Publication Date
In 2025 | 0 |
Since 2024 | 0 |
Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 0 |
Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 0 |
Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 1 |
Descriptor
Instructional Effectiveness | 7 |
Lecture Method | 7 |
Testing | 7 |
Higher Education | 5 |
Teaching Methods | 4 |
Student Evaluation | 3 |
Beginning Teachers | 2 |
Classroom Techniques | 2 |
College Faculty | 2 |
Comparative Analysis | 2 |
Course Content | 2 |
More ▼ |
Source
Assessment & Evaluation in… | 1 |
Biochemistry and Molecular… | 1 |
Higher Education | 1 |
Journal of Deaf Studies and… | 1 |
Author
Anderson, William L. | 1 |
Bailey, Judy G., Ed. | 1 |
Burnham, Denis | 1 |
Convertino, Carol | 1 |
Harrison, Ann | 1 |
Johnson, Glenn Ross | 1 |
Knoors, Harry | 1 |
Leigh, Greg | 1 |
Marschark, Marc | 1 |
Mitchell, Steven M. | 1 |
Neff, Rose Ann | 1 |
More ▼ |
Publication Type
Journal Articles | 4 |
Guides - Non-Classroom | 3 |
Reports - Evaluative | 2 |
Reports - Research | 2 |
Books | 1 |
Collected Works - General | 1 |
Education Level
Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Secondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Practitioners | 4 |
Teachers | 3 |
Administrators | 1 |
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating

Harrison, Ann – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 1995
A study contrasted the long-term (one year) retention of material acquired primarily through lectures and assigned independent study readings. Subjects were 16 female 3rd-year medical students. Results indicate the study methods did not differ consistently in knowledge loss or class performance, despite substantial individual differences.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Independent Study, Instructional Effectiveness, Knowledge Level
Marschark, Marc; Leigh, Greg; Sapere, Patricia; Burnham, Denis; Convertino, Carol; Stinson, Michael; Knoors, Harry; Vervloed, Mathijs P. J.; Noble, William – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
Four experiments examined the utility of real-time text in supporting deaf students' learning from lectures in postsecondary (Experiments 1 and 2) and secondary classrooms (Experiments 3 and 4). Experiment 1 compared the effects on learning of sign language interpreting, real-time text (C-Print), and both. Real-time text alone led to significantly…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Sign Language, Deafness, Experiments
Bailey, Judy G., Ed. – 1988
This handbook is divided into two parts. Part 1 focuses on being a teaching assistant and ideas for teaching. Sections of this part cover: (1) university policies applicable to teaching assistants and behavior guidelines; (2) teaching tips; (3) lecturing techniques; (4) discussion and laboratory sections; (5) using questions; (6) demonstrations;…
Descriptors: Demonstrations (Educational), Higher Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Laboratory Procedures

Tan, C. M. – Higher Education, 1992
A study of 30 first-year medical students in a physiology course found that frequent evaluation had a profound negative effect on learning, with students adopting a surface reproductive approach geared to passing exams rather than integrating knowledge. Lectures and curriculum organization failed to affect student use and structure of knowledge.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Higher Education
Anderson, William L.; Mitchell, Steven M.; Osgood, Marcy P. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2005
Student performance in two different introductory biochemistry curricula are compared based on standardized testing of student content knowledge, problem-solving skills, and student opinions about the courses. One curriculum was used in four traditional, lecture-based classes (n = 381 students), whereas the second curriculum was used in two…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Teaching Methods, Student Attitudes, Learning Experience
Weimer, Maryellen; Neff, Rose Ann – 1990
Intended for instructors teaching a college course for the first time, this anthology contains short readings organized into four sections on: (1) introductory concerns, (2) course planning, (3) instructional methods, and (4) evaluation. Each section is preceded by a brief introduction. Included are the following articles: "It's a Myth: Nobody…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Classroom Techniques, College Faculty, Course Content
Johnson, Glenn Ross – 1995
This book is intended to help college faculty members, teaching assistants, and prospective instructors to develop their teaching skills and choose instructional strategies that match their personalities and result in improved student learning. The nine chapters cover the following topics: (1) determining teaching objectives (stresses specificity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Beginning Teachers, Class Activities, Classroom Environment