software and tutorials in class is an excellent…
Descriptors: Visualization, Computer Software, Biochemistry, Visual Learning
Using Authentic Texts: A Study Skills Module.
Fahmy, J. J.; Bilton, Linda – Guidelines: A Periodical for Classroom Language Teachers, 1989
Nonnative university students have difficulty coping with lectures given in English and need authentic and relevant material in listening and note-taking courses. One approach based on a transcription of a paleontology lecture is presented, suggested by linguistic analysis of 40 science lectures at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman. (four…
Descriptors: College Students, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Two Strategies for Teaching Black Psychology.
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Fairchild, Halford H. – 1983
This paper examines two strategies for the teaching of Black Psychology. The first strategy is designed for use in undergraduate and graduate seminars. It relies on a course structure that requires each student to complete a weekly reading assignment, to give an oral abstract to the rest of the seminar, and to write a weekly thought paper on a…
Descriptors: Black Culture, College Students, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Improving Undergraduate Lectures: The Sender, the Message, and the Receiver.
Zolty, Thaddeus C. – Political Science Teacher, 1990
Offers suggestions for improving classroom lecturing in terms of the sender, the content, and the receiver. Provides guidelines for lecture preparation. Explores importance of format, delivery, and timing in presentations. Discusses value of assessing the lecturer and states good lectures attract students, while bad ones drive them away. (NL)
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Students, Communication Skills, Competence
Collaborative Multicultural Student Input.
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Arnold, Faye W. – Thought & Action, 1996
One teacher's method of obtaining useful feedback from students in large lecture classes involves creation of a small committee of students, mirroring the class' diversity, that receives input from students on all course aspects, meets with the teacher to discuss and make recommendations, provides feedback on progression of the course, and reacts…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, College Students
Student Involvement: Active Learning in Large Classes.
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Frederick, Peter J. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1987
Suggestions to help faculty discover ways of achieving interactive, investigatory, and intimate learning environments in large settings are provided. The instructional objective is to empower students to take responsibility for their own learning. (MLW)
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students
Excellence in College Teaching and Learning: Classroom and Online Instruction
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Henderson, George; Nash, Susan Smith – Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Ltd, 2007
This book will improve the quality of instruction that college students need. It makes numerous suggestions that must be tended to when teachers instruct students. For example, the authors speculate about ways teachers can present what may at times seem to be a mountain of information without burying students under it; why teachers must…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Short Term Memory, Internet, Discussion Groups