Innovative techniques for large-group instruction: an NSTA Press journals collection
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Veröffentlicht: Arlington, Va. NSTA Press c2002
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How do college students best learn science: an assessment of popular teaching styles and their effectiveness / William H. Leonard -- Are we cultivating "couch potatoes" in our college science lectures? / Thomas R. Lord -- Getting there from here: making the transition from traditional teaching practices to those that are student centered / M.W. Caprio and Lynda B. Micikas -- Constructing knowledge in the lecture hall / Daniel J. Klionsky -- Active learning in the lecture hall / Elaine J. Anderson -- The lecture facilitator: sorcerer's apprentice / Donald P. French and Connie P. Russell -- Facilitating the reading/discussion connection in the interactive classroom / Beverly C. Pestel -- A peer-reviewed research assignment for large classes / LaRhee Henderson and Charisse Buising -- An interactive lecture notebook: twelve ways to improve students' grades / John E. Stencel -- Using e-mail to improve communication in the introductory science classroom / Kathryn Hedges and Barbara Mania-Farnell -- Using internet class notes and PowerPoint in the physical geology lecture / Erwin J. Mantei -- Creating direct channels of communication: fostering interaction with e-mail and in-class notes / Gili Marbach-Ad and Phillip G. Sokolove -- Using action research to bring the large class down to size / Jeffrey P. Adams and Timothy F. Slater -- Gauging students' learning in the classroom: an assessment tool to help refine instructors' teaching techniques / Judith E. Heady
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
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ISBN:0873552040
1935155962
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