Discusses an approach to teaching note-taking to students of English as a second language who will go on to study at the university level. (CFM)

Lecturing to class each meeting is misuse of widely available instructional resources. Describes how to randomly assign a racial and ethnic identity to each student and how to use the community to invigorate an undergraduate race relations class. Concludes that colleges have been too cognitively oriented and that much can be gained by providing…

Designed for use by students taking health courses, this guide contains instructions for preparing lectures. Anyone interested in preparing lectures who is competent in data collection, language usage, and outlining will also find this guide informative. Following the instructions provided in this guide, students will be able to perform the…

Describes a method of using a display calculator for communicating calculations in classroom mathematics instruction. A detailed example is included. (CMV)

Intended as a companion to Lecture Preparation Guide, this booklet contains information for evaluating lectures, including guidelines and evaluation checklists. In part one, the student learns how to rate presentations on an evaluation checklist, how to record the ratings on the checklist, how to check the ratings by comparing them to the ratings…

This collection of articles on effective teaching strategies is divided into the following ten major categories: (1) the lecture; (2) computers; (3) simulations; (4) peer teaching; (5) case studies; (6) self-pacing and modules; (7) use of multimedia; (8) field studies; (9) problem solving; and (10) research. The book is primarily addressed to…

This module and the associated activities are designed to assist the student teacher in recognizing and in implementing three different instructional strategies. The competencies to be acquired are in lecture-recitation, guided discussion, and inquiry. Readings and activities are directed in such a way as to assist students to understand the…

A training program for upper-middle to upper-level managers of a company in Iran uses the lecture/seminar approach. The goals of the course are to develop insights into problem areas connected with the development of a pragmatic intercultural management model, and to introduce approaches and prerequisites for modern management. The 10 lectures…

Based on a project involving selected teachers from various vocational service areas, this teaching guide presents the 12 most frequently used strategies of teaching used in the modular approach as determined by those in the project. The brief individual description of each strategy includes notes on its strengths and weaknesses, instructions or…

Focusing on making and using a financial plan, this document is one in a series of three consumer education modules developed to educate individual adult consumers in important areas of consumer affairs. An introductory section provides an overview of the module contents, suggested approaches for using the module, and suggestions for working with…

This handbook on teaching is divided into seven parts. Following the introduction (Part I), Part II presents essays on student and faculty rights and responsibilities, evaluation and assessment, grades, and teaching and efficiency. Part III is a summary of interviews on teaching and research with 20 professors from the University of Kansas…

Focusing on avoiding consumer frauds and misrepresentations, this document is one in a series of three consumer education modules developed to educate individual adult consumers in important areas of consumer affairs. An introductory section provides an overview of the module contents, suggested approaches for using the module, and suggestions for…

This fifteenth in a series of twenty-nine learning modules on instructional execution is designed to give secondary and postsecondary vocational teachers help in identifying and using techniques that will improve their ability to communicate verbally with students. The terminal objective for the module is to present an illustrated talk in an…

This handbook is designed to assist community college administrators in using the various reports generated by the faculty and staff subsystem of the Illinois Community College Board management information system. Among the reports generated by the subsystem are: faculty and staff salary report, class size by instructional type, number and percent…

Focusing on obtaining and using consumer credit, this document is one in a series of three consumer education modules developed to educate individual adult consumers in important areas of consumer affairs. An introductory section provides an overview of the module contents, suggested approaches for using the module, and suggestions for working…