Sentence:  Many of my courses, however, were offered in <WSD>recitation</WSD>-lecture format. We would attend class, say twice a week, and a lecture once a week. ... I do seem to recall that my <WSD>recitation</WSD> sections seldom had less than 40 to 50 students and my lecture classes often had upwards of 100 to 300 students. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.