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Reinholz, Daniel L. – PRIMUS, 2018
Large lecture halls are a common feature of many undergraduate mathematics programs. However, teaching effectively in a large lecture hall can be challenging. This paper discusses the use of personal whiteboards for students as a way to make large lecture halls a more productive learning environment. I discuss the logistics of using whiteboards,…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Mathematics, Teaching Methods, Lecture Method
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Berkelaar, Brenda L.; O'Connor, Erin A.; Schneider, Claire M. – Communication Teacher, 2019
Courses: Large-lecture; public speaking, business, professional, and technical communication; sales and marketing courses; courses with team-based projects. Objectives: To provide opportunities to develop public speaking skills, especially in large-lecture courses; to improve public speaking endurance; to improve students' abilities to give…
Descriptors: Public Speaking, Communication Skills, Skill Development, Large Group Instruction
Finkel, Ed – District Administration, 2012
Five years ago, a pair of science teachers at Woodland Park (Colorado) High School turned their pedagogical approach upside down. Rather than stand up in front of the classroom, they sent their respective students home with videos of themselves lecturing. And rather than assigning traditional homework, work that most students could get tripped up…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Video Technology, Science Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
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Banner, Jay L.; Guda, Nelson; James, Eric W.; Stern, Libby A.; Zavala, Brian; Gordon, Jessica D. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
To address the low priority given to university-level outreach, the authors created an outreach program that makes it easy for scientists to connect with the public, while at the same time providing effective transfer of scientific research results to the public and the K-12 community. The result is a program called the Hot Science--Cool Talks…
Descriptors: Scientific Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Outreach Programs, Natural Sciences
Bergmann, Jonathan; Sams, Aaron – Learning & Leading with Technology, 2009
As educators, the authors continually strive to improve the quality of time spent in class with their students. As chemistry teachers, they know that lectures are necessary to convey content, but experiential learning is more effective at constructing and solidifying knowledge. Podcasting and vodcasting their lessons at first proved to be an…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Chemistry, Teachers, Video Technology
Bushweller, Kevin – American Educator, 2001
Suggests that using educational technology does not mean ignoring what is already known about education and learning, noting that: lessons today's digital children can learn from analog adults are commonsensical; children need real-world experiences; technology can promote style over substance; lecture can be an effective teaching method; linear…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Experiential Learning
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1977
The inservice teacher education learning module described here is designed to increase the teacher's effectiveness in the use of lecture as an instructional technique and enable him/her to identify and implement the knowledge, skills, and situations necessary for communication in a teaching-learning situation. Information is provided here on the…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Modules
Downing, Agnes – 1994
This paper advocates for the improvement of presentational methods of teaching and expository learning, based on David Ausubel's theory of Meaningful Verbal Learning and its derivative, the Advance Organizer Model of Teaching. This approach to teaching enables teachers to convey large amounts of information as meaningfully and efficiently as…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Structures, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Cummings, Leslie E. – Educational Technology Review, 1995
Examines three categories of forces believed to discourage or prevent faculty from adopting and applying educational technology, including incentives and disincentives; the need for faculty development; and an ingrained model of teaching that relies on the classroom lecture. Suggestions for avoiding or minimizing associated resistance are…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Conventional Instruction, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Birnbaum, Stuart Jay; And Others – Journal of Geological Education, 1990
Compared are two approaches to inservice geology instruction for elementary and secondary school earth science teachers. The benefits of the combination of lecture, laboratory, and field work are emphasized. (CW)
Descriptors: College Science, Earth Science, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
Brazil, Robert D. – 1988
The Paideia Program is an integrated liberal arts curriculum implemented in elementary and secondary Chicago, Illinois, public schools. This report highlights its operation in Sullivan High School. Program components include the following: (1) didactic teaching; (2) coaching; and (3) Socratic questioning of guided discussion. Students must acquire…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
Hatry, Harry; And Others – 1989
The primary purpose of this report is to provide guidelines to school systems and businesses on ways to increase the likelihood that science and math school-business partnerships will be successful in: (1) improving student competence in science and math; (2) increasing student interest in science and mathematics related subjects; (3) increasing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Demonstrations (Educational), Elementary Secondary Education
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Logan, Eileen; Magurn, Lisa; Schwester, Jennifer Applegate – National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center, 1998
This unit was created as a result of a summer institute sponsored by the National K-12 Foreign Language Resource Center at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa. The Center's goal is to improve student learning of foreign languages in kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12). To this end, the Center provides professional support for foreign language…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Familiarity, Lecture Method