During the past six months, we have witnessed some incredible developments in AI. The release of Stable Diffusion forever changed the artworld, and ChatGPT-3 shook up the internet with its ability to ...

HighScope uses the term active learning to describe our philosophy. In the early childhood years, learning is not simply a process of adults giving children directions or information to memorize. The ...

Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time as needed, and serve a number of pedagogical purposes including ...

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

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 ...

Scott Freeman hopes his new study will do for evidence-based teaching methods what the surgeon general’s 1964 report did for research on smoking—shift the conversation. Freeman, a biology lecturer and ...

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 puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Think back to when you learned how to ride a bike. You probably didn't master this skill by listening to a series of riveting lectures on bike riding. Instead, you tried it out for yourself, made ...

Like a jazz dance performance, active learning combines doing, movement and impromptu variety in a way that gets students and faculty up and out of their usual positions in the classroom. The room and ...