Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Our introductory students often come to us with varying degrees of understanding of the languages and cultures that we teach.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 27, 2023

In our small language department, we each teach a different foreign language (Chinese, French, German, and Spanish), but we share the core learning goal of student understanding of culture. Our introductory students often come to us with varying degrees of understanding of the languages and cultures that we teach.

Group work 98

Group work Culture Instructors Languages 98

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.

Cognitive Development 300

Cognitive Development Students Secondary Education Assignments 300

eSchool News

MAY 11, 2021

Teach Group Work Etiquette: Don’t assume your students remember how to have group discussions. Teach the basics of supporting one another and listening to ideas. Don’t hesitate to begin lessons with activities to develop these skills for the first few weeks.

Skills 334

Skills Students High School High School 334

eSchool News

JANUARY 6, 2023

The most effective technology works with you to enable or extend the instruction you’re providing. In small-group work, for example, students can do so many things with technology, such as reading aloud, practicing decoding, doing a word sort, or practicing dictation. Use tech to pre-teach. Related : The phonics fix?

Grades 334

Grades Reading Group work Activities 334

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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Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 168

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2024

As more instructors experiment with using generative AI to make teaching materials, an important question bubbles up. When Marc Watkins heads back into the classroom this fall to teach a digital media studies course, he plans to make clear to students how he’s now using AI behind the scenes in preparing for classes.

Teaching 217

Teaching Education Ethics Instructors 217

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 13, 2021

This work developing the social presence in our courses and helping students feel valued as members of a learning community must be ongoing. If students are not participating in discussion or group work in breakout rooms, that may indicate that they are not feeling comfortable asserting themselves online.

Beliefs 494

Beliefs Discussions Assignments Blended Learning 494

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.

Lecturing 98

Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This “cookbook recipe” teaching style not only stifles creativity, but it can also hinder critical thinking skill development. Plus, it can leave students feeling disconnected from the scientific process, because they’re really just following instructions rather than actively exploring and discovering. I only have two hands.

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Science Critical Thinking STEM Textbooks 321

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.

Schools 278

Schools Students Hybrid Learning Textbooks 278

eSchool News

JANUARY 17, 2024

Teaching vocabulary words within the context of a lesson–rather than as a list to be memorized–can help students understand a word’s meaning and its application, which makes STEM feel more accessible. Ask students about their interests and incorporate those into word problems or activities.

STEM 334

STEM English Languages Language 334

eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2024

What is a learning activity in a classroom? Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills. Here’s how one educator is advocating for more PBL in classrooms through effective teaching strategies. What class activities help you learn the most?

Learning 311

Learning STEM Motivation Activities 311

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2017

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. I would put classes in there that are made up of groups.” It’s still all about the people.

Active Learning 141

Active Learning Activities Learning Instructors 141

Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2021

They appreciated this flexibility, but it also meant that preservice teachers like Tonja would need to apply everything they learned about teaching to two very different modalities: in-person and online. Tonja and I planning what co-teaching strategy to use for our class. Often, at the same time!

Teaching 216

Teaching Teachers Students Math 216

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.

Students 284

Students Disabilities Group work Special Education 284

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Part of what we are teaching kids is to be kind to each other, to be empathetic, and to employ positive social behaviors and language. Group work vs. cooperative learning. Simultaneous interaction : the number of students interacting at any one moment in time is increased. Our teachers love the training.

Learning 279

Learning Social Studies Participation Group work 279

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

That’s the argument of Peter Liljedahl, a professor of mathematics education at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, who has spent years researching what works in teaching. By thinking, he means actively engaging with the course material. Teachers don't like teaching in classrooms without furniture. How did that go?

Teaching 217

Teaching Students Writing Curriculum 217

eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are the 5 methods of teaching? 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?

Teaching 130

Teaching Teaching Methods Critical Thinking Learning Styles 130

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on March 1, 2022 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities.

Activities 111

Activities Instructors Participation Questions 111

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2019

During my early days of teaching in graduate school, educational technology was sold more for its posh than performance. But there has been progress, both with the tools themselves and the teaching practices we employ to incorporate technology into the classroom. How do we do that?

