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The lecture provides an opportunity for a lecturer to
contrast different theories and perspectives about the
topic to many students at one time, and is therefore a
very efficient means of imparting information. It loses
its effectiveness when students are not prepared to readily
comprehend the ideas being conferred.
Consequently
your goal as a student is to understand the material being
presented by the lecturer during the lecture. Therefore
it is expected that you will take steps independently
to familiarise yourself with key concepts before attending
the lecture. This part of the process is not immediately
apparent to students when they arrive at university.
A common misconception held by students is that only the
material presented in lectures needs to be learned to
pass a course. This belief often stems from high school
where students are told precisely what they will need
to do to pass the subject and only this material gets
presented in class.
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