A Comparison of Discussion and No Discussion with Interteaching in a College Course

Interteaching, an innovative college teaching technique based on behavioral principles, places less reliance on traditional lectures. Students, in this study, were asked to prepare for interteach sessions by reading the assigned text chapter, and completing interteach preparation guides. During half of the class sessions, students engaged in a dyadic discussion focusing on the interteach preparation guide questions, submitting an interteach record listing the topics with which they had difficulty, and listened to a brief lecture that focused on those topics. During the other half of the class sessions, students came prepared to engage in an interteach discussion, but instead only completed an interteach record and listened to a lecture focusing on the topics of difficulty reported on the record. Results indicated that there was no significant difference in quiz scores between when the students discussed in a dyad and did not discuss, yet individual data patterns will be discussed.