The reason lectures have survived so long is they are a quick and cheap way of introducing large numbers of students to a particular body of information. The down side is that students only retain about 10% of the information in a lecture, even from the best of lectures. The following are some ideas to break up a lecture in smaller parts and provide students opportunities to learn the information. After a short mini-lecture, 10 to 15 minutes, “Ask the student to:1. Share their notes with a neighbor and identify the three most important facts in the lecture.
2. Ask you questions for three minutes.
3. Brainstorm ideas as a class.
4. Pick a “point of view” and defend the position.
5. Explain or demonstrate a process.
Contact your site-based support staff for additional ideas on making lectures more effective.
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