Teaching GIS is relatively simple, a matter of helping students develop familiarity with the software. Mapping as an aid to thinking is harder to instruct. This article presents a laboratory and lecture package developed to teach the utility of mapping in a course on spatial data analysis. Following a historical review of the use of surface…

This study investigates the level of students' learning when using e-lectures to increase the flexibility of the learning experience. Two cohorts of students were presented with the same material in lecture format. The control group attended a traditional live lecture, while the treatment group was offered an e-lecture with the same content. Both…

This paper argues that if new communications technologies and online spaces are to yield "new relationship[s] with learners" then research that is tuned to recognize, capture and explain the pedagogical processes at the center of such interactions is vital. This has implications for the design of pedagogical activities within Initial…

This study explored the effects of a reciprocal teaching intervention designed to enhance the lecture comprehension skills of college students. Forty low-verbal ability students and 40 high-verbal ability students (as measured by SAT scores) were chosen for the study and randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. The experimental groups…

In this study, modeling advantage that depicts the likelihood of a teacher model being imitated by students over other competing models in a particular class was developed to differentiate the rival modeling of two kinds of teachers (the technical teachers vs. the lecturing teachers) between college students' learning styles and occupational…

The author discusses two teaching methods used at the college level: 1) lectures; and 2) encounter group techniques. (Author/RM)

Described a new field of science which bridged the gap between the social sciences and architecture. (Author/RK)

University lecturers undergoing training revealed that the lecture situation was a greater source of anxiety to the respondents of a 1973 survey than other teaching situations such as seminars or tutorials. (Author)

Although many students and teachers may believe otherwise, answer changing can be helpful in test taking. This study examined the effects of having a teacher lecture on answer changing as a beneficial test strategy. Participants (N=470) were college students randomly assigned to intervention or nonintervention treatments. In the intervention…

The art of lecturing is examined in detail and suggestions are offered on how to lecture in an effective manner. The first of two main sections deals with the preparation of lectures, offering guidance on such matters as determining the objectives, choosing the content, planning the structure, deciding on the method of delivery, and preparing…

Lectures are perhaps appropriate to present material not yet published or for material to be presented only once and hence not worth publishing. The author feels that for most undergraduate teaching neither of these conditions holds. (Editor/PG)

University of South Florida librarians developed 1) a library lecture series in which presentations were faculty-initiated and tailored to each situation; and 2) a course to help students develop library skills. A computer analysis of library statistics showed increased student library use since the course has been given. (LS)

In this article the lecture is examined as a teaching method. The elements of a good lecture are discussed as well as the negative aspects and pitfalls involved in using this means of instruction. Information is provided that may be helpful to instructors interested in improving the quality of their teaching with better lecturing techniques. (JD)

A proponent of the lecture method describes his conversion to "packaged" instruction--courses based on autoinstructional modules. (DC)