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

Beyond think-pair-share While the think-pair-share template remains a trusted staple, the repertoire of active learning strategies is endless. Below are some examples of in-class activities that can ...

Excerpted from What Teachers Need to Know About Memory by Jonathan Firth and Nasima Riazat. Copyright (c) 2024 by Corwin Press, Inc. All rights reserved. Some of the ...

New federal data provide a glimpse into what strategies schools have used to support learning recovery, and which ones school leaders think are most effective. The results show that while some ...

In K-12 education, three prominent active classroom learning strategies engage students dynamically: Think-Pair-Share encourages collaboration; Hands-On Experiments immerse students in scientific ...

If teaching were like following a recipe, it would be a much easier job. Unlike the reliable and straightforward process of baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, practices that work in a morning ...

Many educational approaches assume that integrating complementary sensory and motor information into the learning experience can enhance learning, for example gestures help in learning new vocabulary ...

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...

How do you get the most out of efforts to learn? If you’re like me, this question arises in the context of beginning-of-semester planning. I want to increase student learning in my courses. But there ...

Annie Murphy Paul is the author of the forthcoming book Brilliant: The New Science of Smart. In a world as fast-changing and full of information as our own, every one of us — from schoolchildren to ...