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New Paper on Teaching Styles

By Stuart Buck, Esq.

Apparently lecture-style teaching is better than classes that focus on "problem solving": Is Traditional Teaching Really All That Bad? A Within-Student Between-Subject Approach Guido Schwerdt CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute for Economic Research); European University Institute - Economics Department (ECO)Amelie C. Wuppermann University of MunichLecture style teaching is often regarded as old-fashioned and connected with many disadvantages: Lectures fail to provide instructors with feedback about student learning and rest on the presumption that all students learn at the same pace. Moreover, students' attention wanes quickly during lectures and information tends to be forgotten quickly when students are passive. Finally, lectures emphasize learning by listening, which is a disadvantage for students who prefer other learning styles...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Buck Stops Here on July 08, 2009 (boomark / email).