Reaction videos are a modern form of annotating a text, and they teach students the same critical thinking and connection ...

What is considered an Active Learning Strategy? An active learning strategy is any type of activity during class (face-to-face, online, or outside of class) that engages learners in deep thought about ...

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 ...

The classic mode of lecturing is pretty passive, with the teacher on the stage and delivering content and the students sitting and, hopefully, listening,” Jackson says. His approach, on the other hand ...

“The greatest sign of a teacher’s success is to be able to say, ‘The students are now working as if I did not exist.’” Looking for a way to get students engaged from day one? Active learning ...

Achievement discrepancies among U.S. students remain persistent and troubling–despite decades of targeted interventions and whole-school improvement programs. To make real gains, teachers need to ...

Are you a teacher, instructional coach, or school leader who is concerned about how to support all students in accessing grade-level texts? If so, you are not alone. In fact, in a survey last year, ...

Have you ever left a lecture or finished reading a chapter with pages of neatly written notes, only to realize later that you barely remember the material? For decades, note-taking has been hailed as ...

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 ...