Teaching large classes at college and university level: Challenges and opportunities

Teaching in Higher Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-185

  Mulryan Kyne, Catherine ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Active teaching; Class size; College university teaching; Large classes; Teaching approaches; The lecture

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951286018     PISSN: 13562517     EISSN: 14701294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13562511003620001     Document Type: Article

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