Flipped and active learning truly are a better way for students to learn, but they also may be a fast track to instructor burnout. I am an active learning college instructor and I'm tired. I don't ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Active learning in classrooms is associated with narrower achievement gaps in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses compared with traditional lecturing, a ...

Do you trust your professor? A new study shows you might do better in the class if you do. Researchers at Yale, the University of Connecticut and Indiana University of Pennsylvania have conducted ...

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 in political science education encompasses a spectrum of pedagogical strategies designed to actively engage students beyond traditional didactic teaching. By incorporating interactive ...

In-class problem solving, group discussions, and similar instructional approaches collectively known as active learning are more effective for student learning than lecture-based instruction, studies ...

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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 ...