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Titolo: | Innovative techniques for large-group instruction [[electronic resource] ] : an NSTA Press journals collection |
Pubblicazione: | Arlington, Va., : NSTA Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (72 p.) |
Disciplina: | 507.1 |
Soggetto topico: | Science - Study and teaching (Higher) - United States |
Lecture method in teaching | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
Nota di contenuto: | CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Introduction; SCI Links; How Do College Students Best Learn Science?; Are We Cultivating 'Couch Potatoes' in Our College Science Lectures?; Getting There from Here; Constructing Knowledge in the Lecture Hall; Active Learning in the Lecture Hall; The Lecture Facilitator: Sorcerer's Apprentice; Facilitating the Reading/Discussion Connection in the Interactive Classroom; A Peer-Reviewed Research Assignment for Large Classes; An Interactive Lecture Notebook-Twelve Ways to Improve Students' Grades |
Using E-mail to Improve Communication in the Introductory Science ClassroomUsing Internet Class Notes and PowerPoint in the Physical Geology Lecture; Creating Direct Channels of Communication; Using Action Research to Bring the Large Class Down to Size; Gauging Students' Learning in the Classroom | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Size does matter. When you're faced with a class of 50, 150, or even 250 college students, it's tough to head off boredom - much less promote higher-order thinking and inquiry skills. But it's not impossible, thanks to the professor-tested techniques in this collection of 14 articles from the Journal of College Science Teaching . The book starts by examining what research shows about the effectiveness of popular teaching styles. ( Surprise : Lectures don't stimulate active learning.) From there, the authors offer proven alternatives that range from small-scale innovations to completely revampe |
Titolo autorizzato: | Innovative techniques for large-group instruction |
ISBN: | 1-281-75837-X |
9786611758370 | |
1-935155-96-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910782106603321 |
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