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Carroll, Robert G. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2015
The shift to competency-based education expands the role of the teacher from that of a provider of information and into a shaper of knowledge, skills, and attitudes. These roles are facilitated by establishing a social contract between the instructor and learner, a contract that clearly defines the rights and duties of each. Adopting greater…
Descriptors: Lecture Method, Competency Based Education, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship
Thompson, Marceline; Pledger, Linda – 1998
The purpose of this study was to conduct a preliminary examination of the efficacy of two teaching methodologies: traditional lecture versus cooperative learning. A sample of 50 students was taken from a mid-size, southern, metropolitan university. The subjects were divided into 2 groups: 27 who learned course material via the traditional lecture…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Cooperative Learning
Engle, Shirley H. – 1986
The paper gives reasons why the type of social studies genuinely committed to the education of citizens in a democracy has never flourished in the United States, though such education is crucial to the nation's survival. Social studies, as a discipline, should be utilized to solve social problems and not be a vehicle for imposing a particular…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Classroom Techniques, Critical Thinking, Educational Practices
Herrmann, Thom; Leppmann, Peter – 1981
Courses using a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) have proliferated in the past decade. Researchers have explored various factors related to PSI, but rarely, if ever, have students' study habits or preferences been considered. A questionnaire examining the study habits, exam preferences and attitudes toward various instructional formats was…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Foreign Countries

Bell, Jerry A. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1991
Specific ways in which lectures, laboratories, cooperative group learning, and examinations and grading can be used as part of a strategy to increase pharmacy student interest and involvement in basic science are outlined. The techniques focus on making the presentation of content at least as important as the content itself. (MSE)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Grading, Higher Education
Rowlison, Teresa A. C.; Merta, Aggie G. – 1993
This study examined whether mnemonics or lecture was a more effective teaching technique in the instruction of world geography facts to eight gifted minority students (grades 2-5) in a pull-out program. An alternating treatment design was used. The inquiry was divided into two phases, mnemonics and lecture. A total of eight sessions were…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Pearson, Judy C. – 1986
Though lecturing reflects the outmoded view that communication consists of action rather than transaction, large lecture classes are a reality that must be engaged. An interpersonal communication course can be adapted to the lecture hall and need not include the traditional lecture as the only teaching method. Students should be allowed to…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Conventional Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Head, Mary K. – 1998
Suggestions are offered on the use of animated lectures on CD-ROM into the curriculum of an upper-intermediate-level course in English-as-a-second-language speaking and listening. The technique is recommended as a means of sharpening student listening skills and preparing students for real-life lectures in college. Animated lectures were drawn…
Descriptors: Animation, Cartoons, Classroom Techniques, Computer Software
Bolton, John K. – 1988
A study of effective English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teaching in large classes is presented. The small body of literature on class size and student achievement is reviewed, the "large section" approach is described. The approach is evaluated with data on student performance in an ESL program offered at Montgomery College, (Maryland).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Class Size, Classroom Techniques
Bentley, Donna Anderson; Blount, H. Parker – 1980
A study was undertaken to assess the efficacy of the spaced lecture as a possible alternative to the traditional lecture method. The spaced lecture separates note-taking from intensive listening. Two hundred male and female freshman and sophomore students at a junior college in Georgia in fall 1978, in intact classes, were administered three main…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Course Organization, Educational Experiments
Gattiker, Urs E.; And Others – 1986
Computer literacy has been identified as one of the most important factors for the effective use of computer-based technology in the workplace. Managers need to know the most efficient methods available to teach computer skills to their employees in a short time. Such methods need to be suitable for all employees, whether academically gifted or…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Business Administration Education, Classroom Techniques, Computer Assisted Instruction
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
Drew, Claudine Paula – 1990
In an effort to curb high first-year attrition rates and to motivate students from a state of passive learning to one of active participation, Bergen Community College implemented a program of peer teaching-learning and group inquiry strategies in a preclinical dental hygiene course. To determine freshman students' learning styles, the following…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
Bruening, Thomas H.; Scanlon, Dennis C.; Hodes, Carol L. – 2000
A study collected baseline data about the status of teacher preservice Career and Technology Education (CTE) from program chairs at colleges and universities in the United Status. The survey had six sections: pedagogical competencies for CTE teachers, CTE certification process, course delivery, recent program revisions, CTE program demographics,…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Classroom Techniques, Competence, Competency Based Teacher Education
Frid, Sandra; And Others – 1997
The study reported in this paper represents the first stage of a five-year project aimed at improving the quality of teaching and learning in undergraduate mathematics courses for science and engineering students. Students were surveyed about their confidence in their mathematics background, their confidence with current mathematics topics, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Development
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