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Schön, Daniel; Kopf, Stephan; Klinger, Melanie; Guthier, Benjamin – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2016
Mobile devices like smartphones and tablet PCs are widely used among university students and can be used for audience response systems (clicker systems) to improve teaching. Modern implementations of these systems are no longer limited to plain multiple-choice questions, but enable the lecturers to perform a variety of teaching scenarios. We…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Lecture Method, College Instruction, Handheld Devices
Chaudron, Craig; Richards, Jack C. – 1985
The study examined the ways in which different categories of discourse marker affect how well foreign college students understand university lectures, and specifically, the effects of macro markers (those indicating overall organization) and micro markers (functioning as fillers, indicating links between sentences). Four versions of an American…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, College Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Students
Desberg, Peter; And Others – 1981
The effect of humor on retention of lecture material was studied with 100 undergraduate students at California State University, Dominguez Hills. Within each class, students were divided into four equal groups, and four versions of a lecture on language development were presented on videotape by a college faculty member. The lectures were…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Research, Higher Education, Humor
Henk, William A.; Stahl, Norman A. – 1985
The usefulness of taking notes to enhance recall was assessed, based on reviewing the research literature using the techniques of meta-analysis. Meta-analysis allows for both the computation of the strength of an effect within studies and the determination of mean effect sizes averaged across related studies. Fourteen studies that maintained…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Research, Encoding (Psychology), Higher Education
Thielens, Wagner, Jr. – 1987
Characteristics of disciplines that affect undergraduate lecturing and teaching approaches were studied in the fields of the physical sciences, life sciences, humanities, and social sciences. A 1981 questionnaire on the lecture method of instruction was completed by a random sample of 820 teachers in the undergraduate liberal arts divisions of…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, College Instruction, College Science, Comparative Analysis
Karp, Hilary Jo – 1983
The extent of use of the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI), also called the Keller Plan, at a large university campus was investigated. Attention was also directed to the features of PSI used: mastery criterion, self-pacing, proctors, number of times students could retake an exam, and the number of forms of each examination used. The PSI…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Departments, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Sistek, Vladimir – 1986
Considerations that affect the type of teaching method employed in undergraduate studies and medical schools are addressed, with attention to the current emphasis on the lecture method and alternative educational experiences that require students to be active, independent learners and problem solvers. Perceived academic priorities and the…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Educational Change, Higher Education
Tatum, B. Charles; Lenel, Julia C. – 1985
Student course performance and course evaluation were compared for two methods of teaching general psychology. The self-paced method consisted of a modified Keller Plan (PSI) arrangement in which students progressed through small instructional units at their own pace. The lecture/discussion method consisted of a modified form of the traditional…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Comparative Analysis, Conventional Instruction, Course Evaluation
Buchanan, Edsel – 1986
Expectations of 432 college students regarding the following six teaching formats were studied: lecture, discussion, laboratory, personalized attention, computer-assisted instruction, and television instruction. Factor analysis procedures revealed three factors for each format: (1) evaluative had characteristics of preference and goodness and/or…
Descriptors: College Instruction, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Herrmann, Thom – 1984
The use of different instructional methods/materials in a college course on the behavioral aspects of drug action (caffeine) was studied at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The course employed the Personalized System of Instruction (PSI). Although students were highly successful in completing the course, student evaluations indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Audiovisual Instruction, College Instruction, Comparative Analysis
Costin, Frank – 1984
Challenges to the psychology teacher are considered, including engaging students in the learning process, helping students develop a historical perspective in their study of psychology, and dealing with controversial topics. Resistance to answering questions is likely to be greatest when the lecturer asks for highly specific facts. Students may be…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, Controversial Issues (Course Content), Discussion (Teaching Technique)

Ramagli, Howard J., Jr.; Greenwood, Gordon E. – 1980
The influence of the Doctor Fox effect on student ratings on instruction was examined. The idea for the Doctor Fox effect stemmed from the work of Erving Goffman and his notion that expressive behavior may influence an audience as much or more than substance when there is little time or reason for the audience to evaluate the presentation (1950).…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Classroom Research, College Faculty, College Instruction
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
Schonwetter, Dieter J.; And Others – 1995
The present study investigated the interaction between college student entry characteristics and effective instruction. The experimental design involved 380 introductory psychology students and consisted of a Lecture Organization (low, high) by Test Anxiety (low, moderate, high) 2 x 3 design. The dependent variables included student attention,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attention, Cognitive Processes, College Instruction
Murphy, Patricia D. – 1977
The research on effectiveness of college teachers, college teaching, and what is known about how learning takes place is summarized. From the research on what is known about the characteristics of effective college teachers, effective teaching methods, and how students learn, four teaching strategies that college teachers can use are identified.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students, Educational Needs
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