Lectures are not pedagogical
On “feeling” like you are learning and actually learning.
The research evidence is clear. Learning by trying something yourself is superior to passively listening to lectures, especially in science. It’s puzzling why more university professors don’t teach in this more hands-on, interactive way.
But the fascinating outcome was that most students felt just the opposite, that they had learned more in the lecture. The lecture students more strongly agreed with statements such as “I enjoyed this lecture,” “I feel like I learned a great deal from this lecture,” “Instructor was effective at teaching,” and “I wish all my physics courses were taught this way.”
To confirm, McCarty and Deslauriers repeated the experiment the following semester and got the same results. Almost 150 Harvard undergraduates agreed that lectures were more enjoyable and easier to follow, but they were deluding themselves that they were learning more that way.
“When students hear a lecture from a superstar lecturer, they feel, ‘This is good. I am learning.’ But an hour later, they’re not going to remember it,” said Deslauriers. In other words, the feeling of learning is misleading. (Source)