Technology 167

Technology Teaching Intellectual Development Instructors 167

Faculty Focus

JULY 18, 2024

This article first appeared in The Teaching Professor on March 1, 2022 © Magna Publications. Try a FREE three-week trial of The Teaching Professor! Online classes most often begin with an “introduce yourself” discussion forum for students to get comfortable working with peers in discussions and other activities.

Activities 109

Activities Instructors Participation Questions 109

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. I don’t think so.

Group work 64

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 64

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Projects can be individually completed or a collaborative effort, promoting group work and social skills. Some ideas of what PBL might look like in a first grade classroom include: A group of strong readers begin reading nonfiction books about a topic of their choosing and write their own story about the topic.

Writing 300

Writing Grades Motivation Attention 300

eSchool News

MARCH 19, 2025

For the past 13 years I have been honored to teach at Agora Cyber Charter School. Teaching in the cyber environment can sometimes present obstacles to presenting content in a way that students will engage with and will want to be involved in during classes. This is especially felt in the 5 th grade science and math classes I teach.

Teachers 311

Teachers Learning Science STEM 311

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. Group work in face-to-face classes can be challenging as it is,” Parra said. She takes the approach of co-designing.

Culture 147

Culture Teaching Syllabus English 147

Faculty Focus

MAY 29, 2025

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.

Student Engagement 81

Student Engagement Syllabus Learning Students 81

Faculty Focus

JULY 11, 2024

When I look at the various articles and comments in the Teaching Professor collection, group work continues to be a regular topic. From a well-designed and well-implemented group activity, students can have rich encounters with the content and learn the value of working collaboratively. I don’t think so.

Group work 59

Group work Instructors Students Research Methods 59

eSchool News

MAY 13, 2019

It’s easy to focus on what we teach and how we teach, but where we teach is often overlooked. Classroom design has not advanced in ways that support the type of teaching and learning schools need to provide for current and future students. At Beaver Country Day School in Newton, Mass., So, how do you fix this?

Research Design 279

Research Design Classroom Design Group work Questions 279

eSchool News

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Another way we are using video this year is to improve the efficacy of model teaching. We don’t want them to simply go through the motions of excellent teaching, but to make effective practices their own. In that case, I will record the lead teacher or another teacher who excels in the instructional practice we’re targeting.

Coaching 325

Coaching Teachers Feedback Motivation 325

eSchool News

APRIL 7, 2023

Best Literacy Solution Finalist: Phonics, Reading, and Me Informed by the Science of Reading and underpinned by  Learning Without Tears ’ four decades of successful literacy instruction, Phonics, Reading, and Me helps teachers reach more students more quickly as they teach foundational literacy.

Learning 298

Learning Reading Elementary School Elementary School 298

eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2019

It would also necessitate that the written instructions for the activity or lesson were clear, student friendly, and had clear steps for a student to follow. Students would have to be in a workshop atmosphere working on reading, writing, projects, or collaborative group work—not a sit-and-get classroom.

Teachers 268

Teachers Classroom Management Group work Writing 268

eSchool News

APRIL 4, 2025

Key points: All students are math language learners, regardless of their home language Fostering metacognition and AI integration for ELLs How to support multilingual learners in STEM For more news on language learners, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Math isnt just about numbers. Its about language, too.

Math 238

Math Accessibility English Languages 238

Edsurge

OCTOBER 1, 2020

If you work in education in 2020, you are making tough decisions about how to best reach and teach your learners in the midst of a global pandemic. There is a direct relationship between executive function development and the effectiveness of different types of learning activities. Let’s start with the basics.

Lecturing 218

Lecturing Disabilities Assignments Learning 218

Cult of Pedagogy

OCTOBER 1, 2023

It’s pretty well known in educational circles that cooperative learning is supported by research, but so many teachers still struggle with it, so when things don’t work well, they give it up. It can be effective to have groups of 4 or 5, a couple of partners, and a few students working alone.

Group work 52

Group work Assignments Communication Questions 52

eSchool News

OCTOBER 17, 2016

. “I’m the guy who’s fortunate, because I got some kids who really want to learn, who take it seriously and make it easy for me to come to work every day and do what I do,” Hines said. No matter what he is teaching, Hines said that he makes sure all of his students are on the same page.

High School 261

High School High School Exams Schools 261

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. 2) Kahoot!

Math 187

Math Teachers Feedback Motivation 187