eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

These strategies empower students to take an active role in their learning, enhancing comprehension, critical thinking, and academic success. Active study strategies in K-12 education are essential for promoting effective learning habits, enhancing comprehension, and fostering academic success.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 27, 2019

I learned to justify my teaching approach by telling myself, “This is what students need to be successful.” But now, when I think about the skills and knowledge people need to be well-informed citizens capable of digesting and synthesizing complex information, I wish I could go back and redesign my teaching approach.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Another notable strategy is project-based learning, where students tackle real-world problems or tasks to apply and integrate knowledge from multiple disciplines. One effective teaching technique within active learning is problem-based learning (PBL).

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been thoroughly tested and shown to be beneficial to a wide spectrum of college students. Experiential learning is a process through which a learner constructs knowledge, skill, and value from direct experience.

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k12 Digest

APRIL 6, 2025

This is not new knowledge. Problem based learning therefore may result in deeper learning. Similarly, Authors like David Yaeger posit educators should adopt a mentor mindset and step down off the stage to support the learning process rather than dictate it.

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Teach Hub

APRIL 3, 2025

Why it works: Think-Pair-Share can be used before a lesson to activate prior knowledge or at the end of a lesson to summarize learning. Why it works: When students see how learning is relevant beyond the classroom, theyre more likely to engage and retain information. The key difference?

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Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

In learner-centered pedagogical practices, the focus and attention is on learning what and how the student is learning (Weimer, 2013). In these spaces, the teacher is not the only one with knowledge. Traditionally, the instructor is seen as an authority and having all the knowledge and power. Trolian (Eds.),

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