126) material has been delivered at the right pace The pace of delivery may be perceived as 'right' differently by different students for a number of reasons. One of those reasons may be attributed to the "tyranny of content" (Centre for Staff Development, 1997). · Davis, Wood & Wilson (1983) suggest varying the pace and instructional activities of the course. One teacher surveyed says that he conducts each class meeting differently "to keep the students off balance. Students always know what topic will be covered in a given session," he says, "but they don't always know how it will be handled." · The Large Classes Newsletter (Carbone, 1996) encourages the use of visual devices which "break the tedious stream of words, words, words, allowing students to see what they are hearing. . . .they break the pace of discourse, shift focus from the lecturer to the material, and help stem the erosion of interest that occurs when students are fixed to one spot for fifty minutes or more." (Clarke, 1987).
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