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    College Lecture, Essay

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    The document discusses college lectures and whether students are actively listening. It notes that some teachers still rely on lecturing as the main teaching technique, as was common in the past, rather than incorporating new techniques that may better engage students. While lecturing remains a common practice, studies show that modern active learning approaches where students experiment and receive instructor feedback are more effective for learning compared to just listening to lectures. The author agrees that different learning methods and allowing students more time to read material on their own can help students learn better and take more responsibility for their own learning.

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    College Lecture, Essay

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    The document discusses college lectures and whether students are actively listening. It notes that some teachers still rely on lecturing as the main teaching technique, as was common in the past, rather than incorporating new techniques that may better engage students. While lecturing remains a common practice, studies show that modern active learning approaches where students experiment and receive instructor feedback are more effective for learning compared to just listening to lectures. The author agrees that different learning methods and allowing students more time to read material on their own can help students learn better and take more responsibility for their own learning.

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    The document discusses college lectures and whether students are actively listening. It notes that some teachers still rely on lecturing as the main teaching technique, as was common in the past, rather than incorporating new techniques that may better engage students. While lecturing remains a common practice, studies show that modern active learning approaches where students experiment and receive instructor feedback are more effective for learning compared to just listening to lectures. The author agrees that different learning methods and allowing students more time to read material on their own can help students learn better and take more responsibility for their own learning.

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    REACTION ESSAY 1

    Federico Soto
    June 16, 2014


    College Lectures: Is Anybody
    Listening?

    College lectures: Is anybody listening? Is an essay that mainly talks about the situation in
    the American schools regarding the reading techniques that are used and how the teachers give
    their class. In consequence of that the author said, " teachers, it is charged, are not doing a good
    job of teaching, and students are not doing a good job of learning." I agree with the author that
    the way used by the teachers, is forcing the students to learn in a way that is more difficult for
    them, and it should be the opposite. In order to get the attention of the students and for them to
    learn more, teachers must start applying efficient techniques.

    However the main idea of the reading is that most of the students are not paying attention
    to their teacher while they teach their classes. Most of the teachers give their class as a lecture
    while the students have to take notes and need to really concentrate, which was the technique
    teachers used long time ago. Things had being changing by the pass of the years. However some
    teachers keep using the techniques that were used in the past, instead of using new techniques
    that could make a better understanding of the classes for the students. However reading
    techniques are being more useful for the students, giving them the opportunity to take their time
    while they are reading in order to get a better understanding of the same.







    REACTION ESSAY 2

    Yet another fact is that sometimes teachers may speak too fast making the students feel
    lost.
    Thats why active learning is better because they experiment and an instructor checks the work.
    This is why I prefer to be more autosuficient; reading constantly and working on my own instead
    of just listening to a teacher speak. As I said before, it is more comfortable and practical for us,
    students, to learn through different methods and techniques and with that we can make the most
    of ourselves.

    In conclusion, I agree with the author in some ways, for example I personally dont like
    listening to the teachers while they speak for a long time, somehow it makes me bored. However
    some classes must include a little bit of everything like reading, presentations, speeches, etc.
    Personally, I consider that reading and practicing are the most efficient techniques I have being
    using, in order to improve my knowledge. So with that said, teachers lectures are very common
    and commonly used but studies results tell us that the modern ways of teaching are better. As the
    author said, After all, students must learn to listen before they can listen to learn.

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