Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

When considering a teacher’s pedagogical content knowledge, eliciting student feedback is paramount. Moreover, recent research supports the implementation of faculty professional development programs focused on active learning instruction and engaging students in college classrooms (Park & Xu, 2024).

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Use these classroom strategies for reluctant learners in high school to build relationships, stoke curiosity, and build a learning team that focuses on student success. Build up foundational knowledge 4. Find new ways to assess learning 5. This foundational knowledge includes study skills. Table of Contents 1.

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k12

JULY 10, 2025

With the proper support and a few simple strategies, online education can be just as engaging as traditional classroom learning. Below are practical tools and techniques to help your child stay motivated, involved, and excited to learn—even through a screen. That’s true in traditional classrooms and also true in online settings.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Engage students actively for deeper learning and enhanced academic outcomes Enhance learning through active participation, collaboration, and critical thinking skills Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Active learning strategies engage students in the learning process, fostering deeper understanding and retention.

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eSchool News

MAY 10, 2023

In addition, gamification can improve student skills such as active learning, problem-solving, and critical thinking. Gamification helps students retain acquired knowledge. In fact, applying gamification to the learning process can increase knowledge retention by up to 40 percent. Finally, gamification is more fun.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether you are considering redesigning an entire course, enhancing current in-class activities, or incorporating a more interactive approach to what you are already doing, active learning strategies offer a variety of options that are relevant across all levels and disciplines.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside of their university preparation. Feedback Literacy.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Giving feedback in university courses allows for the provision of supportive ideas for improvement, elaboration, and/or heightened thinking as students prepare for job factors outside of their university preparation. Feedback Literacy.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 9, 2023

Whether you are considering redesigning an entire course, enhancing current in-class activities, or incorporating a more interactive approach to what you are already doing, active learning strategies offer a variety of options that are relevant across all levels and disciplines.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 23, 2017

The partiality of the lecture format has been made visible by studies that compare it with a different style of instruction, called active learning. This approach provides increased structure, feedback and interaction, prompting students to become participants in constructing their own knowledge rather than passive recipients.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of online distance education, educators face a crucial challenge: captivating students and igniting their passion for learning within virtual environments. The key to unlocking this new era of educational success lies in the integration of active learning strategies. Quizizz , or Google Forms.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

MAY 4, 2025

These parallel yet distinct teaching environments demand intentional strategies that can adapt while maintaining their power to actively engage students in the learning process. Instead, we need to reimagine active learning for both spaces, maintaining the core principles while adapting the execution.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 10, 2025

When students get a question wrong, they see the correct answer and have the option for Redemption Questions, giving them another chance to learn from their mistakes. Gimkit: Build collaboration while earning rewards Gimkit is another fun platform for learning games. . While engaging, the free version of Gimkit is quite limited.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 12, 2021

We are focused on helping educators deliver impact in a few key areas: Creating active learning experiences that foster self-expression What happens when students are given more options to engage with content and demonstrate their learning? Do they have a stake in their own learning?

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 4, 2024

How can we ensure that every student, regardless of their background or individual learning preferences, has the opportunity to connect with the material in a meaningful way? Meaning-making is how individuals interpret, understand, and integrate new information into their existing knowledge framework. What is meaning-making?

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eSchool News

APRIL 16, 2025

As students progress through elementary and middle school, the demand for vocabulary knowledge increases significantly. By grouping words into categories, students can better understand the relationships between words, enhancing their semantic knowledge. During either style, students are tasked with organizing the words accordingly.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The scope and sequence of professional learning for each stakeholder ensures numerous hours of coherent and connected content intended to spiral the development of the high-leverage knowledge and skills for each role. Active and Responsive Learning. Collective Participation.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These strategies empower students to effectively acquire, retain, and apply knowledge, fostering lifelong learning skills essential for personal and professional development. Let’s explore the question: What are the 6 learning strategies for students? What are the 6 types of learning strategies?

