Teach Hub

APRIL 23, 2025

Making Math Fun for Young Students Turn Math into Learning Stations Textbooks alone wont cut it for young learners, they need movement, hands-on activities, and variety. Use budgeting activities to teach percentageshave students plan a trip with a set budget. Learning stations are a great way to keep them engaged.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 18, 2025

Beginning Add literature/resources from neurodivergent, disabled, and diverse authors to assigned course readings and class activities. Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). Examine course syllabi to make sure policies (late work, absence, participation grades, etc.)

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Faculty Focus

JULY 15, 2025

A costly misconception is that pedagogical approaches in higher education must be lecture-based and teacher-led. To address this dismal response to education, we must promote inclusive and respectful learning environments that foster engagement, motivation, and active discourse.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

When this approach is harmoniously integrated with essential pedagogical actions for engaging in activities that require independent work or collaboration, students have the chance to discover their preferred learning methods, solve problems, and explore concepts on their own or with peers. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

Research indicates that active participation leads to higher retention rates, which can be upwards of 60% for students engaged in interactive learning. Today’s students demand more than just traditional lectures and textbooks; they’re looking for an engaging, flexible, and personalized learning experience.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

Dr. Pooja Agarwal Dr. Michelle Rivers Dr. Janell Blunt Whiteboard Activities Dr. Janell Blunt , an associate professor of psychology at Anderson University in Indiana, uses personal mini-whiteboards with her college students in every class. The strategies are summarized below. When you walk into the class and say, how are you today?

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

When this approach is harmoniously integrated with essential pedagogical actions for engaging in activities that require independent work or collaboration, students have the chance to discover their preferred learning methods, solve problems, and explore concepts on their own or with peers. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Art Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching 97

Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

Over multiple semesters, more than 2,000 students voluntarily participated in IRB-approved surveys and follow-up interviews. Many were enrolled in leadership-focused sections of FSHN 101 and 120 and took on active roles in the analysis, writing, and design of the final open-access book: What Your Students Arent Telling You.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. Conduct a casual formative assessment during a class discussion or group activity, and regularly check in with students who need more support.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. That disengagement hindered attendance and participation during and after the pandemic, Davidson-Boyd said. “A One of her few in-person classes was a math course, but it was held in a large lecture hall and required students to wear masks. “I

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Further, when we relax the assumption that we are all separate selves , it becomes clearer that all participants’ behaviors are embedded in and conditioned by society and the environment. We become less distracted and more present when we turn off Zoom’s self-view and quiet our built-in self-view.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 29, 2025

Further, when we relax the assumption that we are all separate selves , it becomes clearer that all participants’ behaviors are embedded in and conditioned by society and the environment. We become less distracted and more present when we turn off Zoom’s self-view and quiet our built-in self-view.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

K-12 schools have been working to cultivate and encourage girls’ interest in STEM, and narrow the gap in girls’ participation in science courses. However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. I, too, used to have that mindset. I enjoyed science in elementary and middle school.

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Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. The difference may be more pronounced in science classes.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Here’s Why Kids Should Participate in Extracurricular Activities Most parents ignore this, but playtime activities significantly contribute to a child’s overall development. That said, below are a few reasons your child should actively participate in extracurricular activities: 1.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

So, what are the three active strategies? What are three active learning strategies? Active learning strategies for students in K-12 encompass a range of techniques designed to promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding. What are active study strategies?

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

What’s the Use of Lectures? Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? The author’s work did not discount the fact that there are inspirational teachers whose lectures are so compelling they can hold student attention for hours.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 14, 2020

Last night I had the opportunity to be a guest lecturer for students in the credential program at UC Riverside. As I was planning my presentation, I knew I wanted to engage the group attending my lecture. I decided to use Mentimeter to encourage audience participation throughout my presentation.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

Even though the flipped classroom encouraged teachers to record lectures and mini-lessons to send home with students for homework, video can be woven into the class period to shift control from teacher to learner. Unlike a whole group discussion in class, an online discussion makes it possible for every student to participate.

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

lectures or mini-lessons), I would suggest recording a video and allowing students to self-pace through that video. Teachers can invite students to participate in a small group discussion about a chapter they read in a text or the textbook, debrief about a flipped video lesson, or unpack complex issues or topics related to your subject area.

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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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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

As teachers use the range of blended learning models to combine active, engaged learning online and offline, they are freed from feeling pressure to spend large chunks of a lesson at the front of the room controlling the experience. What might make it hard for a student to process information presented verbally in a lecture or mini-lesson?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques. One active learning technique she cites in the book, for instance, was devised by Samuel Delany, who was also a renowned science fiction author.

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Activities Lecturing Exams Active Learning 216

eSchool News

APRIL 29, 2022

The traditional sequence of teaching using lectures, discussion, projects, and testing was upended during the pandemic as teachers adapted to digital classrooms and students took on more responsibility for their learning. In many traditional classrooms, the majority of class time is spent in a lecture-and-listen format.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 23, 2017

Annie Murphy Paul said: a growing body of evidence suggests that the lecture is not generic or neutral, but a specific cultural form that favors some people while discriminating against others, including women, minorities and low-income and first-generation college students. Related Posts. Where new learning models will thrive.

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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

APRIL 5, 2024

When we examine what are active learning teaching strategies, these strategies empower educators to create interactive classrooms where students actively participate, collaborate, and apply knowledge to real-world situations. What are active learning teaching strategies? What are three active learning strategies?

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning. Tablets and interactive smartboards also encourage active learning through games, competitions, and role playing. To be successful, active learning depends heavily on the student’s participation.

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eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

In general, students are drawn to maps and globes in the classroom and the beauty of the interactive map is that it allows them to zoom in, pan, and click on specific regions or events, which encourages even more active participation and sparks their curiosity.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Through user-led, voice-activated conversational video, the platform takes pre-recorded video content and leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance engagement and retention. AuraNexus is actively developing more features for use in other markets that include corporate HR, social responsibility, and edutainment.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

We intentionally don’t use our valuable time together in class to lecture. We want them to be active participates in the learning that happens in N.E.W. Instead, we use that time to get students exploring, researching, collaborating, and, ultimately, leading the learning. We also strive to make learning experiential in N.E.W.

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Learning Lecturing Assignments Participation 354

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

DECEMBER 5, 2023

If traditional teaching methods reliant on textbooks, lecture, and rote memorization have proven anything, it’s that one size definitely does not fit all. We do that by ditching the lectures and embracing experiments, multimedia, discussions, and hands-on activities that resonate with most learners. Try, fail, learn, repeat.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

What are active study strategies? These strategies empower students to take an active role in their learning, enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and academic success. What are active study strategies? These strategies empower students to take ownership of their learning and engage actively with the material.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Making Learning Active Students, in particular, seem sold on the upsides of techniques they encountered during online learning. A recent Titan Partners survey found that students are eager to participate in on-campus courses with digitally embedded exercises. Each week, I’d assign several lectures I’d recorded earlier on video.

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eSchool News

JULY 30, 2024

This is tantamount to a lecture series on anything from space exploration, artificial intelligence, or even telephone scams. For example, my grandmother is an avid participant in book clubs and claims role models in her early years helped foster the curiosity that continues today.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 26, 2020

With a majority of schools participating in distance learning this year, Schell Games announced its virtual reality education tool HistoryMaker VR is now available for free on Steam for all to use. HistoryMaker VR seamlessly integrates into curriculums and includes classroom guides and recommended activities for teachers and parents to use.

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