The influence of a non-linear lecturing approach on student attentionImplementation and assessment

  1. Merideno Labayen, Inaki 1
  2. Antón, Raúl 2
  3. G. Prada, Jorge 2
  1. 1 Tecnun-Universidad de Navarra
  2. 2 Tecnun Universidad de Navarra, Spain
Revista:
Ingeniería e Investigación

ISSN: 0120-5609

Ano de publicación: 2015

Volume: 35

Número: 3

Páxinas: 115-120

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.15446/ING.INVESTIG.V35N3.49644 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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This paper presents a change made to the lecturing approach used within a specific course. The new lecturing approach is based on a non-linear structure where each lesson combines concepts from different topics, in contrast to the traditional linear structure in which each topic is treated separately. The objective of the non-linear approach is to increase student dynamism and motivation and to foster teacher-student dialog. Assessments from students who were taught according to the traditional linear structure along with assessments from students who were taught under both the linear and non-linear approaches are presented. Results show that the non-linear lecturing approach was welcomed and led to a higher degree of student dynamism and motivation and to more tea-cher-student dialog.