FORMAL ORAL ESSAY: |
tightly constructed, highly polished; presents
information primarily to support a summative point or conclusion |
EXPOSITORY: |
primarily defines and sets forth information; most common
college lecture |
PROVOCATIVE: |
intended to provoke thought; challenges students' existing
knowledge and values and helps them reach a more complex
and integrated perspective |
LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION: |
props used to illustrate the subject at hand |
QUESTION-LECTURE: |
questions posed by students; each question answered with
a short, straight-forward lecture that relates the inquiry
to other course content or shows how it illustrates a fundamental
issue in the field |
LECTURE-DISCUSSION: |
instructor begins session by speaking for five to fifteen
minutes and then stimulates discussion around a key point
in those remarks; during discussion, students do most of
the talking. |
LECTURE-RECITATION: |
instructor lectures; stops to ask specific questions or
to request that students share prepared material. |
LECTURE-LABORATORY: |
short lectures followed by students making their own observations,
doing experiments, or other independent work. |