How to deliver a lecture

“Lecturing is not simply a matter of standing in front of a class and reciting what you know…”.
The following link provides general strategies for delivering a lecture and summaries suggestions on how to improve the quality of lecturing.

  • iDEA center
  • How to lead small group teaching

    Small group teaching encourages students to organise their thinking by comparing ideas and interpretations with each other and to give expression, and hence form, to their understanding of a subject. The following link provides information of small group teaching for facilitators, such as the general principle of facilitating, what are the challenges, and how to address those challenges in small group teaching.

  • The University of New South Wales
  • How to facilitate PBL

    Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centered pedagogy in which students learn about a subject in the context of complex, multifaceted, and realistic problems. The following links provide information on how to facilitate PBL tutorials.

  • McMaster University
  • Fermilab Science Education Office
  • How to give feedback

    The following link provides descriptions on the principles of and the model of giving feedback, the barriers of giving feedback, and suggest how to give formal and informal feedback.

  • Zeal Coaching Ltd
  • How to write multiple-choice questions

    Well-written multiple-choice questions can test up to the sub-synthesis levels of cognition, that is, knowledge, comprehension, application and analysis. The link provides both general and specific guidelines on the construction of multiple-choice questions.

  • Pennsylvania State University
  • How to assess students

    The follow links provide a collection of practical resources, such as designing assessment, selecting assessment tasks, assessing in diverse contexts, and interpreting & grading.

  • The University of New South Wales
  • Carnegie Mellon University