Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 7, 2020

Begin class with a review activity, writing prompt, feedback form, quick quiz, or formative assessment. That way, students can dedicate their cognitive resources to other activities or tasks. A welcome routine also quickly transitions students into an activity and frees the teacher to handle administrative tasks (e.g.,

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Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

We also discussed the challenges of building community when learning is happening in part, or exclusively, online. This work developing the social presence in our courses and helping students feel valued as members of a learning community must be ongoing. Most of the teachers I know feel spread thin and short on time.

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Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

Edsurge

JULY 17, 2023

Educator Jen Manly, left, and EdSurge reporter Nadia Tamez-Robledo address the audience during a discussion about the challenges students face while doing group work. Why does group work suck so much? The first question I'm gonna answer is the second one, which is, why do people assign group work?

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eSchool News

AUGUST 13, 2024

In early education, incorporating sensory activities and interactive play can greatly benefit infants and toddlers. Additionally, engaging them in interactive play activities (i.e., In elementary education, incorporating hands-on activities, promoting group work, and using visual aids are crucial for effective learning.

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eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Teach Group Work Etiquette: Don’t assume your students remember how to have group discussions. Don’t hesitate to begin lessons with activities to develop these skills for the first few weeks. What do we do to help our students regain these “educational muscles?”

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Over the past several years, these spaces have transformed into collaborative areas that encourage group work, discussions, and hands-on activities, promoting creativity and innovation–ultimately becoming instrumental in shaping well-rounded, adaptable learners.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Thus, the mind map’s value could be enhanced by having students compare and discuss their mind maps, and by asking them to do the metacognitive work of observing and articulating their own learning progress. This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity. link] Mugnai, M.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

Thus, the mind map’s value could be enhanced by having students compare and discuss their mind maps, and by asking them to do the metacognitive work of observing and articulating their own learning progress. This is exactly what our colleague in Spanish chose to do through a group work activity. link] Mugnai, M.

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Group work Culture Instructors Language 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

A variety of other tactics–such as drawings, pictures, manipulatives, sentence frames, short videos, physical activities, and games–can also be used to help students learn vocabulary. Ask students about their interests and incorporate those into word problems or activities. Use small groups to discuss and solve problems.

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STEM English Language Languages 330

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2017

Too many discussions of edtech focus on tools (like tablets, clickers, learning-management systems, smart boards, etc). Two years ago we renovated an old computer lab into an active learning classroom. Now, as an active-learning classroom, the default arrangement is for students to work in teams—six team stations for up to 36 students.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Getting them to practice that, however, can be a harrowing experience, particularly when the issues up for discussion are controversial. Group work vs. cooperative learning. When we conduct professional development (PD), we rarely have a teacher who doesn’t give the trainer the highest marks.

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Learning Social Studies Participation Group work 279

Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Gabriele Pinto , Baylor University Key Statement: Implementing elements of active learning into a large course may seem daunting task, but think-pair-share aided by quizzing and clickers can be done in any size classroom. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Image courtesy of This Is Engineering, Unsplash.

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eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

It offers lessons, resources, a digital library, and hands-on activities. Once the teacher assigns the STEM activity to a class, students can access it immediately. Using Gizmo in partners or groups has really aided in providing students with a voice, confidence, and an eagerness to learn more.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Although a wealth of research suggests that active learning increases student engagement and improves academic outcomes, many college campuses struggle to get faculty to shift away from traditional, sage-on-a-stage style teaching practices. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

When I explained what I was doing, why it was needed, and that only their activity during school hours was visible, they started to change their minds. But eventually, they started liking how it worked and how it helped them. I also have students who need to know when to share work with others. I push them to speak up.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities. Here are some activities to use in your online courses. Our students have really enjoyed this type of activity in the past as well.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities. Here are some activities to use in your online courses. Our students have really enjoyed this type of activity in the past as well.

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Activities Instructors Participation Questions 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Synchronous online learning” generally refers to live learning activities that must happen at a set time (often over Zoom or a similar platform), while “asynchronous online learning” refers to almost everything else (completing assignments, doing readings, watching videos, etc.). Let’s start with the basics.

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eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Conduct a hands-on activity that provides a context for the vocabulary students are learning. Reinforce the terms by asking students to draw pictures of them in their notebooks or use them in conversations during group work. Ask students to record them in math vocabulary notebooks they can reference throughout the year.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 5, 2017

Part of preparing students for the real world is teaching them to collaborate and problem-solve while working with others in small groups. My classroom model includes a lot of group work where students complete tasks with a partner or in groups of four to six. Mini dry-erase boards, the Activate system, and Kahoot!

