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ERIC Number: EJ086758
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1973
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Is Lecturing Really Necessary?
Couch, Richard
American Biology Teacher, 35, 7, 391-395, Oct 73
Describes a college microbiology course in which traditional lectures were abandoned in favor of guided learning objectives and student initiative. A statistical analysis of the data indicates that student achievement on the nonlecture-plus-lab system was not so great as on the traditional lecture-plus-lab course. (JR)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Educational Research, Instruction, Lecture Method, Microbiology, Science Curriculum, Science Education, Teaching Methods
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