Two relationships must be explored: (1) that between scholarship and teaching and (2) that between research in teaching and the engineering of teaching design. Consideration is given to dialogue in lectures, student reactions to lectures, skill sessions, and tutorials. (LBH)

How one professor successfully handled a class of 100 students at Arizona State University is described. The large lecture group was broken down into random groups of eight or ten students who kept the instructor informed of their learning progress by submitting reports in the form of reading reports, diaries, observations, behavior experiments,…

Students are socialized into a subculture of education through many means, but many students encounter only the lecture method, especially in the general education curriculum. The lecture approach is commonly associated with multiple choice testing, and some students may go through college without taking, or learning to take, other kinds of tests.…

This study examined the changes in undergraduate students' attitudes and performance associated with the introduction of activities characterized by data exchange between the lecturer and students in large (up to 100 students) classes of introductory statistics for psychology majors. Participants were 195 undergraduates enrolled in the class…

Article investigated teaching methods that stimulate students toward learning content in an introductory American government course. (RK)

The findings of the main experiment and the replication support quite clearly the expectation that the use of rhetorical question-and-answer sequences in a lecture enhances the learning of factual materials in an audience that is not otherwise highly motivated to pay close attention. (Author)

The present study investigated the effectiveness of a live lecture with the same material presented on videotapes, audiotape, and printed sheets. (Author)

Outlines a one-semester course on Physics of the Environment'' which is designed for physics and nonphysics majors with a one-semester physics prerequisite. Indicates that the students are content to learn about the environment thoroughly rather than a course concentrating on pollution. (CC)

Describes a one-semester biology course for nonmajors which explores the interdisciplinary potential of psychology, anthropology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion. Satisfactory results in the 1970 tryout with 126 college students are identified. (CC)

Describes an experiment with a special section of a terminal" physics survey. The experiment consisted of systematically removing as much structure as feasible while using a lecture format. Evaluation indicates student enthusiasm and performance increase as structure disappears. (Author/TS)

The effectiveness of graduate teaching assistants in a mass lecture teaching condition and in a team teaching condition with faculty lecturers was investigated using student achievement and student attitude toward course content, materials and instruction as independent variables. (Editor)

Outlines principles and procedures of the Georgetown University and the University of Minnesota Classical Heritage programs for secondary school students. (DS)

Effective and progressive instruction providing student with a solid background in accounting and computer usage. (Author)