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Paul Knoll leads a collegial discussion on developing lecture skills, emphasizing how to teach and interact with large groups of students.
Though small classes are easier to teach than large classes for achieving long-term learning goals, it is possible to attain those same goals in large classes when they are taught appropriately.
This discussion looks at ways in addition to lecturing to maintain student involvement and reduce students’ feeling of anonymity. There are many alternative teaching methods, usable in large classes that are equally successful in facilitating active, meaningful learning (e.g., student-led discussions, learning cells, problem solving, study groups, Email discussions, buzz groups, and technology enhanced course-delivery).
For Further Reading:
• McKeachie: Chap 18 (pp.226-234)
• Teaching Large Classes: Tools and Strategies
Elisa Carbone (1998)
LB2331.C336 1998 (LVL reserve)
• Teaching Large Classes Well
Maryellen Gleason Weimer, ed. (1987)
LB1025.2.N456 (LVL reserve)
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