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Edsurge

MARCH 18, 2022

Some instructors are so taken by active learning working so effectively that they expect to continue offering courses online, even when the pandemic restrictions completely lift and things are fully back in person. I took a very similar approach when I taught online at The New School in Manhattan a few years ago.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So the norm is really this paradigm of, you've got a brain, and it's a sort of fixed thing, and you fill it up with knowledge. And how well it can absorb that knowledge is just determined by the characteristics of that brain. Broadly, what do you think should change? So we'll see how that works out.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

I'm already encouraging them to use the Writing Center and giving feedback that highlights one or two specific grammar/ clarity issues to focus on. However, starting by identifying what goals our students have will allow us to provide far more powerful feedback than if we never are aware of them at all.

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Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2019

After a few of the district’s schools participated in a pilot program with the digital reading platform Actively Learn, Stanley got a look at teacher surveys and other program details. “I Actively Learn offered many ways for our kids to read more widely and deeply with digital text. Resources from Actively Learn.

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Faculty Focus

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Unlike the end-of-semester feedback, when gathering formative feedback on what’s helping or hindering student learning might be too late, mid-term analysis of our teaching and student learning may help motivate students and enhance their learning. Adding small activities for engagement. Sound familiar?

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

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Edsurge

APRIL 23, 2018

Indeed, studies have shown that video learning has positive outcomes on multiple levels, including increased motivation and deeper learning, and can specifically impact students’ ability to facilitate discussions and identify problems. Video also allows dissemination of educational knowledge to classrooms around the globe.

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eSchool News

APRIL 20, 2021

So, as participants learn how to develop and deliver STEM or CS instruction, our program can also help them integrate that new knowledge with their use of approaches such as differentiated and adaptive instruction.”. The CoderZ professional development program has received a lot of positive feedback from teachers who have taken it.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Lots of these augmented reality applications build on the notion of active learning and experiential learning naturally.” One commenter even suggested just giving up on doing tests and assignments and trying to find new ways of assessing student knowledge. “I There could be upsides in college classrooms, he predicts.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 7, 2019

Instead of hearing only from the same six students, instructors get feedback from many more. With our system, you get feedback that tells you, say, only 5 percent of the class gets it, so you immediately shift gears and focus on the underlying learning. You can see how they learn: Are they doing their homework?

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

From traditional classroom learning approaches like lectures and textbooks to innovative methodologies such as active learning and technology integration, these methods aim to promote effective and dynamic learning experiences. What are the 5 methods of teaching? What are the 5 methods of teaching?

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 1, 2023

These intelligent systems can analyze vast amounts of data, recognize patterns, learn from past experiences, and make decisions or predictions based on that knowledge. The integration of AI in education holds great potential for transforming teaching and learning experiences (Hussain et al.,

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In education, case studies are widely used as a pedagogical tool to encourage critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and the application of theoretical knowledge. They serve as a bridge between theory and practice, promote active learning and the development of practical skills that improve their teaching methods.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Effective teaching strategies encompass a variety of approaches tailored to engage students and promote meaningful learning experiences. One such technique is active learning, where students participate actively in the learning process through discussions, problem-solving tasks, and hands-on activities.

Teaching 130

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Through this approach, educators can utilize visual aids, hands-on activities, and group discussions to cater to individual student needs, promoting deeper understanding and retention of material. These assessments provide valuable feedback to educators, informing instructional decisions and guiding future lesson planning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Key points: Traditional classroom learning is now modernizing Debates remain about online vs. classroom learning Stay up to date on the latest in classroom learning trends Classroom learning remains a cornerstone of education, fostering a dynamic environment where students engage with peers and instructors in real-time.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

Scaffolded assignments: Break significant projects into smaller, more manageable parts, such as proposals, annotated bibliographies, and rough drafts, to reduce student anxiety and provide opportunities for meaningful feedback at each step, improving learning outcomes (Ambrose, 2010).

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 9, 2024

What’s striking is that when grounded in evidence-based teaching practices, effective courses foster a greater sense of belonging, increase student confidence in their ability to graduate, and create more opportunities for feedback and encouragement (Tyton Partners, 2023). But not just any feedback. American Psychological Association.

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