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Math Teachers Feedback Motivation 187

eSchool News

JULY 1, 2024

Building from work by Bandura , Social Learning Theory proposes that adopting new behaviors and knowledge comes from observing others.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

When Suparna Chatterjee was taking a graduate online course at New Mexico State University two years ago, she had to complete an ice-breaker activity where she was asked to create her own superhero. She also lets them decide if they want to reflect in a discussion forum with their classmates, or personally send her their reflections. “I

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Culture Teaching Syllabus English 153

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning allows students to be engaged and active participants in their own learning by sharing ideas, analyzing problems, and finding solutions to them. To be effective, professors should be skilled at constructing activities, monitoring group dynamics, and enabling dynamic discussions.

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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?

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

In addition to using technology in my own biology courses, I also work with faculty across the country on how to teach with technology through an inclusive lens. The narrative I often hear centers on how students may resist active learning approaches, a teaching style that often (but not always) is predicated on some technology.

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Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the same time, I intentionally sprinkle discussions where I can highlight the transferrable skills that we will learn and reinforce in the course; this includes a vast offering of career opportunities that go along with the transferrable skills or content. These questions reside in a discussion board so all students can see responses.

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Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 124

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Collaborative learning allows students to be engaged and active participants in their own learning by sharing ideas, analyzing problems, and finding solutions to them. To be effective, professors should be skilled at constructing activities, monitoring group dynamics, and enabling dynamic discussions.

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Collaborative Learning Education Learning Students 105

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

How to Get Started with SEL Teachers can emphasize SEL with their students from day one of the school year by flipping their class expectations and beginning with activities that get students collaborating while also practicing classroom routines. Edmodo Assignments, too, can be used for in-person and online group work.

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Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

Faculty Focus

JANUARY 21, 2025

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. These activities encourage participation without the anxiety of high-stakes grading (Freeman et al., 2014; Agarwal, 2019).

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Plagiarism Syllabus Ethics Feedback 123

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space. We may not all have the luxury in our class schedules to take an entire week for this, but we must integrate more community building in our existing activities and schedules, especially on the first day.

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EdTech Magazine

APRIL 24, 2018

Research from School Library Journal indicates that maker activities at elementary and middle schools increased by 4 percent from 2014 to 2017. CDW Activity ID. The independent private school in Medina, Wash., which has 330 students, is not alone. For its part, St. Content Subtype. CDW VV2 Strategy. CDW Segment. Original or Curated.

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STEM Education Learning Spaces Culture 163

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Before any work on the course concepts starts, the focus should be on developing communication and trust in the classroom space. We may not all have the luxury in our class schedules to take an entire week for this, but we must integrate more community building in our existing activities and schedules, especially on the first day.

Exams 111

Exams Syllabus Group work Assignments 111

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2021

Completing preparation before class only to have an activity fail because so many of the students in class were distracted is commonplace. The hardest part of teaching isn’t designing lesson plans, making calls home, or even the never-ending grading that has to be done.

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Faculty Focus

JANUARY 30, 2024

At the same time, I intentionally sprinkle discussions where I can highlight the transferrable skills that we will learn and reinforce in the course; this includes a vast offering of career opportunities that go along with the transferrable skills or content. These questions reside in a discussion board so all students can see responses.

Syllabus 111

Syllabus Lecturing Discussions Science 111

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

But most of those policies don’t address the question of whether educators should tell students how they’re using new generative AI tools, says Pat Yongpradit, chief academic officer for Code.org and the leader of TeachAI , a consortium of several education groups working to develop and share guidance for educators about AI.

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Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Digital platforms facilitate group work, enabling students to communicate and share ideas seamlessly, whether in-person or remotely. Digital tools facilitate group projects and discussions, allowing learners to communicate and share ideas easily, fostering teamwork and enhancing social skills.

Technology 130

Technology Critical Thinking Learning Styles Attention 130

Faculty Focus

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Part 1: Pedagogical approaches Backward design Set the course goals and lesson objectives, then plan activities, assignments, and evaluations/assessments that align with the goals and objectives. For example, pause for one or two of the above activities after lecturing for eight to 10 minutes. Provide variety in assignments.

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