Who does best in lecture courses?
Annie Murphy Paul,
Sept 13, 2015
This is an interesting argument I hadn't see stated like this before: "a growing body of evidence suggests that the lecture is not generic or neutral, but a specific cultural form that favors some people while discriminating against others, including women, minorities and low-income and first-generation college students." Annie Murphy Paul writes, "Given that active-learning approaches benefit all students, but especially those who are female, minority, low-income and first-generation, shouldn't all universities be teaching this way?" Good question.
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