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Smyth, Theoni Soublis – College Teaching, 2011
Motivating college students is challenging. Professors must be energetic, enthusiastic, and current in their field. Typically, once a college student selects a major, the motivation to be successful within that discipline is more intrinsic based on interest associated with the major. However, undecided majors who are enrolled in baccalaureate…
Descriptors: College Students, Learning Activities, Lecture Method, Student Motivation
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Kay, Sivia – Community and Junior College Journal, 1979
Discusses the audio-visual orientation of contemporary students and urges writing teachers to convert students' facility with aural modes into effective written discourse. Suggests that instructor comments on written assignments be made on cassette tapes and that campus lectures be used to stimulate student writing. (JP)
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Community Colleges, Interdisciplinary Approach, Lecture Method
Bergman, David – ADE Bulletin, 1983
Lists the benefits of lecturing over other instructional methods. (AEA)
Descriptors: College English, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique), English Instruction
Cashin, William E. – 1985
Much of what has been written about improving lecturing is summarized, and strengths and weaknesses of this approach are identified. Lecturing is defined as teaching by the spoken word with emphasis on the teacher talking and the student listening. Instructional goals that are met by lecturing include: communicating the intrinsic interest of the…
Descriptors: Attention, College Instruction, Communication Skills, Educational Objectives
Allen, Lois R. – 1981
Instructional techniques are outlined, as utilized in a remedial algebra course offered at the Community College of Allegheny County. The paper first provides background information concerning the college, the characteristics of its students, the content of the remedial course, and the testing procedures used to place students in the course. The…
Descriptors: Algebra, Community Colleges, Lecture Method, Problem Solving
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Powell, J. P., Ed. – Higher Education Research & Development, 1982
Five articles on higher education in Australia and New Zealand are presented, along with two review articles. "Australian Higher Education Research and Society. Part I: Post-War Reconstruction and Expansion, 1940-1965" (D. S. Anderson and E. Eton) is a review of research on higher education in Australia and New Zealand since World War…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Case Studies, Cognitive Style, College Students
Blank, William E. – 1984
This paper outlines a method of transforming traditional learning methods into a competency-based approach in a series of steps. The paper is organized in three sections. The first section defines competency-based education (CBE) and explains how this approach differs from traditional education. It also advances reasons why the competency-based…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Competency Based Education, Conventional Instruction, Curriculum Development
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Costin, Frank – Teaching of Psychology, 1985
The achievement of educational goals requires the psychology teacher to display a special kind of courage. Challenges to that courage are discussed. These challenges are involved in lecturing, questioning, and discussion; in teaching historical perspectives and controversial issues; and in working with student and teacher values and attitudes. (RM)
Descriptors: Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Higher Education, Instructional Improvement
Sadler, William A., Jr.; Whimbey, Arthur – 1979
Drawn largely from the experiences of Bloomfield College (Illinois) with its Freshman Core Program, but citing other efforts to develop thinking skills as well, this essay considers several questions and issues concerning the cognitive skills approach to teaching. The paper begins by identifying some of the increasingly common learning problems…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Development, College Faculty