The lecture is still common in the college classroom, but there's been a lot of movement away from it over the last couple decades. For instance, I've for quite

The lecture is still common in the college classroom, but there's been a lot of movement away from it over the last couple decades. For instance, I've for quite a few years now taught a data analysis class for economics majors, where the biggest part of the grade comes from a project rather than exams. Nonetheless, the lecture-exam approach will always be prominent. It's just a more efficient approach that works well enough for many purposes.