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Wilkins, S. A. – 1984
Many instructors teaching large survey courses use the chalkboard to aid their lectures in spite of the waste of class time in writing and erasing, the clutter and confusion that may result, and the messiness of chalkdust. As an alternative, the slide-lecture method has been used for several years at Bossier Community College in teaching…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Community Colleges, Lecture Method, Slides
O'Mahony, Rosalie M.; Jackson, James L. – 1984
Arguing that high attrition rates and low grades in trigonometry classes underscore the need for changes in the approach to trigonometry instruction, these papers suggest an instructional model and present a proposal for its adoption at the College of San Mateo (CSM). The first paper begins with the argument that students' lack of preparation for…
Descriptors: College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Mitchell, Vicki L. – Innovation Abstracts, 1984
While researching the lives of well-known artists for a new unit in an art survey course, the instructor developed the idea of dressing in costume and presenting their lives in the first person. The primary goal of each lecture is to provide memorable information about the artist; a secondary goal is to integrate the social and political climate…
Descriptors: Acting, Art Education, Art History, Artists
Peer reviewedFitzgerald, James S. – Community and Junior College Journal, 1979
Addresses the problem of providing individualized attention in classes which, because of fiscal restraints, have 30 to 40 students. Presents five suggestions for the improved apportionment of the teacher's time through the use of learning lab materials and paraprofessional aides. Discusses the effectiveness of the lecture-reading-discussion…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Individualized Instruction, Instructional Materials
Bolton, John K. – 1988
A study of effective English-as-a-second-language (ESL) teaching in large classes is presented. The small body of literature on class size and student achievement is reviewed, the "large section" approach is described. The approach is evaluated with data on student performance in an ESL program offered at Montgomery College, (Maryland).…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Class Size, Classroom Techniques
Download full textDrew, Claudine Paula – 1990
In an effort to curb high first-year attrition rates and to motivate students from a state of passive learning to one of active participation, Bergen Community College implemented a program of peer teaching-learning and group inquiry strategies in a preclinical dental hygiene course. To determine freshman students' learning styles, the following…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Classroom Techniques, College Freshmen, Community Colleges
McGlynn, Angela Provitera – 1992
Designed to help teachers improve instruction, this handbook provides tips gathered from focus groups of teachers and students at New Jersey's Mercer County Community College, as well as from other teaching resources. The first part focuses on the contribution of faculty-student interaction to student success, listing 21 suggestions for building…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Community Colleges, Cooperative Learning
