Overview: At times information must be transmitted orally to a passive listening audience. But research has shown that after 10 to 20 minutes of continuous lecture, assimilation falls off rapidly. If ...

Large lecture courses are a staple in many disciplines, varying in size from 40 students up to 400+. They are often viewed as an effective and economical way to guide students through foundational ...

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Last fall, about a month into his first semester of teaching, a graduate-student instructor I mentor came to see me in my office. Before the semester began, he had participated in an intensive ...

I first gave up lecturing about the time my 1992 book came out (Contested Frontiers in Amazonia, co-authored with Charles H. Wood). With all my brilliant lecture notes neatly offered up in such an ...

New Trier High School Board considers adding courses, teaching internships, and a personal trainer certification.

Recently, I had a conversation around the lunch table with several of my colleagues. The discussion turned to the requirement to take pedagogical courses, now part of the criteria for getting an ...