Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1981

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

The problem of instructing the student is especially acute in the community college due to the diversity of the student population. With such marked differences in educational and achievement levels of students, it would be expected that a wide spectrum of different teaching methods, strategies and techniques would be used by the faculty in their attempts to meet the instructional needs of the students. The purpose of this research was twofold. First, to assess the inventory of instructional methods, strategies and techniques in current use by Florida community college teachers and why they were being used. Second, to determine if additional methods, strategies and techniques were needed by these faculty and if so, to identify them as well. The data were collected via a written survey instrument. The descriptors were weighted so as to produce both the percent and strength of usage of the response. The identical format was utilized to assess both methods in use and methods needed. Twenty-two of the twenty-eight Florida community colleges participated in the project. A total of 2,065 surveys were distributed and 1,543 were returned. The return rate was a strong 75%. It appears that the faculty recognize that the system as currently designed and structured encourages the use of the lecture methods, and that they wish to become more proficient in its delivery. Other data concerning student learning styles, as seen by the faculty, seem to indicate that the faculty also recognize the diversity of student learning styles and believe that students may be more responsive to methods other than lecture types.

Extent

143 p.

Comments

Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.|Thesis (Educat.D.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1981.

Identifier

FADT11780

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