This document provides guidance for effective teaching in large classes. It discusses that while there is no set definition, most teachers consider a large class to be 50-60 students or more. The document then offers suggestions for how teachers can structure large classes, maintain discipline, develop class exercises, manage the class climate, engage in active learning techniques, improve lectures, and reduce feelings of anonymity among students. Suggestions include using small group learning, having clear rules and expectations, incorporating interactive activities, keeping students interested, getting to know students' names, and fostering bonds between students.

1. Effective Teaching in Large
Classes
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2. Do you see a ‘Large Class’?

3. What is a ‘Large Class’?
“There can be no quantitative definition of
what constitutes a ‘large’ class, as perceptions
of this will vary from context to
context”(Hayes,1997:4)
Some people assume that 50 would be large
enough ;others argue that a large class could
have as many as over 100 or even 150
students. However, most teachers generally
agree that a class with 50-60 or more is ‘large’
enough.

4. How can a teacher respond the
challenges?
• Complete Lecture
• Part Lecture
• All Multiple Sections
• One Large Class,Structured around Small
Group Learning

5. How can a teacher maintain discipline
in a large class?
• Have rules
• Have expectations
• Make students aware of the rules
• Review rules regularly
• Be firm and consistent
• Be professional
• Deal with troublemakers

6. How can a teacher develop the class
exercise?
• Whole class activities:interactive lecturing,brainstroming,class
response to questions
• Individual or small group activities using prompts solve a problem
- describe response to a prompt
- analyze/ conclude from data
- brainstorm why a result is wrong
- relate to personal experience
- compare/contrast
- analyze in terms of theory
- estimate implications or significance
- locate weakness in argument
- list pros and cons
- evaluate in terms of criteria
- reorder in an appropriate sequence

7. How can a teacher better manage the
class climate?
• Keep the class interested
• Practice fairness
• Practice humor
• Do not threaten
• Give students opportunities
• Do not humiliate
• Be alert

8. What kinds of active learning can a
teacher do?
• Ask question(s)
• Encourage students to think
• Summarize main points of lecture
• use feedback to target problem areas
• Give small problems/questions

9. How can a teacher improve the
lectures?
• Lead-off stories or interesting visuals
• Initial case problems
• Questions
• Headlines
• Examples and analogies
• Visual backups
• Spot challenges
• Illuminating activities

10. How can a teacher reduce the feeling
of anonymity?
• By knowing the names of the students
• By arriving early and chat with students
• By fostering bonds among students
• By asking their experiences