ENGAGING LECTURE TIP 50The Synthesis

Have you ever been to a lecture or presentation when you got to the end and wondered what it was all about and what the key points were? We have. And we would bet that students have, too. In a lecture presentation, particularly a complex one, we think it is critical to circle back around and provide students with a reminder of the key points and overarching message. We suggest you accomplish this through The Synthesis of the lecture, in which you combine the central ideas into a whole.

The Synthesis reinforces the message you have shared with students. It also helps students to assess whether what they thought they got from a lecture was what you were hoping they would get, which in turn enables them ...

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