Relates a technique in which teachers can rate their effectiveness by the examination of students' lecture notes. Students are asked to record notes on a carbon of which the teacher is given the copy. Examination of these notes enables the instructor to ascertain communication problems which may be occurring. (CP)

The major objectives of this monograph are to familiarize the reader (teachers) with the elements of an effective lecture and to help them understand lecture forms and how to organize them effectively. In the first section, the ingredients of a lecture are considered with emphasis upon the lecturer's style of delivery and techniques for relating…

This annotated bibliography lists 36 references on lecturing. Topics are in the areas of method, format, technique, student expectations, improvement, content, expressiveness, and anxiety. (MS)

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…

Focusing on public speaking as a major instructional tool for teachers, this paper contains suggestions for more effective lecturing. In the introduction, classroom communication is analyzed according to four moves: structuring, soliciting, responding, and reacting. The paper then discusses four problems in studying learning from meaningful verbal…

This is the report of a study of the effects of an optional attendance policy on actual lecture and laboratory attendance and on cognitive examination performance in the medical physiology course at the University of Kansas Medical Center. (Editor)

Lecturing may be considered necessary viewed from three perspectives: for inspiration, for demonstration of models, and for clarification. (Author/PG)

Lists some of the disadvantages associated with the didactic method of teaching science and suggests ways in which teachers can improve this method and stimulate student interest. (JR)

This lecture explains the history, purpose, and future of the Danish folk high school, considered a small but vital part of that country's adult education system. As an introduction, the term, folk high school, is defined to mean a school for young adults, usually nineteen or twenty years old, which deals with the individual's role in life and…

A study was conducted to examine the various mental processes that occur during listening. Fifteen volunteers at an eastern United States college listened to a 14-minute taped lecture. The participants pressed a button, connected to a light hidden from their view, each time their minds wandered from the specifics of the lecture. They were then…

INDIVIDUALS LEARN AND RETAIN MATERIAL MORE EFFECTIVELY WHEN THEY ATTEND TO THOSE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ENVIRONMENT ABOUT WHICH THEY ARE TO ACQUIRE INFORMATION. TRADITIONALLY GESTURAL AND SITUATIONAL ATTENTION DEVICES HAVE BEEN USED IN CLASSROOMS IN ORDER TO ATTRACT ATTENTION FOR SPECIFIC INFORMATION. IT IS POSSIBLE HOWEVER THAT MUCH MORE SUBTLE…

The students in an introductory college psychology course were given the option of attending live lectures (control group) or listening to audio-taped lectures (experimental group). Each experimental subject was issued a tape recorder, a set of lecture tapes, and a schedule of lecture topics as presented to the control group. Conducted in the fall…

This study investigated the effects of offering three instructional options (lecture, lecture-discussion, and independent study) to students in a large psychology lecture class. The purpose of this study was to determine whether students do better when given their preferred method of learning, and whether the different methodology affected…

A study of three teaching methods used in an educational psychology course was designed to observe the effects of each method and each combination of methods on the students' teaching skill and attitude toward educational psychology and microteaching. Three methods were manipulated: lectures on general technical skills related to teaching…