Lesson learned? Study finds lectures still dominate STEM ed

Marilyne Stains, associate professor of chemistry, watches a class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Stains and her colleagues have authored a new study showing that traditional lecturing remains the most common teaching style for undergrad classes i
Marilyne Stains, associate professor of chemistry, watches a class at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Stains and her colleagues have authored a new study showing that traditional lecturing remains the most common teaching style for undergrad classes i
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A University of Nebraska-Lincoln analysis of more than 2,000 college classes in STEM fields across the US and Canada has found that 55 percent of classroom interactions were conventional lecturing, a style that research has identified as among the least effective at teaching and engaging students.

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The COE Update Tue. April 03, 2018