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Fata-Hartley, Cori – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
Many college science educators have moved away from the traditional lecture format and toward learner-centered classroom environments. Yet many of us struggle to cover large content loads, reverting at times to rote memorization. This paper suggests rote memorization simply does not work and students must be actively engaged to learn. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: College Science, Active Learning, Memorization, Lecture Method
Oines, Ronald K. – 1971
A self-paced individually prescribed instruction system at the introductory level of astronomy was studied, using 118 students to illustrate its effectiveness in comparison with a lecture-demonstration method. Seventeen terminal behavioral objectives served as the basis for the self-paced system. Subjects were divided into two sections, each…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Behavioral Objectives, College Science, Comparative Analysis