Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...

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 ...

Active study strategies are dynamic approaches that engage students in the classroom learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention of material. What are active study strategies? These ...

The use of active learning strategies offers educators proven approaches to advance student learning. Trends in the literature point to a continued focus on the benefits of unique student projects, ...

Overview: All research on people, and on their brains, shows we learn by doing. Learning is a constructing process. Here are [some of] the choices available in the literature on teaching. The problem ...

Jim is an associate professor of higher education at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Freely available, open education resources provide opportunities for college students to strengthen ...

Last Tuesday, October 25, a fifth grade in Chardon, OH tackled experiments straight from the American Chemical Society with the help of a high school chemistry teacher. A class at Georgia Tech "had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While it might be tempting to view “active learning” as another educational buzzword, a large body of research demonstrates that active and collaborative classrooms produce deeper and more ...

Below, you'll find a Bingo card filled with active learning techniques. Think about your teaching style and check off the activities you've tried before or are interested in exploring. Can you get ...