In some lecture classes, he is replacing a few high-stakes exams with biweekly in-class quizzes. The hope is that more frequent evaluation will lower stress levels and diminish self-doubt. He is also ...

Large lecture classes may be a new experience for many students, but there are strategies for doing well. Here are some tips for making your lecture class a success this semester. Sit near the front ...

Its appeal lies in that it is a simple, straightforward way to explain a concept to many people at once. And yet, lectures fail. Our brains can’t remember everything taught during an hour-long class.

At home, before class, students watched brief lecture modules, which introduced them to the day’s content. They also read a textbook — the same, introductory-level book as in 2011 — before ...

Beginning this fall, Yale’s History Department is introducing a sequence of undergraduate lecture classes that, instead of focusing on a specific region or event, will develop global history and ...

Most lecture classes come with certain assumptions: a sea of students, a sea of laptops, the ability to get behind in the readings without dire consequences. But if only 12 people sign up for the ...

The User Experience group at the Office of Information Technology is conducting research on the student large lecture experience on our campus and we’d loved to hear your thoughts. Please take a ...

In class, their peers and the teacher are right there to help, and sharing work from a whole table is less intimidating than going up to the blackboard of a lecture hall solo to do a problem.

After he’s done recording, Garver edits the lectures into shorter mini-lectures, ranging from 5 to 29 minutes. Then he posts the lectures to Central Michigan’s iTunes U site, along with accompanying ...

Both classes were held in a theater-style room with fixed seats. For one week, the control group was taught in the traditional lecture style by a well-rated, experienced instructor.