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7 discoveries from an active learning classroom

eSchool News

Spaces flooded with natural light that allow for a variety of learning methods and activities, and spaces that let students feel a sense of ownership over the classroom, demonstrably affect how well students learn. Four years ago, I became an inaugural recipient of a Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant.

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The benefits of active learning

Dangerously Irrelevant

Of course the benefits of active learning are apparent beyond the kindergarten sector. Research has shown that “ most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully, and are better able to apply them, through interactive, collaborative, student-centered learning.”

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Does ‘Flipped Learning’ Work? A New Analysis Dives Into the Research

Edsurge

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. They’re part of the group doing flipped learning.” It has been implemented so variably.”

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Is Teaching an Art or a Science? New Book Takes a Fresh Look at ‘How Humans Learn.’

Edsurge

One of the things that is apparent as you start to read about the lecture-versus-active learning debates is that everyone is defining those terms in very different ways. For some, it would be talking from minute one till the end of class, but for others it would be mostly talking, some activity, some other kind of mix.

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Evidence Is Mounting That Calculus Should Be Changed. Will Instructors Heed It?

Edsurge

The study — which involved 811 undergraduate students at Florida International University, a large public university in Miami — is perhaps the biggest randomized study of active learning methods in calculus, says Laird Kramer, a physicist at the university and one of the study’s authors.

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Assume the Best: Trust-Based Strategies for Empowering College Students

Faculty Focus

Active Learning: From Fear to Engagement Fear of failure can stifle creativity and learning. Active learning strategies help students take risks and engage deeply with material in a low-pressure environment. Normalize mistakes to promote growth: Frame errors as essential steps in the learning process.

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Acceleration Is Better Than Focusing on Learning Loss. This Unique Summer School Shows Why.

Edsurge

At the Institute for Teaching and Leading , a professional learning organization that I co-founded, many of our partner districts are focused less on deficits and more on active learning, which we call the asset-based mindset.

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