I'm Lecturing: Is Anyone Listening?
How many times have you been sitting in a professor's class listening to lectures only to find yourself doodling or daydreaming? By the time class is over you only have a half page of notes. What do you do? One alternative is to copy the notes from your classmate so you'll have them for tests. What do you actually learn, however, from copying without actually listening? Recent studies have shown that a great mass of material in lecture classes go unlearned. Not only are class discussions more engaging but they also force students to communicate what they've learned in class.
In a recent study at the University of Massachusetts (U of Mass), a survey was taken for first-year students who had a mix of class discussions and lectures. Questions were addressed to students regarding their behavior in those target classes on three specific factors: class disruption, attendance, and interactions with professors. In a lecture class there are understandably more disruptions than......
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