Effective Lecture Strategies
Lecturalgia: painful lecture; cause of morbidity for both teachers and learners
Lectures: promote student learning when used correctly
Ⅰ. Remember the Attention Span of Students
A. Students’ attention
—the beginning of the lecture to ten minutes: increases
—tenth to fifteenth minutes: (1) (1)______
—during lectures: (2) (2)______
B. Prompts to reawaken your attentiveness
1. Organizational prompts:
— (3) main points (3)______
—pausing for questions or discussions
—outlining key points via the white board or PowerPoint
2. (4) : using appropriate humor, anecdotes, stories and factoids to flesh out concepts. (4)______
Ⅱ. Incorporate (5) to Reinforce Key Concepts (5)______
A. Reasons: Students do not learn much when learning (6) . (6)______
B. Ways to do it:
—group work
—one-minute papers
—think-pair-share activities
—discussions
Ⅲ. Segment the Lecture into Smaller Blocks
A. Meaning: try dividing your class time into several mini-lectures that are interspersed with discussions, worksheets, group activities, etc.
B. Benefits:
— (7) (7)______
—engages students and increases learning.
Ⅳ. Make Course Material Relevant
A. Meaning: communicate teaching material in a way
that students can relate to (8) (8)______
B. Hodgson’s Example:
—Extract from the lecture notes: clear and vivid
—What the lecturer actually said: trying to (9) what happens (9)______
—Student’s recall: thinking what happens while listening
C. Ways to arouse students’ interest:
— (10) (10)______
—the medium of a vivid example or illustration