IT FOLLOWS, OF COURSE, THAT A LECTURE IS LIKELY TO BE MORE EFFECTIV...

2. It follows, of course, that a lecture is likely to be more effective if its organisation is given at the beginning.

This can usually be done very naturally as an explanation of how the lecturer's objectives are to be achieved.

Certainly the dictum "first tell 'em what you're going to tell 'em. Then tell 'em what you've told 'em," can usefully

be applied to lectures and is particularly appropriate to those who teach a difficult subject or who cannot easily get

down to the students' level of understanding.