Good lecture: A framework for classroom management

Classroom management involves global course communications as well as parochial classroom concerns. A good series of lectures presented consistently over the duration of a course is an optimal tool for maximizing the transfer of important course related information, minimizing the spread of course related confusion and providing a low energy path toward good classroom management. Important classroom related issues are easily classified as global or parochial by the role those items have as the course progresses. The extent to which the lecture can effectively transfer these two types of information determines the likelihood of having a well-managed course.