College students are habituated to a classroom norm sociologists call civil attention: creating the appearance of paying attention (sitting still, looking awake, scribbling or typing) while ...

Have you ever given a lecture to a group of adult learners? If so, you may have noticed their eyes losing focus and phones appearing as you moved through your session. This is because the traditional ...

Engaging students through interactive activities, discussions, feedback and AI-enhanced technologies resulted in improved academic performance compared to traditional lectures, lessons or readings, ...

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies The classic: think-pair-share Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time ...

A new study shows that, though students felt like they learned more from traditional lectures, they actually learned more when taking part in active learning classrooms. For decades, there has been ...

Active learning, or instructional methods that actively engage students in their own learning, is on the rise. So, too, are physical spaces dedicated to this kind of teaching. These are positive ...

Students whose STEM courses are taught using active learning perform better than those taught with traditional lectures. That was the top-line finding of a widely cited 2014 meta-analysis, and it has ...

Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. That makes it the No. 1 reported barrier to academic success ...

Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention. By encouraging participation, collaboration, and critical thinking during classroom ...

Active Learning has been referred to as many things, including “project-based learning” and “flipped classes.” The fundamental premise of active learning is the replacement of passive class time with ...

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...

Fortunately, actively learning can become part of an instructor’s lectures in small steps. Incorporating one of these activities into your already created lectures is a great step in getting students ...