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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

Lecture is a common passive learning practice. And while there is some value to lecture and some passive learning strategies, there is a much greater benefit from active learning strategies. work with a partner to light a bulb using the materials provided for you).

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Student Disengagement Has Soared Since the Pandemic. Here’s What Lectures Look Like Now

Edsurge

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As a digital media course got underway on a recent Wednesday at Texas State University, a trickle of students took their seats in one of the largest lecture theaters on campus. My goal in flying down to Texas State was to find out, what do college classes look and feel like now—especially in large lectures like this one?

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3 innovative communication tips for students with autism

eSchool News

Communicating can be a challenge for certain individuals with autism. In “ Communication Innovations for Individuals with Autism ,” Howard C. Specifically, different types of communication displays, the Visual Immersion System™ (VIS), and repurposing consumer products to provide Just In Time Communication to individuals with autism.

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The Professor Who Quit His Tenured Job to Make Podcasts and Lecture Videos

Edsurge

deLaplante: I started creating videos as an extension of my classroom teaching—some version of the flipped classroom where you're doing lectures all the time, you're doing the same intros to this figure, or whatnot. I think the broader reason why I was thinking along these lines was because I always had an interest in public education.

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Removing Barriers with UDL and Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

We can indeed cover more ground when we present information in a traditional lecture format, but that doesn’t mean students understand the information. I understand the pressure teachers feel to cover the standards and move through their curriculum.

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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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50 Minute Periods Are Killing Teacher Creativity

Catlin Tucker

Too often the default in this scenario is to lecture or verbally present information because it is faster. Yet, if we want students to develop these crucial life skills–finding and evaluating information, communicating and collaborating with peers–they need time. They know they have limited time to get through x, y, and z.

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