k12 Digest

JUNE 23, 2025

I grew up in Vietnam at a time when education was often delivered through rigid lectures and rote learning. This helped them apply knowledge, develop communication skills, and see themselves as active citizens. From a young age, I was captivated by a single question: “Can learning be more meaningful than memorization?”

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Experiment Design for Validity : Designing experiments or studies to test hypotheses and validate theories is a key skill. Experiment Design for Policy: Designing experiments to test policy interventions helps students understand the practical applications of their studies. Bellam Sreenivasulu earned his Ph.D.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 27, 2025

But if you’re new here, I’ll give you a very quick overview: Retrieval practice is the act of trying to recall something you learned from memory by doing things like taking a test on it or using flashcards instead of just looking at, rereading, or reviewing the information. The strategies are summarized below.

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Faculty Focus

APRIL 24, 2025

However, we are often unaware of tacit knowledge that underlies our activities and actions, especially when things do not go as planned. In the above context, I saw my pandemic classroom as a laboratory to prototype and test new pedagogical moves, and where unexpected issues are expected to come to light.

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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. Find new ways to assess learning Reluctant learners often suffer from test anxiety , especially by the time they reach high school.

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Cal Matters

JUNE 25, 2025

A professor lectures students during class at Sacramento State University on Oct. Some high school seniors graduated at the time with stellar grades but below-average test scores in math and English, she said. But it was an uphill battle to get anyone to join in activities. There were vital pieces that were missing.”

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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. Teacher-created classroom setup resources can give you new ideas that have already been tested out by other educators. And you should feel empowered to switch things up as often as you need to.

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eSchool News

MAY 9, 2016

However, in high school, my science classes were primarily comprised of lectures and worksheets. I merely memorized facts in order to do well on tests. To make science relevant to students, create lessons and activities that connect to their lives. I enjoyed science in elementary and middle school. 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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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It’s not just about test scores and whether people learn, she argues, but there’s an ethical issue that sometimes gets lost in discussions about teaching. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques.

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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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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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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. Maybe we put too much emphasis on speaking.” She hasn’t used Teachly.

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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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eSchool News

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Some prominent tools include interactive touchscreens in classrooms that promote and support active learning, a strategy for engaging students in classroom activities with more hands-on activities. One study found that active learning significantly increases student performance in the classroom: Students were 1.5

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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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eSchool News

JUNE 26, 2024

“STEM is incredibly important, specifically for skills like critical thinking and problem solving,” said Dr. Erika Neuman, CEO of iSTEMmentors and a lecturer at the University of Texas at San Antonio, during an ISTELive 24 session. Test your design or prototype 6. Design, such as putting a pencil to paper or using a program 4.

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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

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

What new technology is out there and being tested in the classroom? As a result, we’re seeing a variety of new technology being tested and used in the classroom to support different learning styles. Active learning Lectures and memorization are taking a back seat to active learning.

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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 16, 2023

Since the pandemic, more instructors at schools and colleges appear to have embraced “flipped learning ,” the approach of asking students to watch lecture videos before class so that class time can be used for active learning. The contribution is that we actually coded the kinds of activities” that went into flipped learning efforts.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 17, 2023

He argues that the traditional lecture method for teaching physics and other STEM fields has been proven ineffective, and that shifts to more active methods can greatly improve learning outcomes to make sure the next generation of researchers can make the next Nobel-worthy breakthroughs. What things do we cover?’

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

This website offers an introduction to AI, AI Snapshots (5 minute student activities), AI challenges for students, an AI in 5 minutes primer, and even a 10 week project-based course in the project dashboard. Their website is packed with teacher-ready curriculum and activities that can be used throughout the year with students ages 5-18.

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eSchool News

MAY 17, 2023

It supports active learning, student flexibility, and various teaching and learning methods. Administrators can also easily review and analyze teacher and student performance through over 40 metrics, including attendance, classroom activity, and test and homework data.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

APRIL 9, 2018

Seventy-four percent of teachers from high-SES districts and 64 percent from low-SES districts reported their schools had cut the amount of time scheduled for child-directed activities in recent years. . Of course the benefits of active learning are apparent beyond the kindergarten sector.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 10, 2023

SAN MARCOS, Texas — Live lecture classes are back at most colleges after COVID-19 disruptions, but student engagement often hasn’t returned to normal. To see what teaching is like on campus these days, I visited Texas State University in October and sat in on three large lecture classes in different subjects.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Check out our related article, " The Pandemic Pushed Colleges to Record Lectures. One reason colleges are holding onto proctoring tools, Urdan adds, is that many colleges plan to expand their online course offerings even after campus activities return to normal. The Practice May Be Here to Stay." “As

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Edsurge

JUNE 6, 2024

It’s a game-changing shift,” says Marc Watkins, a lecturer of writing and rhetoric at the University of Mississippi and director of the university’s AI Summer Institute for Teachers of Writing. New AI tools can make audio recordings of lectures and automatically create summaries and flashcards of the material.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

To encourage students to take advantage of extracurricular activities that may improve their chances of staying enrolled and complement their classroom learning, the University of Central Oklahoma devised a system that awards digital badges for participation in events and clubs and also compiles evidence for interested future employers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2024

“We’re entering a new era of education where students need opportunities — while they are still in high school — that prepare them for the future of their choosing , not simply by dreaming about it but actively building it,” said Bethlam Forsa, CEO of Savvas Learning Company.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With increasing coursework and extracurricular activities, a structured approach to studying helps manage time effectively, reduces stress, and boosts learning outcomes. Numerous online resources exist where you can find lecture notes, study guides, and other helpful materials. homework, lecture notes, practice tests).

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Some believe it will cripple the education system and replace human workers ; others denounce ChatGPT as a free essay-writing and test-taking tool that makes it laughably easy to cheat on assignments, while the validity of responses generated by ChatGPT has also been called into question.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

These days students can have tools like Google’s NotebookLM turn their lecture notes into a podcast , where sunny-sounding AI bots banter and riff on key points. We're not having conversations about what does it mean to actively resist the use of generative AI?” And those summaries aren’t just a series of quippy text in bullet points.

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Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

Faculty assign homework to expose students to a new concept before they arrive to class, and use class time to ask questions and do more-active learning. We are moving direct instruction to the individual space and doing active learning to the group space, and that active learning is more difficult.”

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eSchool News

AUGUST 22, 2019

Let students choose their favorite topics to study and then seek out the best hands-on STEM curriculum and activities that meet the students’ interests. That’s how Indiana GEAR UP officials are ensuring high student engagement within their program, according to Executive Director Dr. Virginia Bolshakova. “We

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eSchool News

JANUARY 31, 2024

Students and teachers alike are seeking alternatives to the traditional lecture- and test-based approach that has predominantly been used in schools for decades. Instead, new educational methods focus on innovation, collaboration, and the use of technology to engage students and improve learning outcomes.

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Edsurge

MARCH 11, 2019

In this system, students choose from a menu of content delivery options (textbook, downloadable study guides, lectures) and interaction options (in-person or online). Creating modules, one step at a time In 2002, Robertson began to “chunk” his long lectures into short videos, each focusing on a specific topic.

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