Best Teaching Practices: Effective Lectures and Small Group Teaching

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Best Teaching Practices Effective Lectures and
Small Group Teaching
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• Individuals, describe the best and worst lectures
  you have experienced as a student.
• As a group, decide on one characteristic of best
  lecturers and one characteristic of worst
  lecturers.

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When the lights get turned down for a PowerPoint
presentation I get.

• Elated
• Ready to listen
• Sleepy
• Nauseous

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How often do you use PowerPoint?

• Always
• Sometimes
• Rarely
• Never

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The number of slides you usually have in your
PowerPoint Presentations is

• 5-15
• 16-30
• 31-45
• 45-60
• 61

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How often do you include images in your
PowerPoint Presentations?

• Always
• Sometimes
• Never

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I use PowerPoint to present material (e.g., an
image, a graph, a question) that prompts
discussion .

• Always
• Sometimes
• Never

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I see my PowerPoint as

• A supplement to my lecture
• An outline of my lecture
• The text of my lecture