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Urion, David K.; Davidson, Neil A. – Primus, 1992
Reports the results of five contrasts between small-group learning and a more teacher-centered instructional style employed in junior high, high school, and college mathematics classes. In no case did the small-group class perform more poorly than the one led by a teacher; in one case, measuring long-term retention, the small-group class performed…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Large Group Instruction
Cooper, Pamela; Galvin, Kathleen – 1984
A review of the journal literature on three instructional strategies (lecture, the small group, and the discussion method) reveals that research concerning teacher training in these strategies is extremely limited. (Journals were chosen as offering the most accessible research in this area). Although there is much anecdotal information on how to…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educational Research, Higher Education, Lecture Method

Allen, Eileen E. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Discusses ways to improve postsecondary library instruction based on theories of active learning. Topics include a historical background of active learning; student achievement and attitudes; cognitive development; risks; active teaching; and instructional techniques, including modified lectures, brainstorming, small group work, cooperative…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Brainstorming, Cognitive Development
Allen, Amy; Brannon, Patsy; Sims, Laura – MAHE Journal, 1999
Reviews literature on class size and its influence on student performance, attitudes, and behavior, highlighting a recent study of the effect of lecture-group size on the latter variables in an introductory college nutrition course. Student class-size preferences, attitudes about large-class characteristics, interest in the discipline, attitudes…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, College Instruction, College Students