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Teaching Activities
How do you decide what percentage of time to spend on lecture vs. lab vs. other ways of teaching?

The Learning Pyramid charts the average retention rate for various methods of teaching. These retention percentages represent the results of research conducted by National Training Laboratories in Bethel, Maine. According to the chart, lecture, the top of the pyramid, achieves an average retention rate of 5%. On the opposite end of the scale, the "teach others/immediate use" method achieves an average retention rate of 90%." (http://www.acu.edu/cte/activelearning/whyuseal2.htm).
 
Institution Lecture Small group conference Laboratory Other
East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Robert G. Carroll
60% 15% 5% 20% (independent study)
Drexel University College of Medicine
Thad E. Wilson
82%
PBL:45%
18%
PBL:55%
   
Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans
Michael G. Levitzky
75% 5% 19%  
Medical College of Wisconsin
Jean Francois Liard and Gerald B. Spurr
73% *Because of the way we teach the laboratories, they can also be considered as small group teaching. A faculty member or senior graduate student guides a group of 4 students through the laboratory exercise while leading a detailed discussion of the topic under consideration. 27%*  
University of Nebraska College of Medicine
Kurtis G. Cornish
76% 9% 12% 2% (demo labs)
University of South Carolina School of Medicine
L. Britt Wilson
84% 2% 4% 10% (self-study)
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Norman W. Weisbrodt
78%     22% (Team Learning,
Large Group Problem Solving, Interactive Correlates)
University of Virginia Health Sciences Center
Howard C. Kutchai
90%   10%  
         

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