Drexel University

Active Learning and the Science of Learning

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 ...
Edutopia

An Active Learning Strategy for Using Videos in Class

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

HighScope Active Learning

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 ...
Drexel University

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies

Active and Collaborative Learning Strategies The classic: think-pair-share Think-pair-share (TPS) is the black dress of active learning: a highly flexible tool that can take as little or as much time ...
The Chronicle of Higher Education

Which Is Better, Active Learning or Lecture? It’s Not So Simple.

Students whose STEM courses are taught using active learning perform better than those taught with traditional lectures. That was the top-line finding of a widely cited 2014 meta-analysis, and it has ...
Inside Higher Ed

A Matter of (Teaching) Style: Active Learning and Student Identities

Fifty-five percent of students say a teaching style that didn’t work for them has impeded their success in a class since starting college. That makes it the No. 1 reported barrier to academic success ...
University of Wyoming

Active Learning Spectrum

There are many active learning modalities informed by different teaching and learning traditions. We envision these modalities on a spectrum. This spectrum can be rearranged depending on the quality ...
Medicine Buffalo

Evidence of Active Learning's Effectiveness

Traditional lectures are efficient at delivering information, especially for large courses with limited teaching support. Lectures, however, are often inefficient at engaging students to create ...
Saint Louis University

Active Learning in the Pre-Clinical Environment

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 ...
Purdue University

Wilmeth Active Learning Center to offer advanced learning environment

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The Thomas S. and Harvey D. Wilmeth Active Learning Center, which will serve as a new centerpiece in the heart of Purdue University’s campus and as a daily destination for ...
Concordia University

Active learning classrooms

The active learning classrooms have been specially designed to promote essential student engagement and collaboration. These spaces use advanced technology including extended full wall whiteboards, ...
Purdue University

Active Learning Strategies

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 ...