Recommendations

• Consider your learning objectives carefully. Based on them, what content is most important for students to master?
• Consider what content you must cover in class and what content students can cover outside of class by themselves. It may be necessary to create assignments, activities, or other support to help students master material on their own.
• Attempt to use one or two brief active learning strategies during your lectures. Space the activities throughout the lecture to break it up and keep students engaged.
• Attempt to use classroom assessment techniques to determine what students are learning and what is confusing them. These can help you decide when (and whether) you need to spend more time working with particular material.
• Avoid racing through material to "finish it all" by the end of the period. This is almost always counterproductive. Students tend to become overwhelmed and discouraged.
• Remember that just because you say it, doesn't mean they learn it. If student learning is your goal, resolve to spend more time on less material.