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. Be open and welcome student questions. Provide Closed Captioning on posted videos (lectures, resources, etc.). When they ask what this means, share these suggestions!

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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. “Present students with a multiple choice question.” ” Rivers explains.

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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. The fundamental question becomes: How can educators plan for and deliver instructional content that is relatable and meaningful? With transparent directions, every student knows exactly what to do.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 28, 2025

This shift raises critical questions about the future of education: How will teachers adapt their roles? This shift raises questions about the efficacy and long-term viability of conventional education methods. As a result, your role involves creating a learning atmosphere that encourages questioning and exploration.

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Faculty Focus

JULY 20, 2025

is a question that has reverberated from the minds of learners for decades. Empathy in Practice : Demonstrate empathy by actively listening and responding to customer concerns, showing understanding of their emotions. There are guiding questions and ideas for Tara and Tim to discuss with the mentors provided by their employer.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 15, 2025

This project started with a deceptively simple question: What arent our students telling us? I wanted to change thatnot just by asking better questions, but by building an open-access platform that would amplify student voices and inform actionable change. Not because they lacked courage, but because they didnt feel invited to speak.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 11, 2025

Given this reality in which AI can provide and synthesize information for and to our students at their requests in seconds, it is not completely paranoid to ask the question, What can we, as college instructors, offer our students in the age of AI? that comprise of a lot of traditional lecturing.

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Brown Bag Teacher

JULY 18, 2025

That means your first week of school lesson plans should be more than a checklist of activities. Through stories, we model empathy, boundaries, kindness, and even how to navigate tricky moments — all without turning it into a lecture. Reflection and Closure End each day with a question, journal page, or whole-class debrief.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JULY 16, 2025

You can also ask survey questions like “What should I know about you before the school year starts?” Build up foundational knowledge Many students enter high school with gaps in their instruction, making many lessons and activities feel impossibly difficult. Then you can get to know them yourself!

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Scholarly Teacher

MAY 8, 2025

AI is also often used to create lecture outlines, simulations, problem-solving activities, formative assessment analyses, and content mapping. Without question, there is mu I have read much about how AI can be used for scheduling, drafting email responses, resource management, and checking references.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

Some questioned whether they even belonged on a college campus, said UC Riverside Dean of Students Christine Mata. A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. 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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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 16, 2025

With books, rules posters, cards, activities, a contract, and an editable parent letter, you can feel confident with your seating options. The traditional grid is a classic favorite for larger class sizes of 24-40 students. A modern twist on this desk setup is to slightly angle the desks toward a central point for stadium-like seating.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

MAY 28, 2025

When traditional icebreakers just dont cut it, try switching things up with Would You Rather questions for high school. These simple questions are an easy way to get students talking and thinking without the pressure of a writing prompt. Try them for a morning meeting, first-week-of-school activity, or SEL check-in.

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High School High School Questions Schools 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 2, 2015

In that light, the obvious question is, “Why blend?” If some of the more rote sorts of lessons (think lectures, reviewing math facts, etc.) And when the teacher can provide more options than one large group activity, what sorts of deep, authentic learning can occur? For many charter schools, the answer is remediation.

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Edsurge

MAY 25, 2020

What’s the Use of Lectures? Yet that discomfort also raises opportunities to question prevailing assumptions about how teaching and learning occurs. Let’s start with one of education’s most hallowed traditions: the lecture. In his 1971 book “ What’s the Use of Lectures? Many things did not translate well online.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. To make science relevant to students, create lessons and activities that connect to their lives. Next, we talk about students’ findings and how they relate to the initial question about tire pressure. Make it relevant.

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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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eSchool News

MARCH 20, 2025

These 10 questions can help prospective students make an informed decision and choose a college where they will thrive academically, socially, and financially. Some students prefer the energy of large lecture halls, while others thrive in small, discussion-based classes. The key is knowing what to ask.

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Catlin Tucker

OCTOBER 10, 2021

” I get this question a lot, so I want to start by highlighting a few of the benefits of flipped instruction and flipped modeling. It can be an online station in a station rotation , on-demand video content in a playlist , or a self-paced online activity in a whole group rotation. “What if students do not watch the video?

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Catlin Tucker

MARCH 23, 2020

It is essential to build in time for them to discuss information and ask questions. lectures or mini-lessons), I would suggest recording a video and allowing students to self-pace through that video. I also recommend providing students with an online space where they can crowdsource and capture questions they would like to discuss.

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Learning Students Textbooks Discussions 546

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 21, 2021

Over a series of three meetings, my architect asked me countless questions about what I wanted in a home and how I used the space. lecture, discussion, written responses), there are myriad barriers that may make it hard for students to access information and share their learning effectively. Identify and Remove Barriers.

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Blended Learning Learning Lecturing Motivation 518

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. Presenters can choose from the following question types: Word cloud Multiple choice Open-ended Scales Image choice Ranking Q&A.

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Multiple Choice Questions Lecturing Participation Distance Learning 464

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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Lecturing Active Learning Activities STEM 98

Catlin Tucker

JUNE 18, 2023

However, I often hear the question, “Can I use the flipped classroom if I don’t assign homework?” ” Challenges with Traditional Live Instruction Traditionally, educators disseminate information in real-time, relying on lectures or mini-lessons. This encourages brainstorming and prediction.

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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

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Instead of spending precious class time transferring information live for the whole group in the form of a lecture or mini-lesson, which presents myriad barriers (e.g., 3-2-1 Reflection: As students watch the video, ask them to identify three things they learned (facts/information), two connections they made, and one question they have.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Instead, teachers must strive to design student-centered learning experiences that challenge the students to think, discuss, problem-solve, collaborate, question, create, and reflect. A lecture or mini-lesson followed by a worksheet or pencil and paper practice does not require much design work. What did they do well?

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Blended Learning Teachers Learning Grades 535

Edsurge

JUNE 7, 2019

So in 2014, the senior lecturer in public policy at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government decided to test that assumption. Dan Levy had long considered himself an equitable instructor in terms of calling on students to participate in class discussions. Instructors can have biases toward picking particular students.

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Lecturing Participation Instructors Beliefs 161

Catlin Tucker

MARCH 11, 2019

Classically, the transfer of information has occurred in class via lecture and practice has been assigned for homework. Begin with a collaborative offline activity designed to pique student interest or get them generating questions about a topic. First, teachers need to create context. Cornell notes with a summary).

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

By encouraging participation, collaboration, and critical thinking during classroom learning, active learning strategies for students promote student-centered learning environments that enhance academic outcomes and cultivate lifelong learning skills. This strategy promotes active participation, collaboration, and peer learning.

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Active Learning Activities Critical Thinking Quizzes 137

Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

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Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 104

eSchool News

AUGUST 9, 2021

You might feel that way about Brilliant –a site that helps users learn not through lecture videos, but through hands-on, interactive learning. Is active 4. Sparks questions. Every now and then, a new resource comes along that’s worth a second–or third, or fourth–look. Effective learning: 1.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

So then, why do so many educators lecture and click through PowerPoints for 30-,40-, or even 60-minutes at a time with no breaks or learning activities? Reflecting on my experiences as a student, I know how tough it is to pay attention during these longer lectures and wish instructors had a different way to deliver them.

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Lecturing Attention Students Discussions 97

Catlin Tucker

JANUARY 9, 2017

If teachers spend the majority of their class lecturing or transferring information, there isn’t time for consistent, real-time feedback. In this model, the class rotates between online and offline activities as a whole group. I believe this lack of time stems from our approach to teaching.

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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? This promotes active engagement and critical thinking.

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Active Learning Activities Teaching Critical Thinking 130

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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