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Lectures Aren't Just Boring, They're Ineffective, Too, Study Finds

sciencehabit (1205606) writes "Are your lectures droning on? Change it up every 10 minutes with more active teaching techniques and more students will succeed, researchers say. A new study finds that undergraduate students in classes with traditional stand-and-deliver lectures are 1.5 times more likely to fail than students in classes that use more stimulating, so-called active learning methods."

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  1. Study finds that topics requiring lecture... by uCallHimDrJ0NES · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...are 1.5 times harder than topics that can be easily turned in to fun activities and games. Voila!

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  2. study finds dumbasses who can't pay attention... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    are more likely to fail. so let us design our college curriculum around the retards who drink a 32 ounce mt. dew before class and can't shut off their phone less they miss a tweet. that will punish the people who actually can pay attention and maybe even enjoy the lecture for being smart. the ultimate policy would be that if a frat boy is bored he's allowed to punch a nerd in the arm. that will teach those fucking nerds to pay attention!