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Outdoor Teaching Activities to Maximize Learning

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Keeping students engaged is a daily goal that teachers are always trying to hit, and for good reason: its directly tied to how much students learn and retain. Studies have shown that students learning outdoors return to the classroom more focused and ready to learn.

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How to Significantly Improve Student Engagement and Retained Learning in Higher Education

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After 13 years of testing higher-order active learning modalities in the classroom, collecting data, building a database, and analyzing student learning results in bi-annual principles of marketing classes, my colleague and I saw two important results emerge.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

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Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level.

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The Art of Collaboration: Designing Assignments That Work

Faculty Focus

Inclusivity and feelings of psychological safety in the classroom should not be reserved solely for K-12 learning environments. Instead, it is an educator’s responsibility to design cooperative learning structures that facilitate comfort and collaboration regardless of grade level.

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How to Get Your Classes to Create Better Student Projects

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When projects feel like they are merely checking off boxes instead of sparking curiosity, students miss out on meaningful learning. Knowing how they learn helps you help them play to their strengths. Promote Collaboration Through Group Work When it comes to helping students create stronger projects, sometimes more really is better.

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8 Creative Classroom Seating Arrangements to Increase Engagement

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She works with students with autism and students with specific learning and cognitive needs and loves organizing desks into smiley faces, basic shapes, and even letters for creative classroom seating arrangements. She believes this approach can increase student focus, comfort, collaboration, and excitement for learning.

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Ice Breakers for High School Students: 45 Interactive Questions + Activities

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Perfect for class members working on social skills or for those too-silent periods, these questions, activities, and getting-to-know-you resources are just what you need to warm things up in class. Help them introduce themselves with more engaging ice breaker activities for high school students that range from funny to fascinating.